; Whereas Arts Council of Kern/Arts for Learning in Bakersfield, California, reached students in schools throughout Kern County; Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 560,000 students throughout the State of Connecticut last year; Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana offered arts integrated programs and worked with over 60,000 students throughout the State; Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided 300 in-depth artist residencies with more than 60 partners, with programming reaching youth from infancy through high school graduation; Whereas Arts for Learning San Diego served over 100,000 students in 170 schools; Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, offered almost 1,000 programs to 40,000 students; Whereas Big Thought in Dallas, Texas, reached more than 143,000 students at over 433 learning locations; Whereas Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, in Cleveland, Ohio, provided 6,600 programs for 225,000 children; Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked with 4,000 students in 75 Chicago Public Schools; Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the largest nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served over 100,000 students; Whereas Springboard, St. Louis, delivered over 1,000 program sessions to more than 60,000 students in the greater St. Louis region; Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, in Denver, Colorado, worked with almost 32,000 kids across the State; Whereas Young Audiences Maryland partnered with every school district in the State to provide programs to almost 180,000 students; Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania provided programming to 844 schools and partnering institutions serving over 400,000 students; Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with 100,000 students across New York City; Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached more than 15,000 students this year; Whereas Young Audiences of Houston hosted the Houston Arts Partners conference for more than 1,000 participants and provided 3,000 programs to over 200,000 students