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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
    21
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    OHS Service Connections/Site Clean-up
    All Day
    Multiple locations
    Event

    OHS Service Connections/Site Clean-up

    October 21, 2025
    All Day
    Multiple locations
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    A Service Connection/Site Clean-up will occur today at: 

    • 5th Street and Callowhill Street
    • 6th Street and Callowhill Street
    • 15th Street and Vine Street
    • Logan Circle (200 N. 19th Street)

    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
    21
    Event
    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations
    Event

    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups

    October 21, 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
    • 2800 Kensington Avenue (multiple locations on block)
    • 2000 E. Sterner Street
    • 2000 E. Silver Street
    • 3200 Shelbourne 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
    21
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    CODE VIOLATION HEARINGS
    9:00 am to 2:00 pm
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    CODE VIOLATION HEARINGS

    October 21, 2025
    9:00 am to 2:00 pm, 5 hours
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  • Oct
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    FAIR HOUSING EXECUTIVE SESSION
    9:00 am to 9:15 am
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    FAIR HOUSING EXECUTIVE SESSION

    October 21, 2025
    9:00 am to 9:15 am, 15 minutes
  • Oct
    21
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    Pushing Progress Philly (P3) Ongoing Programming
    9:30 am to 2:00 pm
    Hunting Park Neighborhood Resource Center, 2221 West Venango Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140
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    Pushing Progress Philly (P3) Ongoing Programming

    October 21, 2025
    9:30 am to 2:00 pm, 5 hours
    Hunting Park Neighborhood Resource Center, 2221 West Venango Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140
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    Pushing Progress Philly (P3)

    Pushing Progress Philly (P3) is a 12-month training and supportive services program that provides justice-impacted participants with job training, cognitive behavioral intervention, coaching services and paid employment. P3 is a unique response to the gun violence epidemic in Philadelphia. Cohorts are reserved for P3 participants and registration is required.

    To Inquire about Registration and More, Contact: Faith Dickey, faith.dickey@phila.gov


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