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Nonprofit demonstrates convertible coat for people experiencing homelessness, asks Washtenaw commissioners for funding
Summary
The Empowerment Plan showed a coat that converts into a sleeping bag, described production with shelter-employed workers and wraparound services, and asked the county for funding to supply roughly 500 coats to local partners at about $50 each.
Representatives of the Empowerment Plan demonstrated a coat that unrolls into a sleeping bag and described a social-enterprise model that employs people exiting shelters while providing on-the-job wraparound services.
Veronica Scott, representing the Empowerment Plan, said the nonprofit employs people from shelters in Detroit to manufacture coats that convert into sleeping bags and that approximately 60% of employees' paid hours are spent manufacturing…
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