President Donald Trump is issuing a memorandum directing his Cabinet and other agency heads to review all federal funding provided to nongovernmental organizations. The president is expected to unveil the directive during an Oval Office ceremony Friday afternoon.

Agencies are reporting tens of millions of dollars in stalled grant funding for a range of infrastructure and environmental projects.

Some California programs still have not been able to access their payments, Cottrill said. She also said she has not been able to reach the Office of Head Start, which sits under the Department of Health and Human Services, for guidance.

Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at risk of having to close their doors in the coming days,

Issues with a federal payment system have rattled Head Start programs across Washington in the wake of the Trump Administration's recent funding freeze.

Wisconsin Head Start programs are still struggling to recover from the federal freeze on grants and loans ordered by President Donald Trump on Jan. 28. Even though the White House clarified that the freeze wouldn't affect Head Start programs and rescinded the order on Jan.