articleThe Brief The Department of Health and Human Services is being sued by civil rights groups for their efforts to restrict child care and family assistance funding. This lawsuit was filed by several civil rights groups requesting correspondence between government officials and a right-wing online influencer. Previously, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from freezing child care funds in five states. Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services over the federal government’s attempt to limit child care and family assistance funding. The Source: Information for this story was provided by Reuters, which cites the lawsuit against Health and Human Services.