Wednesday, March 20, 2019

This afternoon, the Senate TED Appropriations Subcommittee recommended $21,250,000 to fund DCA 2019-20 matching grants; yesterday, the House TAT recommended $10,356,249 
-- see table below for details.

FOLLOW UP:  The  advocacy alert for your follow-up strategies to help secure the most funding for DCA 2019-20 matching grants will be emailed to you tomorrow.  Please respond in a timely manner.  Thank you.


Senate TED Chairman Travis Hutson
The Florida Senate Transportation, Tourism, & Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee (TED) met this afternoon to release its proposed budget recommendations for the TED's FY 2019-20 State Budget -- THESE ARE NOT THE FINAL NUMBERS BELOW.  

This is a process and these are the Senate's and House's first numbers released regarding DOS DCA matching-grant-appropriation recommendations.




TABLE BELOW SHOWS: 

What was funded in FY 2018-19; what is needed to fully fund 664 well-vetted DCA 2019-20 matching grants; what did the House TAT and Senate TED appropriation subcommittees recommend as of now to fund DCA matching grants -- NOT FINAL NUMBERS BELOW.  This is the first step in the budget-development process:

DOS DCA Matching-Grant Funding Categories - click category below to access ranked list:
State-Appropriation Investments
made in FY 2018-2019:
State-Appropriation
Investments NEEDED to FULLY FUND 664 DCA  
2019-20 Matching 
Grants:
HOUSE TAT as of 3-19-19 Recommends -- not final numbers -- this is step one in process:

SENATE TED as of 3-20-19 Recommends -- not final numbers -- this is step one in process:

$2,650,000
$42,101,119
needed to fully fund 478 well-vetted matching grants
$7,376,221 
would provide 478 well-vetted matching grants approximately 17.5% of their qualified grant amounts
$12,300,000
would provide 478 well-vetted matching grants approximately 29% of their qualified grant amounts
Culture Builds Florida Matching Grants $0
 $2,980,028
needed to fully fund 132 well-vetted matching grants
 $2,980,028
would fully fund 132 well-vetted matching grants
$2,980,000 
if $28 is added, would fully fund 132 well-vetted matching grants 
Cultural Facilities Matching Grants
 $0
 $12,499,777
needed to fully fund 37 well-vetted matching grants
$0 for list
-- see legislative projects below
$5,970,000 
would fund first 18 on ranked list and partially fund #19 on ranked list
Cultural Endowment State Match Requests
 $0
 $4,080,000
needed to provide 17 qualified state matches
 $0 for list 
 $0 for list 
SUBTOTALS:

$2,650,000
 $61,660,924
NEEDED to FULLY FUND 664 well-vetted matching grants at their qualified grant amounts
$10,356,249

as of 3-19-2020

$21,250,000 

as of 3-20-2020



Also recommended in Senate TED's and House TAT's budgets are these legislative projects and pass-through appropriation recommendations under DCA:

Legislative Projects Recommended 
for Funding to date:
Legislative Projects Recommended 
for Funding to date:

HOUSE TAT as of 3-19-19 Recommends -- not final numbers -- this is step one in process:
SENATE TED as of 3-20-19 Recommends -- not final numbers -- this is step one in process:
African American History Museum and Library
 Senate Form 1315
$50,000
Camp Blanding Museum Expansion Project
Senate Form 2228 HB 4141
$750,000
$750,000
Florida African-American Heritage Preservation Network
 Senate Form 1852
$200,000
Florida Holocaust Museum - St. Petersburg
 HB 2197
$750,000

Florida Holocaust Security Enhancements HB 2207
$853,804

Florida Humanities Council HB 4401
$100,000

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center
 HB 2145
$257,000

Largo Central Park Performing Arts Center Facility
 Senate Form 2255
$120,000
Miami Military Museum Inaugural Year Operations
 Senate Form 1971 HB 4411
$500,000
$200,000
Operator VOICE
 Senate Form 2377
$100,168
PIAG Museum -- Art for the Community
HB 9233
$343,636

Pulse Memorial and Museum
Senate Form 1407

$245,000
Richloam Museum - Hernando County
 HB 4157
 $50,000
Ruth Eckerd Hall Expanding the Experience Campaign
 Senate Form 2265 
HB 2567
$250,000
$100,000
Saint Petersburg Museum of History Senate Form 1831
$200,000
Straz Center for the Performing Arts Master Plan
Senate Form 1642
$100,000
SUBTOTALS:
$3,854,440
$2,065,168

Suggested advocacy follow-up strategies will be emailed to you tomorrow.

Understand this is a process and you must stay engaged and follow through on advocacy alerts to
secure the highest appropriations possible to fund the 2019-20 DCA matching grants.

Many thanks for your continued advocacy efforts.