As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children.

Trump's directive to pause federal grants raised concerns for programs like Meals on Wheels and Head Start. While direct assistance such as Social Security and Medicare remains unaffected, uncertainty surrounds funding for community-based nutrition and early childhood education services reliant on federal grants.

A White House memo ordered a temporary federal funding freeze, exempting Social Security and Medicare. Here are some programs that seem to be at risk.

The temporary moratorium on some federal financial assistance programs was set to take effect Tuesday, setting off widespread confusion.

A federal freeze on loans and grants announced this week by the Donald Trump administration has numerous agencies and programs on alert, including head start programs in Chicago. One of those organizations is “El Valor” — a key part of Chicago’s Latino community for more than five decades.

Donald Trump’s administration is lying to you,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said at a press briefing. “The White House’s attempt to walk back what they did today does not match what we saw on the ground.

The back-and-forth created confusion and fear that will linger beyond the lifetime of the memo, nonprofit leaders said.

By Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge had put the order on a brief stay while challenges to the administration work their way through the courts. But the controversy was far from over.

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President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out "wokeness" in federal spending. But confusion reigned Tuesday in Chicago and beyond as leaders braced for serious potential cuts to an array of major programs.