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Carole Robertson Center For Learning — 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 CAROLE ROBERTSON CENTER FOR LEARNING.

$240,349,621

Total awarded

Net of revisions and de-obligations

320

Contracts on file

Earliest approved Nov 10, 1994

$29,044,508

Largest single award

Aug 19, 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$166,684,937
  2. Department Of Human Resources$36,444,550
  3. Department Of Children And Youth Services$36,060,338
  4. Department Of Planning And Development$1,147,085

Largest individual contracts

  1. DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL: — 2019$29,044,508
  2. DFSS-ECBG-CS-CEL: — 2019$16,662,600
  3. FY' 09 - FY' 2011 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2008$15,388,376
  4. FY03 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2003$13,065,324
  5. FY 06 - FY 08 HEAD START COLLABORATION — 2005$11,473,069
  6. DFSS-ECBG-CS-PI: PREVENTION INITIATIVE PROGRAM — 2019$10,698,100
  7. DFSS-ECBG-CS-CEL: — 2023$10,182,700
  8. DFSS-ECBG-CS-CEL: — 2024$9,413,770

How the work was procured

  1. RFP37 contracts
  2. RFI4 contracts
  3. SOLE SOURCE4 contracts
  4. BID3 contracts

Contract types

  1. DELEGATE AGENCY280 contracts
  2. Delegate Agency2 contracts
  3. COMPTROLLER-OTHER1 contracts

Carole Robertson Center For Learning contracts most heavily with Department Of Family And Support Services, which accounts for $166,684,937 across 173 contract records.

Carole Robertson Center For Learning contracts FAQ

How much has Chicago awarded to Carole Robertson Center For Learning?
City of Chicago contract records show $240,349,621 awarded to Carole Robertson Center For Learning across 320 contract records approved since Nov 10, 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 Carole Robertson Center For Learning?
By total award amount, the departments contracting with Carole Robertson Center For Learning are: Department Of Family And Support Services ($166,684,937); Department Of Human Resources ($36,444,550); Department Of Children And Youth Services ($36,060,338); Department Of Planning And Development ($1,147,085).
What is the largest Carole Robertson Center For Learning contract?
The largest single award on file is $29,044,508, described by the city as "DFSS-HHS-CS-CEL:", approved Dec 12, 2019, 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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