For the past six months, many federal agencies and grant recipients have been told their previously appropriated funding is “under review,” and therefore inaccessible. For example, President Trump began dismantling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by freezing all foreign aid and calling for a review on any spending done by the agency. From that moment on, USAID was disintegrated, and any decision-making on foreign assistance was rolled over to the U.S. Department of State.

Now, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) appears to be poised to suffer the same fate. And even though Trump’s original executive order pausing federal funding pending review was supposed to exempt programs that “provide direct benefits to individuals,” this primary agency for emergency relief to people in need has been seized up—even as it is gladly handing over money for the construction of what some experts have called migrant concentration camps.

FEMA has long been the target of criticism about its ability to effectively respond to major emergencies, such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Trump has consistently scrutinized the agency, and during his second term, unveiled plans to phase out its operations by 2026. As a result, several FEMA grant programs have seen their funding frozen or cut altogether. One of the biggest casualties of this funding freeze is FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP), which has been in limbo for months.

Since its establishment in 1983, EFSP has provided over $6.6 billion in funding to 14,000 local private and public organizations that supply Americans at risk of experiencing homelessness with food, shelter, rental, and utility assistance. Under the current-year budget, $117 million in funding was allocated for EFSP, which was to remain available until September 30, 2025.