St. Louis homeless center opens business incubator-Associated Press

By BETSY TAYLOR

ST. LOUIS -- A homeless shelter here is going way beyond providing hot meals and a bed for the night. The St. Patrick Center this week opened a new small business incubator and trades training center with a goal of helping the homeless, or those at risk, find stable, good-paying work.

The president of the Ohio-based National Business Incubation Association, Dinah Adkins, said it's the only business incubator in the country she knows of that's focused primarily on the homeless.

The St. Patrick Center in downtown St. Louis is the largest provider of homeless services in Missouri and has been helping those in need for a quarter century.

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