"The programs are the Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes child care for children from low-income families; the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance and job training; and the Social Services Block Grant, a smaller fund that provides money for a variety of programs. The five states say they receive a total of more than $10 billion a year from the programs."
"U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, who was nominated to the bench by former President Joe Biden, did not rule on the legality of the funding freeze, but he said the five states had met a legal threshold "to protect the status quo" for at least 14 days while arguments are made in court. The government had requested reams of data from the five states, including the names and Social Security numbers of everyone who received benefits from some of the programs since 2022."
A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from withholding federal funds for child care subsidies and other assistance to five Democratic-led states for at least 14 days. California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York said a newly announced policy to freeze three grant programs caused immediate operational chaos and lacked legal justification. HHS said it paused funding because it had "reason to believe" the states granted benefits to people in the country illegally, without providing evidence or explaining why those states were targeted. Affected programs include the Child Care and Development Fund, TANF and the Social Services Block Grant.
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