Child care providers and families across the nation are facing tighter limits on federal subsidies as the Trump administration responds to concerns about fraud.
The Trump administration’s moves to freeze large swaths of funding have been criticized as hurting families, but the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has emphasized the need for funding integrity.
Here’s what to know about how child care funding is used, and how it is now being questioned.
What’s Frozen
HHS announced on Jan. 6 that access to federal child care assistance funds was frozen for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York….
What to Know About HHS’s Child Care Funding Freeze

