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Metropolitan Family Service — 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 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE.
$374,418,431
Total awarded
Net of revisions and de-obligations
924
Contracts on file
Earliest approved Nov 22, 1993
$14,874,525
Largest single award
Jul 15, 2025
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 Family And Support Services$204,507,911
- Chicago Department Of Public Health$141,523,115
- Department Of Human Resources$14,274,926
- Department Of Children And Youth Services$4,940,593
- Dept On Aging$3,484,589
- Department Of Housing$1,277,401
- Department Of Planning And Development$450,474
Largest individual contracts
- DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL: — 2020$14,874,525
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2020$12,000,000
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2022$9,000,000
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2023$9,000,000
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2021$9,000,000
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2024$9,000,000
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2024 (2)$9,000,000
- CDPH-VIOLNCE PREV: PO 129061 METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE — 2023 (2)$9,000,000
How the work was procured
- RFP124 contracts
- SOLE SOURCE5 contracts
- RFI4 contracts
- BID4 contracts
Contract types
- DELEGATE AGENCY893 contracts
- COMPTROLLER-OTHER3 contracts
- Delegate Agency1 contracts
- CONVERTED1 contracts
Metropolitan Family Service contracts most heavily with Department Of Family And Support Services, which accounts for $204,507,911 across 543 contract records.
Metropolitan Family Service contracts FAQ
- How much has Chicago awarded to Metropolitan Family Service?
- City of Chicago contract records show $374,418,431 awarded to Metropolitan Family Service across 924 contract records approved since Nov 22, 1993. 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 Metropolitan Family Service?
- By total award amount, the departments contracting with Metropolitan Family Service are: Department Of Family And Support Services ($204,507,911); Chicago Department Of Public Health ($141,523,115); Department Of Human Resources ($14,274,926); Department Of Children And Youth Services ($4,940,593); Dept On Aging ($3,484,589).
- What is the largest Metropolitan Family Service contract?
- The largest single award on file is $14,874,525, described by the city as "DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL:", approved Jan 3, 2020, 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
- 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.