Thursday, February 1, 2018
State Budget Update #3
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The Florida House and Senate Appropriations' Committees Passed Their Proposed FY 2018-2019 Budgets Yesterday -- these are NOT FINAL and subject to change:

The Senate added additional legislative projects to fund from the Cultural and Museum Grants Category -- see below for details.


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Below is what is in both the Senate's and House's proposed FY 2018-2019 state budgets as of today's date for appropriations to fund DCA 2018-2019 grants -- NOT FINAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE:




NEEDED To Fully Fund all 658 DCA Grants Fully:
Florida HOUSE Recommends
as of 2-1-18:
Florida SENATE Recommends
as of 2-1-18:

489 Cultural and Museum Matching Grants
$41,608,780
$10,000,000 
(24% of what is needed to fully fund 489 matching grants)

$7,013,985
(16.8% of what is needed to fully fund 489 matching grants)
134 Culture Builds Florida Matching Grants
$2,987,775
$2,987,775
(would fully fund all 134 matching grants)
$-0-
18 Cultural Facilities Matching Grants
$6,147,838

$6,147,838
(would fully fund all 18 matching grants)
$-0-
17 State Matches for Cultural Endowment Program
$4,080,000
$-0- $-0-
$54,824,393
$19,135,613
34.9% of what is needed
$7,013,985
12.7% of what is needed



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18 LEGISLATIVE MEMBER PROJECTS

Also Recommended Under the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Budget Recommendations Are 18 LEGISLATIVE MEMBER PROJECTS that Total $10,744,260:




The SENATE recommends funding for fourteen (14) legislative-member projects under the Cultural and Museum Grants Category totaling $8,934,260 -- more than what it recommends to fund 489 recommended Cultural and Museum Grants for FY 2018-2019.

The HOUSE recommends three (3) legislative-member projects under the Cultural and Museum Grants Category totaling $810,000 AND one under Cultural Facilities for $1,000,000 -- a total of four (4) legislative projects that total $1,810,000.

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COMBINED TOTAL for eighteen (18) legislative member projects under the Division of Cultural Affairs is $10,744,260 based in nine Florida counties: Broward, Citrus, Clay, Jackson, Miami-Dade, Okaloosa, Orange, Palm Beach, and Pinellas.




Here is a DETAILED REPORT on all legislative-project descriptions and their sponsors, along with (1) requests for the four DCA grant-programs; (2) what was funded this year; (3) and in FY 2014-2015 -- fully funded year.





Tomorrow, we'll will send you three different alert messages for you to edit as needed and send to your

Florida Representatives
Florida Senators
Florida Legislative Leadership

to help secure RESTORED appropriation investments for the four DCA grants' programs.


Please understand that this is a PROCESS.
There are many steps in the development of Florida's budget.
You and other arts and culture advocates must participate in each step.


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