Women's Opportunities Resource Center

The Women's Opportunities Resource Center (WORC) aims to promote social and economic self-sufficiency for economically disadvantaged women and their families living in Philadelphia and its surrounding four counties.  To do so, WORC offers a range of programs including business training, business assistance, incentivized savings, job placement, and access to business and financial resources.  As of 2016, WORC’s training programs have graduated 3,600 people and helped start 850 new businesses, and its savings program has supported 1,429 people in saving $5 million.