A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump‘s administration to pause across-the-board cuts to AmeriCorps in response to a lawsuit filed by 24 states. The federal community service program that oversees thousands of volunteers was targeted in mid-April by the Department of Government Efficiency,

The federal lawsuit, filed by Democratic state officials across the country, accused President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts of reneging on grants.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to restore programs funded by AmeriCorps grants in 24 Democratic-led states but declined to bar the federal agency for national service and volunteering from cutting the bulk of its workforce.