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.

The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.

The head of the program said the system they use to access federal funds is not working. Hundreds of kids in Waukesha were without critical early childhood education Wednesday. Funding fears prompted a complete shutdown of the Head Start programming at Child and Family Centers of Excellence in Waukesha.

The White House budget office rescinded a memo ordering a broad freeze on federal grants and loans after Republican senators “hit the ceiling” over the order, which caught them completely by

A federal funding freeze ordered by President Trump has been walked back, leaving families scrambling for answers, and services like Washington's Head Start program unable to give them answers.

The White House budget office rescinded its freeze on federal financial aid, lifting a pause that would have gone into effect next Monday evening.

The Trump administration tried to calm the waters after stakeholders, lobbyists and lawmakers scrambled to make sense of the directive.

The shutdown impacts about 65 staff members and more than 300 kids enrolled in the free early childhood education program on Bluemound Road.

The White House said Head Start should not be affected by the federal freeze, but local programs are scrambling to stay open amid payment glitches.

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing, faced a barrage of questions on the administration's freeze on federal aid programs.

Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to ensure spending complies with recent executive orders.