Two childcare workers share what it was like to navigate the aftermath of Trump’s proposal, and how it could have impacted their ability to serve low-income families—or even keep their doors open. When President Trump issued a freeze on federal grants and loans in late January,

After hearing arguments Friday, Judge John McConnell Jr. said he will rule within a week on whether to further require the Trump administration to keep federal funding flowing.

The states told U.S. District Court Chief Judge John McConnell Jr., that the Trump Administration’s threat to freeze trillions of dollars of grants and loans budgeted to fund everything from homelessness to health care. In some cases, even a delay of hours or days, the lawyers said, would cause “irreparable harm” to communities.