TRENDS AND TIPSAT REUSE

Laura E. Plummer, MA, CRC, ATPWistech Director

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Who We Are

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ReUse and Exchange

• Collect

• Refurbish/Recycle

• Resell

• Donations IN

• Donations OUT

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Partners/Resources

• Assistive Technology Act

• Equipment Sales

• Milwaukee County

• Badger State Industries

• WI IL Centers

• Birnschein Foundation

• UW Health

• Capital Times Kids Fund

• The Living Stones of Jesus

• Helen Bader Foundation

• Wells Fargo Foundation

• Northwestern Mutual Foundation

• Faye McBeath Foundation

• Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council

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Badger State Industries

• 2001

• Redgranite Correctional Institution

• Wistech subcontractor October 2010

Expansion:• Computer Recycling

Program• Hospitals and other

institutions

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BSI Inmates

• 13 inmates

• Competitive application process

• Skill development

• Invacare partnership

• Simulates actual work environment

• Teaching “giving back”

https://youtu.be/xQ-_RizUEKM

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Data (2013-2014)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

IF Mobility – BSI

273 0 152 0

BSI – IF Mobility

99 0 112 0

Items unable to use

73 0 30 0

Supplies Used $11,910 $13,506 $1,387 $2,110

Inmate Hours 5,011 5,082 5,011 5,821

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Quotes

• "It's the first time I found something I love to do. This is something I can bring with me out in the world," Ayers said. "My hope is the public understands there's good guys in here who made bad choices.“

• "It's nice knowing I'm doing work that will help people like my grandpa," said Ayers, who is serving a 12-year sentence for robbing a Rock County credit union and attempting to rob a gas station in Sauk County.

• "I've had people who told me 'all I've ever done is do drugs and rob people,' " Trinrud said. "You can see the work here is a self-esteem builder. They get skills that will help them get a job.

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Questions?

Laura E. Plummer, MA, CRC, ATP

Wistech Director

Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute

UW Stout

plummerl@uwstout.edu

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