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All Chicago Making Homelessness History — City of Chicago contracts

Every contract the City of Chicago has on file with this vendor: what was awarded, which departments issued it, and how the awards were procured. Figures are computed live from the city's official contracts dataset.

Recorded in city contract data as ALL CHICAGO MAKING HOMELESSNESS HISTORY.

$660,335,707

Total awarded

Net of revisions and de-obligations

347

Contracts on file

Earliest approved Nov 19, 2007

$95,350,640

Largest single award

Aug 7, 2026

Most recent approval

A note on the totals: the city files revisions and de-obligations as their own records with negative award amounts, so the total above is the net of awards and adjustments. An awarded amount is also not money paid — it is the ceiling the city agreed to, and actual spending can come in lower.

Departments, by total awarded

  1. Department Of Family And Support Services$660,150,009
  2. Department Of Housing$125,698

Largest individual contracts

  1. DFSS-CORP-HL-RRP: — 2026$95,350,640
  2. DFSS-ARP-HL-RRP: — 2023$56,130,357
  3. DFSS-ARP-HL-RRP: — 2022$56,130,357
  4. DFSS-ESG-HL-RRP: — 2020$49,431,750
  5. DFSS-CORP-HL-RRP: — 2026 (2)$43,171,830
  6. DFSS-CORP-HL-RRP: — 2023$31,268,916
  7. DFSS-CORP-HL-RRP: — 2026 (3)$19,070,128
  8. DFSS-ARP-HL-RRP: — 2022 (2)$18,710,119

How the work was procured

  1. RFP21 contracts

Contract types

  1. DELEGATE AGENCY347 contracts

All Chicago Making Homelessness History contracts most heavily with Department Of Family And Support Services, which accounts for $660,150,009 across 341 contract records.

All Chicago Making Homelessness History contracts FAQ

How much has Chicago awarded to All Chicago Making Homelessness History?
City of Chicago contract records show $660,335,707 awarded to All Chicago Making Homelessness History across 347 contract records approved since Nov 19, 2007. That figure is the net of awards and later adjustments, and an award is not the same as money actually paid out.
Which city departments contract with All Chicago Making Homelessness History?
By total award amount, the departments contracting with All Chicago Making Homelessness History are: Department Of Family And Support Services ($660,150,009); Department Of Housing ($125,698).
What is the largest All Chicago Making Homelessness History contract?
The largest single award on file is $95,350,640, described by the city as "DFSS-CORP-HL-RRP:", approved Apr 2, 2026, through Department Of Family And Support Services.
Why can a contract amount be negative?
The city records revisions and de-obligations as separate rows with negative award amounts. That means a vendor total is the net of original awards plus every later adjustment, not a running tally of payments. Awarded dollars are also not the same as dollars spent — a contract can be awarded and only partly drawn down.

Source

Contracts are matched on the vendor name exactly as the city records it, so a company filed under more than one spelling may appear on more than one page. Award amounts can be negative on revisions and de-obligations; totals are the net of awards and adjustments, not payments made.

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