The effect on the three support agencies who help resettle federally approved refugees in Northeast Ohio has been “seismic,” says Darren Hamm, who heads the the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants’ Cleveland field office.

Democratic attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia on Friday asked a federal judge to enforce his order blocking U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from freezing federal grants,

Some Head Start programs are struggling to continue services as funding delays hit. The delays come after Trump walked back on an effort to freeze federal grants.

Despite a federal judge blocking the Trump administration's federal funding freeze, critical programs say they cannot access their funds. National Head Start Association Deputy Director Tommy Sheridan joins Katy Tur to share the impact the move is having on childcare programs.

Childcare center employees told BI that they're locked out of their federal grants, leaving them unable to pay staff and other bills.

Of the 39 Head Start programs in the state, at least six were still unable to access federal funds as of Thursday.