US EditionFeds can’t withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules
The injunction protects more than $10 billion in child care and social service funds for five states amid allegations of improper benefits and political retribution.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York granted a preliminary injunction to keep funds flowing to programs in five Democratic states.
- Last month, Alex Adams, assistant secretary at the Administration for Children and Families, sought names, Social Security numbers and attendance records amid HHS's claim of `reason to believe` benefits were granted to undocumented people.
- The programs include the Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes child care for 1.3 million children nationally, and the five states receive more than $10 billion a year.
- Advocates warned a freeze could have gutted Colorado programs relied on by tens of thousands of Colorado's lowest-income families and threatened Illinois day care centers accepting subsidies, risking layoffs and closures.
- Courts noted the explanation shifted from freezing funds to requiring more information, as the Trump administration targeted Minnesota programs linked to allegations involving the Somali community; two temporary rulings issued in January blocked withholding, with the latest expiring on Friday.
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Terre Haute Tribune-StarJudge blocks Trump’s $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois
A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction in the case concerning the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in child care and family planning funding to five blue states, including Illinois.
Judge extends block on Trump admin’s bid to slash social services funds to 5 states
A New York judge on Friday extended a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from slashing funds to social service programs in five Democrat-led states. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick made his ruling at the request of Minnesota, California, Illinois, New York and Colorado. The states receive a total of over $10 billion a year…
By Geoff Mulvihill - A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration must maintain the flow of funds for childcare subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-run states, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York, a nominee of former President Barack Obama, granted the states' request for a preliminary injunction and stay against the administration to prevent it from withholding the money wh…
Judge Extends Block on Trump Officials Slashing Funds to Democratic States
A federal judge on Friday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for child care and social services in five Democratic-led states, keeping at bay for now cuts that the states say are politically motivated and would harm hundreds of thousands of people. The order from Judge Vernon S. Broderick in New York stops the administration from carrying out its threat to restrict as much as $10 billion in funding for Min…
Judge rules Trump administration can’t withhold child care and social service funds to Illinois and 4 other states
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must keep funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now. U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in New York, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, granted the states’ request for a preliminary injunction and a stay against the administration to bar it from withholding the money wh…
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