Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services
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The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services is the municipal agency responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering services and housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services canonical | 1 |
| Philadelphia homeless shelter system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9537401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services Context triple: [Government of the City of Philadelphia, hasAgency, Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services]
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A.
Philadelphia Office of Public Engagement
The Philadelphia Office of Public Engagement is a city agency that connects residents with local government through outreach, community partnerships, and public participation initiatives.
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B.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is the state agency responsible for administering public assistance, health and social service programs for residents of Pennsylvania.
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C.
Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office
The Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office is a key executive agency in city government responsible for coordinating and managing the delivery of municipal services and operations across Philadelphia.
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D.
Government of the City of Philadelphia
The Government of the City of Philadelphia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through its executive, legislative, and related public service departments and agencies.
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E.
Philadelphia Housing Authority
The Philadelphia Housing Authority is the municipal agency responsible for developing, managing, and providing affordable public housing and related services for low-income residents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services Target entity description: The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services is the municipal agency responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering services and housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia.
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A.
Philadelphia Office of Public Engagement
The Philadelphia Office of Public Engagement is a city agency that connects residents with local government through outreach, community partnerships, and public participation initiatives.
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B.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is the state agency responsible for administering public assistance, health and social service programs for residents of Pennsylvania.
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C.
Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office
The Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office is a key executive agency in city government responsible for coordinating and managing the delivery of municipal services and operations across Philadelphia.
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D.
Government of the City of Philadelphia
The Government of the City of Philadelphia is the municipal administration responsible for governing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through its executive, legislative, and related public service departments and agencies.
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E.
Philadelphia Housing Authority
The Philadelphia Housing Authority is the municipal agency responsible for developing, managing, and providing affordable public housing and related services for low-income residents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
homeless services agency
ⓘ
municipal government agency ⓘ |
| cityServed | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Philadelphia Housing Authority
ⓘ
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ health and behavioral health agencies ⓘ local nonprofit organizations ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| fundedBy |
City of Philadelphia budget
ⓘ
federal homelessness grants ⓘ state homelessness funding ⓘ |
| governingBody |
City of Philadelphia Mayor
ⓘ
linked to:
Mayor of Philadelphia
Philadelphia City Council ⓘ |
| hasMission | to prevent and end homelessness in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-homeless-services/ ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ |
| operatesInJurisdiction |
City of Philadelphia
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
|
| oversees |
Philadelphia homeless shelter system
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services
contracts with nonprofit homeless service providers ⓘ |
| partOf |
City of Philadelphia government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of the City of Philadelphia
|
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administering the city homeless assistance system
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annual Point-in-Time count coordination in Philadelphia ⓘ coordinated entry for homeless services ⓘ coordinating homeless services in Philadelphia ⓘ data collection on homelessness in Philadelphia ⓘ delivering homeless services in Philadelphia ⓘ developing housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness ⓘ managing emergency shelter contracts ⓘ permanent supportive housing programs ⓘ planning homeless services in Philadelphia ⓘ prevention and diversion programs for homelessness ⓘ rapid rehousing programs ⓘ street outreach coordination ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceTarget |
families at risk of homelessness
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people experiencing homelessness ⓘ single adults experiencing homelessness ⓘ survivors of domestic violence experiencing homelessness ⓘ youth and young adults experiencing homelessness ⓘ |
| shortName | OHS ⓘ |
| topic |
homelessness
ⓘ
housing ⓘ poverty reduction ⓘ social services ⓘ |
| usesProgramModel | Housing First ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services Description of subject: The Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services is the municipal agency responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering services and housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services