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Call for Applicants: Office of Worker Protections’ Community Outreach and Education Fund

The Philadelphia Office of Worker Protections (OWP) is accepting applications to join the fourth cohort of Community Outreach and Education Fund partners through November 6, 2026.

Following the success of last year’s Community Outreach and Education Fund (COEF), which extended worker outreach to communities around Philadelphia, the Office of Worker Protections will award a total of $100,000 distributed between four to six trusted organizations.

Programming Tiers
Community Programming Partners will receive grants from $16,000 to $25,000. These partners will develop and integrate worker protection programming for their members or communities, which could include a series of community training or a certificate program, integration into existing educational programming, or the development of an online training program. During the winter, partners will develop internal organizational materials and training curriculum, and run community programming in the Spring through June 2027. The Office will provide training PowerPoint templates and certificate templates, training videos and resources in multiple languages. Community Programming Partners will submit written confirmation at three points throughout the partnership.

Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant from the Community Outreach and Education Fund, organizations must be:

  • Located in Philadelphia
  • Serving communities impacted by Philadelphia’s labor laws
  • Able to demonstrate status as an established, trusted voice within their community
  • An established organization/institution, including but not limited to a nonprofit, a 501(c)(3), 501 (c)(4), 501 (c)(5), 501 (c)(6), or a group fiscally sponsored by one of the above. Individuals or sole proprietors are not eligible for COEF. For specific eligibility questions, please contact Eva Yuen, eva.yuen@phila.gov.

Application Details
A multi-stakeholder group comprised of various labor and city partners will select grantees through a formal review process based on specific criteria including:

  • Organization mission (this does not need to be specific about labor or employment)
  • The community served such as demographic, zip code, and household income
  • Outreach efforts and plan to reach underserved communities in Philadelphia
  • Relationship to communities most impacted by Office of Worker Protection labor laws

Timeline
Applications will close at 11:59 PM on November 6, 2026.

Awardees will be selected in December. A required orientation will be held in December or January, exact date to follow.

Contact

For more details or questions, contact Eva Yuen (eva.yuen@phila.gov), Engagement Supervisor with the Philadelphia Office of Worker Protections.