Federal moves to pause childcare and family-support funds have immediate consequences for student parents and campus services. A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from freezing child-care subsidies and related grants to five Democratic-led states, allowing money that supports low-income families to flow while litigation proceeds. Advocates warn that threats to those funds and broader changes in federal benefits hit parenting students hardest, undermining degree persistence and campus retention. Student-parent advocates say program delays and confusing federal guidance force colleges to scramble for emergency supports and to re-evaluate on-campus childcare capacity. Education and student-affairs leaders urge institutions to document enrollment impacts and press state policy responses. As federal rules shift, colleges and states are exploring new safety nets—emergency grants, flexible scheduling, and expanded campus childcare—to prevent enrollment losses among a vulnerable student population.