Around 9 Tuesday night the Capital Area Community Services — also known as CACS — published a social media statement about the confusion surrounding its Head Start programs across

People are looking for answers as Head Start programs throughout Mid-Michigan were closed on Wednesday due to funding concerns—and officials gave 6 News those answers.

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.

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.

A freeze of federal funding was quite confusing for many including non-profits, and other federally assisted programs. News 10 spoke with state and county agencies that would have been negatively impacted by the trillions of dollars left in limbo.

A move by President Donald Trump's budget office to at least temporarily halt federal aid to programs produced profound uncertainty on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from Democratic members of Michigan's congressional delegation and prompting the state's top law enforcement officer to threaten legal action.

LANSING — Michigan's attorney general joined a group of 22 attorneys general Tuesday in a lawsuit aiming to halt a White House freeze on federal grants and loans.

Nessel, a Democrat and Michigan’s top law enforcement official, said her department was already learning of “services impacted throughout the state.” Her statement referenced

Questions remained Tuesday about which programs would be covered by the federal funding pause announced Monday and which would not.

I've been on ranked teams, and I know how it goes," Michigan basketball's Tre Donaldson warned earlier. "People start to get complacent when ranked."

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

LANSING — Michigan's attorney general planned to sue Tuesday to stop a White House freeze on federal grants and loans, calling it an "absurd and unprecedented attack" on Medicaid, Head Start and other programs.