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Announcement

Call For Ideas – Workforce Innovation Grants

The City of Philadelphia is seeking project proposals that identify and accelerate innovative, evidence-informed approaches to supporting un- and under-employed Philadelphians prepare for and connect to sustainable career pathways that pay a living wage. Proposals must be able to be implemented and evaluated for impact over the calendar year.

Within this Call for Ideas there are two main focus areas for which you can apply:

  1. Skilled Trades/Construction Training– Support pathways into union apprenticeships and sustainable construction careers through innovative training models, barrier removal, and strengthened pre-apprenticeship to apprenticeship connections.
  2. Innovative Industry Responsive Programming- Develop employer-engaged training or supportive programming across growing industries that respond to real-time workforce needs through innovative curriculum development, retention strategies, and career progression support.

Deadline to submit questions or requests for clarification, in writing to Talent.Development@Phila.gov: November 17, 2025
Responses to Q&A posted: November 24, 2025
Deadline to submit “Intent to Apply” to Talent.Development@Phila.gov: December 1, 2025 by 5pm
Deadline for Submitting Proposals to Talent.Development@Phila.gov: December 8, 2025 by 5pm

Call for Ideas

Announced on: Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Announcement

New! OHS RFP for Winter Initiative beds at current City-leased site

The Office of Homeless Services (OHS) has posted a new request for proposals for nonprofit or for-profit organizations that can provide and operate 150 beds within the period of December 1, 2025 (or later) through April 30th, 2026 (or later, funding permitted), in an existing City-leased location, 600 E. Luzerne St., Philadelphia, PA 19124 for its Winter Initiative. The initiative’s goal is to increase bed capacity during the winter months for people experiencing homelessness who sleep outdoors.

 

Application deadline

No later than 5 p.m. local Philadelphia time on Nov. 14, 2025.

 

How to apply

Read RFP #21251014142900 in its entirety and the application instructions.

 

Questions

Direct all questions about RFP 21251014142900 to Contracts Administrator, Diana H. Rivera.

Announced on: Office of Homeless Services

Upcoming events

  • Oct
    28
    Event
    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations
    Event

    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups

    October 28, 2025
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations
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    Service Connection/Site Clean-ups will occur today at these Kensington locations:

    • 709-711 E. Allegheny Avenue
    • Reach Street and Allegheny Avenue
    • 800 E. Allegheny Avenue (multiple locations on block)
    • 3100 N. Potter Street
    • 1800 E. Clearfield Street
    • 1800 E. Orleans Street (both sides)
    • 1800 E. Hagert Street
    • 1800 E. Somerset Street (multiple locations on block)
    • 400 E. Somerset Street (both sides)
    • 2800 Kensington Avenue (multiple locations on block)
    • 2000 E. Sterner Street
    • 2000 E. Silver Street
    • 1800 - 1813 Hart Lane (both sides)

    About Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days 

    Office of Homeless Services Encampment Resolution Team (ERT) staff members join the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’s (DBHIDS) Homeless Street Outreach Team (Outreach) and the City’s Sanitation Department to conduct *Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days. OHS’s ERT staff schedules and leads service connection clean-ups at various selected outdoor encampment locations in Philadelphia. 

    How it Works 

    The teams post signs in advance to alert people living in tents, RVs, makeshift shelters, or none at all, on sidewalks, under bridges, in parks, empty fields, lots, etc., of upcoming service days. Each service day, the teams visit the encampment sites to offer individuals services, such as rides to a City intake center where staff can help find shelter space, Stranded Traveler Assistance, behavioral health, drug or medical treatment, and other similar services. The Sanitation Department team further assists by cleaning up accumulated trash. 

    *Service days are not the same as formal, encampment resolutions, which, while social services-led, involve many more City of Philadelphia departments and nonprofit partners and follow specific protocols regarding personal property storage, notification, and other requirements. 

  • Oct
    28
    Event
    Historical Commission Architectural Committee meeting
    9:00 am to 12:00 pm
    Online via Zoom
    Event

    Historical Commission Architectural Committee meeting

    October 28, 2025
    9:00 am to 12:00 pm, 3 hours
    Online via Zoom
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    The Architectural Committee will hold its October 28, 2025 meeting remotely using the Zoom Webinar platform. The public may participate in the meeting in three ways: live with a computer, tablet, or smartphone; live with a telephone; and in advance by email.

    The meeting agenda and application materials for the Architectural Committee meeting are available on the Historical Commission's Public Meetings page.

    To watch the meeting live on Zoom using your computer, tablet, or smartphone, click on the following link on October 28.
    Link: Architectural Committee meeting, October 28
    Passcode: 781612

    To listen to the meeting live on the telephone, call this number on October 28.
    Telephone Number: 267-831-0333
    Webinar ID: 863 0932 2584#
    Participant ID: #
    Passcode: 781612#

    To offer written comments prior to the meeting, send an email to preservation@phila.gov by noon on October 27.

    After the meeting, you can watch a recording of the meeting on the Recordings page of the Historical Commission’s website.

    For more information on the remote meeting, see the FAQs for Remote Meeting.
  • Oct
    28
    Event
    Historical Commission Architectural Committee meeting
    9:00 am to 12:00 pm
    Online via Zoom
    Event

    Historical Commission Architectural Committee meeting

    October 28, 2025
    9:00 am to 12:00 pm, 3 hours
    Online via Zoom
    map
    The Architectural Committee will hold its October 28, 2025 meeting remotely using the Zoom Webinar platform. The public may participate in the meeting in three ways: live with a computer, tablet, or smartphone; live with a telephone; and in advance by email.

    The meeting agenda and application materials for the Architectural Committee meeting are available on the Historical Commission's Public Meetings page.

    To watch the meeting live on Zoom using your computer, tablet, or smartphone, click on the following link on October 28.
    Link: Architectural Committee meeting, October 28
    Passcode: 781612

    To listen to the meeting live on the telephone, call this number on October 28.
    Telephone Number: 267-831-0333
    Webinar ID: 863 0932 2584#
    Participant ID: #
    Passcode: 781612#

    To offer written comments prior to the meeting, send an email to preservation@phila.gov by noon on October 27.

    After the meeting, you can watch a recording of the meeting on the Recordings page of the Historical Commission’s website.

    For more information on the remote meeting, see the FAQs for Remote Meeting.
  • Oct
    28
    Event
    CODE VIOLATION HEARINGS
    9:00 am to 2:00 pm
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89287635104?pwd=dkhYUjVESmxXS0ZjRHJtL0NqZUh2UT09
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    CODE VIOLATION HEARINGS

    October 28, 2025
    9:00 am to 2:00 pm, 5 hours
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  • Oct
    28
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    FAIR HOUSING EXECUTIVE SESSION
    9:00 am to 9:15 am
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    FAIR HOUSING EXECUTIVE SESSION

    October 28, 2025
    9:00 am to 9:15 am, 15 minutes
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