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BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE: OFFICIALS WANT NONPROFIT'S SUCCESS COPIED.

Crain's Detroit Business, March, 1999 by SERWACH, JOSEPH

With a job history as a social worker, small-business owner and nonprofit executive, Cathy McClelland never thought she'd be invited to the White House, let alone twice in a month. After picking up a presidential award for excellence in microenterprise development from President Clinton in February, she was asked to make her second White House trip to participate in a seminar in early March.

White House officials want to see the work of her Detroit-based nonprofit, the Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute Inc., replicated nationwide. ``The institute has worked to teach low-income clients the full range of business skills,'' Clinton said when he presented the award Feb. 5. ``Clients can also take advantage of a free computer, a tax- preparation service and...

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