Head Start

The Head Start program, which typically serves 3-5 year old children, provides vulnerable young children with the skills they need to thrive in school and life. Head Start programs also encourage healthy connections between parents and other key family members, with an emphasis on family well-being.

OHCAC uses Head Start programs to provide services to children and their families in early learning, health, and family well-being. Services are offered in licensed child care facilities with a 5 star Step UP to quality rating.

OHCAC offers full-day and half-day programs, where there are only 20 kids to each classroom.

Early Head Start

EHS programs are intended to foster positive parent-child relationships (and child and caregiver). From pregnancy until a child's third birthday, services cover the whole spectrum of a family's requirements.

EHS programs offer low-income babies, toddlers, and their families intensive child development and family support services, as well as pregnant women and their families. EHS is a full-day year-round program where there are only 8 kids per classroom with 2 teachers.

In Bucyrus, Marion, Mt. Gilead, and Mansfield, the EHS center-based option is accessible.