There was an announcement in December that they were no longer going to try to push for January 1st because it would require the team to grind through the holidays rather than spend time with their families. A number of things have been going on since then, including a credit card scammer almost destroying freeCodeCamp’s finances.
However, a while ago they opened up early access to the Python projects on a limited scale. (Note: Only the final projects are ready, the practice challenges building up to them will be part of the new curriculum.)