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Inner Voice INC. — 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 INNER VOICE INC..
$277,867,171
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
317
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Jun 22, 1994
$168,465,000
Largest single award
Aug 3, 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
- Department Of Human Resources$246,830,240
- Department Of Family And Support Services$26,890,033
- Mayors Office Of Workforce Development$3,569,140
- Department Of Planning And Development$561,861
- Chicago Department Of Public Health$15,897
Largest individual contracts
- EMERGENCY SHELTER RESPONSE — 2001$168,465,000
- HUD-ESG99-2000/HUD-CSBG HOMELESS SERVICES — 2001$16,371,800
- FY' 2007 HOMELESS SERVICES — 2007$15,922,266
- FY 04 HOMELESS SERVICES — 2003$11,959,482
- FY'05-'06 HOMELESS SERVICES — 2005$6,148,185
- FY' 09 HOMELESS SERVICES — 2009$5,468,690
- FY '10 HOMELESS SERVICES — 2010$3,735,100
- SHELTER PLUS CARE — 2011$3,476,304
How the work was procured
- RFP30 contracts
- SOLE SOURCE4 contracts
- RFQ3 contracts
Contract types
- DELEGATE AGENCY254 contracts
- Delegate Agency11 contracts
- Modification2 contracts
- COMPTROLLER-OTHER2 contracts
- Time Extension1 contracts
Inner Voice INC. contracts most heavily with Department Of Human Resources, which accounts for $246,830,240 across 185 contract records.
Inner Voice INC. contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Inner Voice INC.?
- City of Chicago contract records show $277,867,171 awarded to Inner Voice INC. across 317 contract records approved since Jun 22, 1994. 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 Inner Voice INC.?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Inner Voice INC. are: Department Of Human Resources ($246,830,240); Department Of Family And Support Services ($26,890,033); Mayors Office Of Workforce Development ($3,569,140); Department Of Planning And Development ($561,861); Chicago Department Of Public Health ($15,897).
- What is the largest Inner Voice INC. contract?
- The largest single award on file is $168,465,000, described by the city as "EMERGENCY SHELTER RESPONSE", approved Aug 10, 2001, through Department Of Human Resources.
- 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
- City Contractsupdated dailyofficial portal ↗
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.