Thank you for following through on the emails and telephone calls to your legislators and to legislative leadership. Leadership last night restored the $10 million for Cultural and Museum Grants, taking the total back up to $19 million. They also added to appropriations to fully fund the 37 Cultural Facility Grants.

Status of what is currently recommended in HB 5001, the proposed FY 2017 State Budget, is below. The full Florida Legislature must vote on this proposed budget before the close of this year's legislative session scheduled for this Friday, March 11. Once they vote on the budget, it goes to the Governor's office for review and potential vetoes.

We'll discuss the budget in greater detail and review the status of the bills we've been monitoring on our statewide advocacy and information-to-use conference call on Monday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST.

Please quickly register to participate on Monday's March 14, call.

DCA Grants Programs - click grants-program name below to access ranked lists:	Funded in FY 2015-2016:	Needed to Fully Fund FY 2016-2017 DCA Grants:	What is Recommended in Proposed FY 2017 State Budget:
Cultural and Museum Grants	$12,764,187	$30,933,457	$19,000,000
Culture Builds Florida	$1,520,625	$1,682,209	$1,682,209
Cultural Facilities	$18,839,581	$11,906,424	$11,906,424
Cultural Endowments	$1,680,000	$480,000	$480,000
Subtotals:	$34,804,393	$45,002,090	$33,068,633

Please send quick thank you emails to the legislative leaders below for fully funding the Culture Builds Florida grants, Cultural Facilities' grants, providing 2 state Cultural Endowment matches, and restoring funds for Cultural and Museum Grants. We'll start our statewide thank you campaign next week, and we'll provide you a list of individuals to thank for this year's state investments in Florida's arts and culture industry.

SENATE LEADERSHIP:

Leadership

Position:

E-mail Addresses:

Capitol Phone #:

Andy Gardiner

Senate President

gardiner.andy@flsenate.gov

(850) 487-5013

Tom Lee

Chairman of Senate Appropriations

lee.tom@flsenate.gov

(850) 487-5024

HOUSE LEADERSHIP:

Steve Crisafulli

Speaker of the House

steve.crisafulli@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 717-5051

Richard Corcoran

Chairman of House

Appropriations

richard.corcoran@myfloridahouse.gov

(850) 717-5037

Thank you.
Your voice makes a difference.