Vermont Attorney General · September 10, 2026 · Primary source
Attorney General Clark Secures Preliminary Injunction Preserving Access to Key Social Services
Summary
A federal court granted a preliminary injunction sought by Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and 23 co-plaintiff state attorneys general, blocking the Trump administration's reinterpretation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) that would have required states to impose immigration status verification on access to programs including Title X family planning clinics, community health centers, Head Start, food banks, and domestic violence shelters. The court found that the plaintiff states demonstrated a likelihood of success on claims that four federal agencies, HHS, Education, Labor, and DOJ, violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution by issuing coordinated directives without lawful rulemaking. The injunction halts implementation of the new directives in the plaintiff states while litigation proceeds.
What this may mean
Community health centers, Title X family planning clinics, and other federally funded social service providers in the 24 plaintiff states are not required to implement immigration status verification as a condition of program participation while the injunction is in force. The ruling preserves existing federal funding flows to those providers and avoids the program closures and funding losses the plaintiff states alleged would result from the new directives.
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