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After mass public comment, commissioners restore cultural grants and community-based funding
Summary
Hundreds of residents and arts, culture and social-service leaders pressed the board to restore grant funding. Commissioners voted several amendments that restored the Department of Cultural Affairs competitive grants and added targeted allocations for CBOs and mental health programs.
Lede Miami-Dade commissioners reversed earlier cuts to arts and community-based organizations at the second budget hearing, approving amendments that restore competitive cultural grants and add targeted funding for social-service nonprofits.
Nut graf After a long public-comment period during which more than 100 representatives from arts organizations, service providers and community groups urged restoration, the commission amended the mayor's proposed budget to reinstate support for cultural grants, keep the Department of Cultural Affairs independent, and add one-time and programmatic funding to several nonprofits.
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