City of Chicago
Early Childhood Education Program
Exact amount: $8,710,200.00
Calendar year 2026
Vendor payments so far (checks Jan 1 to 09/28/2026, partial year) on contracts that the City coded to this exact budget line (same fund, department and account) on 95% or more of their 2025 invoice dollars (Department of Finance, Contracts Data published with the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Report). Matched to this line using how the City coded this contract's 2025 invoices. The 2026 invoices themselves are not in that file, so a few may be coded differently. Names of individual people are hidden.
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| Box | Amount | % of this budget |
|---|---|---|
| Budgeted but not spent yet · Leftover | $6,202,138.65 | 71.2% |
| Other vendors (4) · Paid so far | $1,415,854.76 | 16.3% |
| VERA CREATIVE, INC. · Paid so far | $1,092,206.59 | 12.5% |