LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The West Ohio Community Action Partnership is hoping to get dads more involved with their children enrolled in head start.
The second session of head start begins on Monday, September 12th which includes some of the county locations where the program is offered. Administrators say they work with families and are focusing on how to get dads in the classroom with their children.
"A lot of our families are coming from single-family homes and they don't have that male influence. So we want to increase our male involvement. So each classroom is required some monthly activities with fathers, just to get them engaged in the program. They can come in and read, we've we had them come in and do some building, donuts with dads, so anything that we can do to get male involvement in the program. That's our goal for this year," explained Phyllis Montrose, child services director.
WOCAP also offers a home-based program if you can't get your children to a classroom.
