Legislative Budget Update

Upcoming Events, Important Dates,

Election Season, National Arts Action Summit | 3/9/22

Offers, Bumps & Sprinkles, Oh My!

The Conference Chairs have released the final numbers.

Cultural & Museum Grants $46,010,129 (100%)

see House Supplemental Funding Issues - that's the sprinkle

Culture Builds Florida Grants $3,077,996 (100%)

Cultural Facilities Grants:$10,000,000 (63% - covers through ranked application # 23)

see Federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds

Thank you all for the passion and perseverance you brought to bear these past months. WELL DONE!

Commence with the thank you letters.

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Important Dates:

April 1 FYE 2024 Grant Application Portal Opens

Tuesday, April 5 Webinar: How to Apply for General Program Support and Specific Cultural Projects Grants

Wednesday, April 6 Webinar: How to Apply for Cultural Facilities Grants

Wednesday, April 13 Webinar: How to Apply for General Program Support and Specific Cultural Project Grants

Thursday, April 14 Webinar: How to Apply for Cultural Facilities Grants

Wednesday, April 20 Webinar: GPS/SCP Application Criteria - Quality of Offerings

Wednesday, April 27 Webinar: GPS/SCP Application Criteria - Impact Part 1

June 1 FYE 2024 Grant Application Deadline 5:00PM (est)

July 30 Deadline to submit final report on current year grants

Link to Florida Division of Arts and Culture Calendar containing access to respective webinars.

2022 Elections: 2022 is an important election year in Florida. With redistricting and members terming out, there will likely be active races and as many opportunities to learn about candidates and help them learn about the arts and culture industry in Florida.

Individuals seeking office in the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate must qualify by Friday, June 17, 2022. After that, we'll know who is running and extend a candidate survey, the results of which we will share with you.

Reaching out to non-applicant counties

As mentioned in a previous email, FCA was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. As part of the application, we cited that roughly 38% of Florida 67 counties have never or rarely ever applied for funding from the state for program or project support. We going to try to change that. Two workshops are on the immediate horizon.

If you know of an individual in these counties who might be eligible to apply and able to attend, please share with them.

Chipley

Wednesday, March 16

Counties in the area: Washington, Holmes, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington

Live Oak

Wednesday, March 30

Counties in the area: Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, Putnam, Union

Registration Form Link

We are still working on confirming 4 more regional workshops convenient to Gulf, Liberty, Wakulla, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, Sumter, Citrus, Santa Rosa, Hardee, Okeechobee, DeSoto & Glades.

Florida Elections Time Table

Election	Deadline to Register	Deadline to Request Mail In Ballot	Mail-In Domestic Overseas	Early Voting*	Election Day
Primary Absent	Jul 25	Aug 13	send by Jul 9
Primary Domestic			Jul 14-21	Aug 13 - 20	Aug 23
General Absent	Oct 11	Oct 29	send by Sept 24
General Domestic			Sept 29 - Oct 26	Oct 29 - Nov5	Nov 8

* Each county Supervisor of Elections may offer more days of early voting from one or more of the following days:

Primary Election: August 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 21
General Election: October 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and November 6

Check with your county Supervisor of Elections for the additional days of early voting that may be offered in your county.

The National Arts Action Summit is an annual multi-day digital event bringing together arts advocates from across the country. In 2022, the National Arts Action Summit will take place virtually March 28-30. This year, for the first time, there will be no registration fee to attend the National Arts Action Summit for both individuals and partner organizations. Registration is open! Learn more about the event and register here.

Seven bills, introduced over the last year, together map a new, more equitable and impactful policy landscape for creative businesses and workers. Were all these bills to pass into law, they would improve the lives of all Americans by opening billions of dollars in investment opportunity for creative businesses and entrepreneurs, expanding opportunity for current and future workers, and boosting the U.S. economy. They are:

CREATE Act: Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy Act
PLACE Act: Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act
21CFWP: 21st Century Federal Writers Project Act
CERA: Creative Economy Revitalization Act
PATPA: Performing Arts Tax Parity Act
STAR Act: Saving Transit Arts Resources Act
AEFA: Arts Education for All Act

The bills are summarized in a 4-page explainer, and arts organizations can add their support for each bill via this online form which will help increase congressional support. Pro-arts individuals can take action directly via the Arts Action Center by contacting their member of Congress and requesting that they co-sponsor the legislative proposals.

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