A federal judge on Friday paused the Trump administration’s $10 billion social safety net funding freeze, temporarily restoring grants to five Democratic-led states.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had said earlier in the week that the freeze — impacting child care and family assistance funding in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York — was carried out due to “serious concerns about widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars in state-administered programs.”

The five states said it was already creating “operational chaos,” according to The Associated Press. The affected programs, broadly dedicated to low-income families with children, include the Child Care and Development Fund, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the Social Services Block Grant, a smaller fund that provides money for a variety of programs, per the AP.

District Judge Arun Subramanian granted the plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order blocking the administration’s funding freeze to “protect the status quo” while arguments are made in court. The order will expire in 14 days if the judge doesn’t take further action.

“This decision is a critical victory for families whose lives have been upended by this administration’s cruelty. From childcare to shelter services for survivors of domestic violence, these funds provide resources that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers depend on,” New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said in a statement.

“This illegal funding freeze should have never happened, and I will keep fighting to uphold the law and protect funding that our communities need,” she added.

The move by HHS came after an expansive welfare fraud scandal involving federal funds erupted in Minnesota. Republicans have raised scrutiny over the issue.