Shapiro’s announcement comes amid an energy crunch that threatens to raise electricity bills across in the nation’s second-biggest natural gas-producing state.

Pennsylvania state and local officials are scrambling after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered a temporary pause on federal financial assistance, a halt that could disrupt trillions of dollars nationally.

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday said that the state's access to Medicaid and Head Start had been restored as of Tuesday night after the services were interrupted amid an announced freeze on federal funds by the Trump administration.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's access to federal payment systems for Medicaid and Head Start were restored late Tuesday, hours after they were shut off following the White House said it had put a freeze on funding of a wide range of government programs.

The freeze is already impacting some services. The governor says portals for Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start are down in Pennsylvania and other states.

Shapiro’s term so far has come with challenges, as one of few governors in the country with a GOP-controlled Senate and a narrow Democratic majority in the state House.

The organization that oversees the region’s electrical grid has agreed to a new cap on certain power price hikes, following a threat from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to consider pulling out of the system.

"They were very purposeful in trying to wreak havoc on our communities and stop these federal dollars from flowing to our states," the governor said.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he worked with PJM to lower the capacity auction price cap – from over $500/MW-day to $325/MW-day.

Josh Shapiro, who uses his “get shit done” script to grab big-screen attention while behind the scenes, his indecisiveness and ineffectiveness as chief executive are putting jobs and opportunity at risk.

America250PA recently awarded $490,000 through the first round of their Semiquincentennial grants. Semiquin grant recipients represent 33 communities and organizations from 18 different counties all across the Commonwealth.