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In a Tuesday, March 3, 2015 photo, Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan Detroit, helps Todd Frank test wear one of her sleeping bag coats she designed, in Pontiac, Mich. Scott, a former design student is trying to help the homeless population in two distinct ways by employing and training homeless women to manufacture a garment that serves as both a coat and a sleeping bag. The coats then are distributed back to homeless people at no cost to them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (The Associated Press)

In a Tuesday, March 3, 2015 photo, Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan Detroit, demonstrates her sleeping bag coat to people at a homeless shelter in Pontiac, Mich. Scott, a former design student, is trying to help the homeless population in two distinct ways by employing and training homeless women to manufacture a garment that serves as both a coat and a sleeping bag. The coats then are distributed back to homeless people at no cost to them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (The Associated Press)

In a Tuesday, March 3, 2015 photo, Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan Detroit, demonstrates how to roll up her sleeping bag coat to people at a homeless shelter in Pontiac, Mich. Scott, a former design student is trying to help the homeless population in two distinct ways by employing and training homeless women to manufacture a garment that serves as both a coat and a sleeping bag. The coats then are distributed back to homeless people at no cost to them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (The Associated Press)