-Children participate in activities at a day care center. (Photo by Maansi Srivastava for The Washington Post via ) The Trump administration plans to freeze over $10 billion in federal child care and social services funding in five states.

The freeze will impact California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, according to news reports confirmed by HHS.

Trump halts $10B in child care and social services funding, hitting California programs that serve low-income families.

The Trump administration is targeting five states to lose funding for child care and other social services programs over fraud fears.

Billions of dollars in federal funds and subsidies used to help needy California families afford child care would be frozen. The move is billed as an effort to root out fraud.

The Trump administration plans to freeze $10 billion in funding for child care subsidies, social services, and cash support in Democratic-controlled states, citing fraud without evidence. The five affected states include Minnesota,

Kathy Hochul threatened to sue the Trump administration if it moves forward with a plan to cut child care and social service funding to New York. The Department of Health and Human Services said it would freeze more than $10 billion going to five Democrat-led states,

The Trump administration is planning to pull billions of dollars in federal funding from social services programs in five Democratic-led states, according to multiple reports.