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.

The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.

The head of the program said the system they use to access federal funds is not working. Hundreds of kids in Waukesha were without critical early childhood education Wednesday. Funding fears prompted a complete shutdown of the Head Start programming at Child and Family Centers of Excellence in Waukesha.

The White House budget office rescinded a memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans after Republican senators “hit the ceiling” over the order, which caught them completely by

A federal funding freeze ordered by President Trump has been walked back, leaving families scrambling for answers, and services like Washington's Head Start program unable to give them answers.

Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to ensure spending complies with recent executive orders.

The shutdown impacts about 65 staff members and more than 300 kids enrolled in the free early childhood education program on Bluemound Road.

The White House said Head Start should not be affected by the federal freeze, but local programs are scrambling to stay open amid payment glitches.

A temporary freeze imposed briefly this week by the White House on federal grants and loans left many students wondering about the impact to the FAFSA form used to apply for financial aid. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday rescinded the memo freezing spending.

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing, faced a barrage of questions on the administration's freeze on federal aid programs.