Will the federal government freeze financial assistance or not? Who will be affected if it does? Those questions have been asked many times this week after Matthew Vaeth, the Trump administration's acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),

NH officials and nonprofit leaders scrambled for clarity after President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a freeze on nearly all federal financial assistance programs.

The Monday evening memo from Trump's White House Office of Management and Budget sparked uncertainty over a crucial financial lifeline for states, schools and organizations that rely on trillions of dollars from Washington.