A teaching assistant reads with a girl at the Baltimore Catholic Charities Head Start program in Edgewood, Md., in this June 13 file photo. Although the Edgewood program remains open, other Head Start sites have felt the effects of the government funding crisis and budget cuts, impacting nearly 19,000 children across the nation. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) (Oct. 2, 2013) See SHUTDOWN-EFFECTS Oct. 2, 2013.