{"id":14478,"date":"2026-01-07T15:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14478"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:04:54","slug":"trump-freezes-over-10-billion-in-childcare-family-assistance-funds-to-5-us-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14478","title":{"rendered":"Trump freezes over $10 billion in childcare, family assistance funds to 5 US states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration is freezing more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said, citing what it called concerns about fraud and misuse.<br>The Trump administration has threatened federal funding cuts to organizations and states over a number of issues since taking office &#8211; ranging from alleged fraud in programs in states governed by Democrats to diversity initiatives and pro-Palestinian university protests against U.S. ally Israel&#8217;s assault on Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260107150017-1024x667.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260107150017-1024x667.png 1024w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260107150017-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260107150017-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u4f01\u4e1a\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20260107150017.png 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, HHS said it notified the five states, all with Democratic governors, that its freeze applied to the &#8220;Child Care and Development Fund&#8221; worth $2.4 billion, the &#8220;Temporary Assistance for Needy Families&#8221; worth $7.35 billion, and the &#8220;Social Services Block Grant&#8221; worth $869 million.<br>In a statement, the department said the states&#8217; access to those funds would be restricted pending further review.<br>Democrats condemned the plan.<br>&#8220;Our kids should not be political pawns in a fight that Donald Trump seems to have with blue state (Democratic states) governors,&#8221; New York Governor Kathy Hochul said, adding the step was &#8220;vindictive&#8221; and &#8220;cruel.&#8221; Illinois Governor JB Pritzker also called the step &#8220;wrong and cruel.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration is freezing more than $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said, citing what it called concerns about fraud and misuse.The Trump administration has threatened federal funding cuts to organizations and states [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1594,749,1724],"class_list":["post-14478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-over","tag-states","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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