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,

Madonna Princer, executive director of Head Start for Kent County, said her program is facing continued delays in accessing federal funding.

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