Some Head Start programs are struggling to continue services as funding delays hit. The delays come after Trump walked back on an effort to freeze federal grants.

As a judge in Washington, D.C., considers further halting the Trump administration's freeze on federal funds, a new court filing shows the human cost.

A federal judge on Monday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a sweeping freeze on federal grants, rejecting arguments from the Justice Department that the case had become moot following the withdrawal of an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directive.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing its halt on aid disbursements.

Despite a federal judge blocking the Trump administration's federal funding freeze, critical programs say they cannot access their funds. National Head Start Association Deputy Director Tommy Sheridan joins Katy Tur to share the impact the move is having on childcare programs.

Childcare center employees told BI that they're locked out of their federal grants, leaving them unable to pay staff and other bills.

Of the 39 Head Start programs in the state, at least six were still unable to access federal funds as of Thursday.

Wisconsin Head Start programs are still struggling to recover from the federal freeze on grants and loans ordered by President Donald Trump on Jan. 28. Even though the White House clarified that the freeze wouldn't affect Head Start programs and rescinded the order on Jan.