The Trump administration has rescinded its effort to freeze $10 billion in federal funds for five states, including California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York. The freeze was announced in early January amid a high-profile federal probe into fraud allegations involving federal social services in Minnesota.
Background
The Department of Health and Human Services had sought to cut off $7.4 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides cash assistance to households, along with nearly $2.4 billion for the Child Care and Development Fund and around $870 million from the Social Services Block Grant.
The states quickly sued, arguing the administration’s effort was entirely political, as well as unconstitutional. In a letter sent to states last week, HHS said they would no longer be subject to the requirements that attempted to restrict their access to federal funding.
Original reporting: KTVZ (Central Oregon) — read the source article.
