Washington (app) – as a White House Stopped the federal grant And in a remote executive order, loans, early childhood educational centers and states discovered on Tuesday that they could no longer access the money they rely on the country’s care for care of some cautious families and children.
The staff faced problems in the medical and head -start payment websites. President Donald Trump’s administration said the programs were not affected by the freezing of funds and that the issue of medicated has been termed a closure.
A federal judge stopped the frozen, but chaos shows how low -income children’s serving programs are on the federal government.
Chanda Hillman, who runs the network Head Start Centers In the South Western Michelen, he said she would be unable to make a payroll without access to the payment website. Its centers serve 600 children in three counties and the majority of parents work, which relies on children’s care.
Medicide and Head Pay Websites showed error messages when the staff already tried to log in to access the amount allotted.
In Mississippi, Katina Spindding, director of the initial headstart program, sent an emergency text message asking parents to come and take their children for the day. He said his center had to leave operating because he could not access money to stay open.
“Our family is being taken into the intestines three times from different angles,” said Spanding. “It’s very heartbroken.”
Later, the center told the family that it would reopen on Wednesday, after confirming that its financial support would not be stopped.
On X, White House Press Secretary Krinolite said the administration is ” Medicide website Portal is aware of closure.
“We have confirmed that no payment has been affected – they are still being implemented and sent,” said Levit. “We expect the portal back online soon.”
In Oregon, Government Tina Kotak, who is a Democrat, said the state’s medicated portal has been closed and that the State Health Agency has received compensation for health services provided to low -income recipients of the program program or Can’t login to receive. Kotek said the issue also affected the head start provider and the state’s initial learning and care department, which provides services for low -income children.
He said, “I can tell you that when federal funds that are the most weakest orangonis to serve are not suspended or available, it has an impact on Oragoniis, and it is federal to protect Americans. The government’s duty is an expel. “
Headstart, Country Signature Early Education Program, Serves some of the The needy babyIncluding those who are homeless, foster care and come from low -income families. The free program is a lifeline for low -income families that need to work but they cannot afford private children’s care.
When dozens of head -start operators gathered for a conference in Washington when news of the frozen of the funds was broken, which made them “desperate (and),” said Tommy Sheriden, deputy director of the National Head Start Association.
“We don’t have that much information. Is this a short -term thing? Is this a malfunction? Is this a long -term thing? “We do not really know all these things at this point,” Sheridan said. “It’s really raising fear and anxiety.”
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The Associated Press Author in Chicago Claire Sewaj and Claire Rush in Portland, Oregon, participated in the report.
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