The State-Local Partnership Program fosters cultural development on the local level through a partnership between the California Arts Council and the designated local arts agency* of each county. This partnership includes funding, cooperative activities, information exchange, and leadership enabling individuals, organizations, and communities to create, present, and preserve the arts of all cultures to enrich the quality of life for all Californians.

* A local arts agency is a nonprofit organization, or agency of city or county government, officially designated to provide financial support, services, and/or other programs to a variety of arts organizations, individual artists, and the community as a whole.

The State-Local Partnership Program is funded in part by proceeds from the sale of the Arts License Plate, a specialty plate designed by noted California artist Wayne Thiebaud to support local arts programming and arts education.

SLPP Contact List
Program Guidelines (pdf) (rtf)
Previous Application – Reference Only (pdf) (rtf)
(Application for July 2008 – June 2009 funding available November 2008)
Grantee Forms