The Florida House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development (TED) just released its first round (Chairman's recommendations) of FY 2016-2017 budget recommendations. Below is what is being recommended now for this first round in the budget-development process from both the House and Senate TED appropriations' subcommittees for the four-grants-funding categories under the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA).  These are not the final numbers and are subject to change.  This is just the beginning of the State-budget-development process.

    The two DCA grants-funding categories that both the Senate and the House currently agree to fully fund are the Culture Builds Florida Grants (80 on ranked list) and the Cultural Endowment Program (2 on ranked list).  There is a difference in what the Senate and House TED appropriations subcommittees recommend under the Cultural and Museum Grants and Cultural Facilities.  See table below. 

     Please pay attention tomorrow, over the next week, and throughout the Florida Legislative Session for action alerts from us.  Time to act on these alerts is critical -- please follow through with the suggested actions when you receive them.  Our goal is to secure full funding for all of these 532 qualified DCA grant applicants under all four DCA grants-funding categories.