BOEF Current Recipients

The Seattle Office of Labor Standards' Business Outreach and Education Fund (BOEF) facilitates assistance and outreach to small businesses owned by low-income and historically disenfranchised communities, who typically are not served by traditional outreach methods, to increase awareness and compliance with Seattle's labor standards.

The BOEF is designed to build a culture of compliance by:

Increasing knowledge of and compliance with Seattle's labor standards.
Developing new partnerships and building capacity among community organizations to serve as ongoing resources for information and compliance assistance.
Building trust and collaboration between OLS, the business community, and business organizations serving the business community.

2021-2022 Recipients

2021-2022 Recipients

24-month contract extension from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022

Organizations	Amount Funded 2021-2022	Communities of Focus
Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition	$400,000.00	African American Asian East African Immigrant and Refugees Latinx Pacific Islander
Business Impact NW	$66,000.00	Low-income entrepreneurs Immigrant and Refugees LGBTQ
Latino Community Fund	$284,000.00	Immigrant and Refugees Latinx
Ventures	$200,000.00	Immigrant and Refugees Women Small businesses owned by people with income sat or below 80% of the HUD area median income.
Tabor 100	$150,000.00	African American East African
Total Amount Funded	$1,100,000.00

2021 Hiring Entity Outreach

The Office of Labor Standards also partners with Hand-in-Hand, a national network of employers of nannies, house cleaners and home attendants, to provide outreach and education to individuals, households, and employers about their responsibilities under the Domestic Workers Ordinance (DWO).

Organizations	Amount Funded 2021	Communities of Focus
Hand in Hand	$50,000.00	Seattle domestic employers and their allies

For information about these partnerships, please contact us at labor.standards@seattle.gov or call us at (206) 256-5297.