After a leaked budget proposal from the White House suggested the elimination of Head Start across the country, it appears now that President Donald Trump is reversing course,. Nikki Cavalier, the executive director of AFL-CIO Appalachian Council Head Start in West Virginia, said the proposed funding cut was a wake-up call. Now it is cautious optimism.”We’ve won a big battle. We haven’t won a war. Things can still change, but it’s looking much more positive than it was a few weeks ago,” Cavalier said. Head Start offers free child care and preschool services for about 8,000 kids in West Virginia from low-income families or foster families or even those experiencing homelessness as well as help with food, healthcare and career readiness for parents.