2 days ago · As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children. ... Early Flowers Learning, which operates 17 Head Start preschools with ...

2 days ago · Trump's funding memo doesn't block individual assistance, White House says 04:48. The White House blamed an "outage" for locking out a wide range of organizations and agencies on Tuesday from the ...

3 days ago · White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivers remarks during her first daily briefing at the White House, in Washington, Jan. 28, 2025. ... or Head Start, a program for preschool education ...

4 days ago · Some Head Start programs were unable to access the federal system they use to draw down their federal grant funding, which could have forced some to close their doors as early as Wednesday, Tommy ...

2 days ago · But the White House said hours later that funding for those programs should not have been affected by the freeze. By late Tuesday, some states and Head Start providers reported their access to the ...

2 days ago · A White House memo set off a flurry of panic across nonprofit groups, who said they were unable to access federal government systems used to withdraw funds. ... Head Start, rental assistance and ...

3 days ago · However, some grant recipients were reporting their access to grant funding was still frozen, such as money for Head Start and Medicaid, despite the clarifying statement from the White House.

2 days ago · The White House announced plans to enforce the pause on federal grants and loans Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending.

2 days ago · Also exempted would be federal funding for small businesses, farmers, Pell Grant recipients, Head Start, rental assistance “and other similar programs,” the White House said.

2 days ago · US President Donald Trump has paused grants, loans and other federal assistance, according to a leaked government memo, later confirmed by the White House. The two-page memo, from the acting head ...