Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at risk of having to close their doors in the coming days,

Money for child care programs that serve some of California's highest need children has been delayed in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze. At least seven Head Start programs that receive federal funding to serve low-income families have experienced delays in accessing funds,

The Justice Department has said that it told federal agencies to comply with a court's restraining order against the freeze.