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Trump administration halts more than $10bn for childcare and family assistance

Line of kids' backpacks on a wall
The Department of Health and Human Services said the states’ access to funds would be restricted pending further review. Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/REX/Shutterstock

The Trump administration is freezing more than $10bn in federal childcare and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said, citing what it called concerns about fraud and misuse.

“For too long, Democrat-led states and Governors have been complicit in allowing massive amounts of fraud to occur under their watch,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement.

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