Those include subsidized child care services for low-income working families as well as licensed child care providers.

The Trump administration sent out letters Tuesday night to five blue states, freezing about $10 billion in funding for child care and social services programs pending a "thorough review," citing concerns over "systemic fraud.

The Trump administration said it was placing a hold on $10 billion in subsidies across five states, including New York.

Counties from Alameda to Santa Clara are increasingly using voter-approved taxes to stabilize funding for services once heavily supported by federal dollars.

A day after the Trump administration announced an unprecedented freeze on federal funds, the shocked child care providers and advocates for the poor in

President Donald Trump's directive to freeze billions in federal funding for child care programs in California could backfire and help Gov. Gavin Newsom.