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South Bend Redevelopment Commission Regular Meeting –March 5, 2010 for other sources of funding, and taking a new look at the kinds of businesses they are partnering with. With some small community based businesses, Mr. Summers offered to do their marketing, finding them additional business, if those companies would consider hiring employees from Project Impact. Some small, start-up businesses have said yes to that offer. Mr. Summer said the third effort they have made is to develop a partnership with WorkOne. They explained Project Impact to WorkOne’s regional director: both the life skills training and the on-going support. Fort Wayne’s WorkOne has been providing those services. The regional director here said WorkOne anticipated they were going to have to create such a program here. Instead, they are thrilled to cooperate with Project Impact. Project Impact clients will have jobs to go to through WorkOne right after they complete their training. Project Impact wants to now leverage that partnership to get training certifications for their clients. In addition to partnering with small businesses, Project Impact has aggressively tried to create businesses at which the clients can work and that might generate income to support Project Impact. Mr. Summers found a small apparel manufacturer in Washington D.C. that was about to set up operations in Chicago. Mr. Summers convinced them to come and try setting up their operation right at Project Impact. They brought and set up five industrial sewing machines at Project Impact’s facility. Clients are now making sports uniforms for Chicago public schools. Plus, Project Impact has started to talk with local schools about producing for them. Youth Service Bureau has agreed to purchase 35