Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment

The Bedford Chapter was formed in November 1999.

For its first campaign, the chapter joined forces with the Kiwanis Club to expand the Bedford County Head Start program. The campaign was a success, winning a new building for the Shelbyville Head Start, an early childhood education center, and additional funding for children, including more Latino children from families who had recently moved into the area.  The chapter succeeded in getting the South Central Human Resource Agency (SCHRA) to employ a bilingual resource person to work with Head Start’s Spanish speaking children and parents.