Policy

The Department of Housing’s size and mandate have changed multiple times since 2011, with the office at times combined into DPD and at other times a standalone department. Because of […]

Chicago’s cultural and special events department is unique in the city’s budget, drawing most of its funding from the hotel and special events tax. As a result, DCASE funding is […]

The Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection is both a service and an enforcement department, operating various business assistance and grant programs while also enforcing the city’s labor laws […]

The Department of Planning and Development’s size and mandate have changed multiple times since 2011, with the Department of Housing at times combined into DPD and at other times a […]

One of the city’s largest departmental budgets, but also a heavily grant-funded one, much of CDOT’s operations are self-funding or funded independently of the rest of the city budget. The […]

The Department of Water Management is among the city’s largest, both by budget and headcount. In the 2027 proposal DWM has the fifth-largest budgeted appropriations total and the third-largest budgeted […]

The city’s IT department has undergone various organizational shifts over the years, merging with the fleet and facilities management department in 2020 to form the combined Department of Assets, Information […]

One of the city’s highest-profile departments in terms of day-to-day public services, the Department of Streets and Sanitation handles garbage, recycling, street cleaning, tree trimming, and other public infrastructure services.   […]

The Chicago Police Department is by far the largest city department, in terms of both headcount and budgeted appropriations.  CPD positions make up 38.3% of the city’s total budgeted headcount […]

The city’s public health department provides a wide range of services across the city, including infectious disease prevention, mental health services, and food sanitation and nutrition programs. As a heavily […]