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Information Used for 2016 Legislative Session
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► County-by-County List of Qualified 2016-2017 DCA Grant Applicants
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► 2016 Florida Legislative
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► County-by-County List of
2015-2016 DCA Grantees
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► County-by-county contact list
of Florida Legislators -- locate your county on the worksheets at the bottom of Excel file.
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► AFTA 2015 Creative Industries Reports for Florida Counties
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► Contact Information for (TED) Subcommittees 
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► Contact information on 2016 Florida Legislative Leadership
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► What you can and cannot do as an arts advocate
(PowerPoint) and here.
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► Know who your senator and representative are in the Florida Legislature and Congress -- go here.
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Please become a FCA member today and support our statewide advocacy efforts to advance arts and culture.
Join the Arts Action Fund here for federal arts-issue updates and action alerts.
Please make a contribution to the Florida PAC for Arts & Culture here to make it possible for this PAC to make campaign contributions to Florida Legislative candidates. Also, please make a contribution to the Arts Action Fund PAC for congressional candidates.
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Call Date Was Monday, May 16, 2016
Who participated on this call and from which Florida counties?
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Guest Speaker:Randy Cohen
Randy Cohen is Vice President of Research and Policy for Americans for the Arts. For over twenty years, Randy has led some of the most important research regarding arts and arts education in the country. Today, he will share highlights of the following research that you can use for organizational development and advocacy purposes: 2.e. 10 Reasons to Support the Arts in Florida
2.g. Economic impact
Email Randy if you have questions or need additional information regarding any of this research: rcohen@artsusa.org
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Quick Review of Final
2016-2017 State Budget
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DCA Grants Programs - click grants-program name below to access ranked lists:
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Funded in FY 2015-2016:
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Needed to Fully Fund FY 2016-2017 DCA Grants:
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Final FY 2016-2017
Appropriations
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| $12,764,187 |
$30,933,457
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$19,000,000 --
Note: this amount was reduced to $18,631,261 due to insufficient funds in trust fund
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| $1,520,625 |
$1,682,209
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$1,682,209
| | Cultural Facilities | $18,839,581 |
$11,906,424
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$11,906,424
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| $1,680,000 |
$480,000
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$480,000
| | Subtotals: | $34,804,393 | $45,002,090 | $32,699,894 |
Final FY 2017 State Appropriations
for Arts & Culture and
Governor's Vetoes:
Go here to review an updated side-by-side of the FY 2017 appropriations for the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs and other related arts, historical, and culture grants and projects, along with the Governor's vetoes related to arts and culture.  Go here to see final Cultural and Museum Grant amounts for FY 2016-2017.
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Please participate in our statewide
thank you campaign.
 Please participate in our "thank you" letter-writing campaign to legislators and others who helped secure the FY 2016-2017 state arts and culture grants' appropriations.
Who to Write: Here is an Excel file that lists key legislators, their legislative assistants, and others outside of the legislature, along with their addresses, who worked to secure these state appropriations to fund the FY 2017 Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) grants' programs. Please take the time to actually use your stationery to write your thank you letters. FCA requests that you please copy us at info@flca.net on a sample of the letter/s you mail. Thank you. Here are some suggestions we encourage you to review and select a couple to use in your thank you letters to help better inform legislators about key reasons these DCA grants are wise state investments.
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 Current Federal Issues To Know About
and Take Action On
5.a. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Please take easy and quick action here to communicate support for NEA funding. 5.b. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Learn why advocates must engage now to ensure arts education is integrated into the development of ESSA policies. Learn from this excellent recorded webinar here conducted by Americans for the Arts. 5.c. New Policy Development for Overtime Pay: Independent Sector (IS) is conducting two webinars regarding the development of new overtime pay: Part 1: Tuesday, May 24, 1:00 - 2:00 pm EDT
Part 2: Tuesday, May 31, 1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT
For detailed information on these webinars and to register to participate on them, go here. It is our understanding that there is no charge to participate. These changes in overtime pay will impact your not-for-profit organization. Note from IS on Overtime Pay Policies:
Currently, nonprofit organizations are required to pay overtime to certain employees that work more than 40 hours a week and receive a salary of $23,660 or less. The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed raising the salary threshold to $50,440 -- an increase that would cause both practical and compliance issues for many organizations. A final rule is expected soon, and it is critical that the sector has the information and tools to be prepared. A panel of sector experts will lead a strategy session that will help your organization manage the proposed expansion of overtime coverage.
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from YOU?
See below, too, for invitations.
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Please mark your calendars. 
Upcoming Statewide Conferences/Events:
►Arts for All Arts Education Summit
June 23-26, Daytona Beach
Julie Hebert, executive director, Florida Alliance for Arts Education will give us a quick update on why everyone involved with arts education should attend this summit. Go here for details and registration.
► Engaging Community and the Arts in Health and Well-being Across the Military ContinuumPatricia Fried, executive director, Arts for Health Florida, will give us a quick update on this event being held at three locations:
May 31 Orlando Morgridge International Reading Center at the University of Central Florida June 3Tarpon Springs Leepa Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College June 4Tampa Reeves Theatre at the University of Tampa All events are from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Register at: www.artsforhealthflorida.myevent.com
$30 Members/$45 General Public
► FCA Monthly Advocacy and Information-to-Use Statewide Monthly Conference Calls:
Please also mark your 2016 calendars for our monthly calls. You will be sent each month an easy and quick registration form to complete to be added to the call-participant list.
Each monthly call is scheduled on a Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST. They are subject to change, but here are the dates we've scheduled for 2016:
June 13 -- we'll finalize 2016 Arts & Culture Candidates' Survey to use during 2016 elections -- guest speaker TBA
July 18
August 15
September 12
October 17
November 14
December 12
for all of your advocacy efforts --
you make a difference!
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