; Whereas Arts for Learning Connecticut worked with 252,750 students in the State of Connecticut last year; Whereas Arts for Learning Indiana engaged 129 teaching artists to deliver arts-integrated programs to nearly 48,000 students in the region; Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided more than 500 programs reaching youth from infancy through high school graduation, in collaboration with 90 partnering institutions; Whereas Arts for Learning San Diego served over 68,000 students in more than 220 schools in southern California; Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, provided over 840 programs to 30,040 local students; Whereas ArtsNow Learning in Atlanta, Georgia, partnered with 79 institutions throughout the Southeast United States involving over 18,000 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 nearly 5,900 programs for more than 150,000 children; Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked with nearly 5,000 students in 70 Chicago Public Schools; Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the largest nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served over 104,000 students; Whereas Springboard to Learning, in St. Louis, Missouri, delivered 945 programs, in 5,365 program sessions, to students in 125 schools and 32 community venues; Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, in Denver, Colorado, worked with more than 36,000 students across the State; Whereas Young Audiences Maryland partnered with nearly 420 schools and community organizations in all 24 Maryland school districts to provide over 2,230,000 hours of programming for students from pre-K through grade 12; Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania provided programming to students throughout the region in collaboration with 703 schools and partnering organizations; Whereas Young Audiences New York worked with over 77,000 students across New York City