The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.

The Trump administration plans to halt billions of dollars in federal funding for social services programs in five states led by Democrats following allegations of fraud.

The Trump administration is withholding funding for child and family assistance programs in five Democratic-led states due to fraud claims. This decision could impact local programs like the Child Care Council,

The Trump administration is cutting off more than $10 billion in social services and child care funding meant for a handful of Democrat-led states over concerns that the benefits were fraudulently

New York state is included in a freeze on funding for three critical social service programs that threatens to destabilize essential services that support the state’s most vulnerable children and families.