Day camp providers and schools say the Trump administration’s funding freeze could ruin summer for low-income American families and jeopardize some after-school programs next year.

The administration is holding back over $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more as it conducts a review to ensure grants are aligned with President Trump’s priorities.

The move creates uncertainty for states and schools as they budget for programs this summer and in the upcoming school year because they don’t know if or when they’ll receive the funding. Democrats say the administration is flouting the law by holding back congressionally appropriated money.

Without the funds, schools say they won’t be able to provide free or affordable after-school care for low-income kids while their parents work and may not be able to hire staff to teach children who are learning English. Classes or camps underway this summer could be in jeopardy, too.

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    *illegally freezes, but good luck getting CBS to hold trumps feet to the fire in any way

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    conducts a review to ensure grants are aligned with President Trump’s priorities.

    Read: attempts to determine how these grant funds can be redirected into Robber Baron pockets instead of benefiting those dirty hoi polloi they were designed to benefit.

    🤡 🖕 💩 💩

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    And again, who cares about the kids once they’re born?

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      They didn’t care about them before either. It was just an excuse to perform horrible cruelty all along.

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      no worries children will have more time to replace labour lost in farming industry

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    The goal is to make the whole country Mississippi.

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      Mississippi has plenty of after school programs. The goal is to make it Russia.

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    Republican voters voted for this. Congrats. Don’t ever use the “think of the children” line again, you’ve shown you don’t care.

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      They think of the children all the time my dude. As sex workers and slave labor. Why would you need education for that?

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    Well, it’s fine because they’re just bringing back forced child labor.