Arts Education (AE) grants support local cultural organizations and/or teaching artists in providing meaningful arts education for Pre-K-12 public school students up to and including senior adults. These funds serve to bring teaching artists and their classroom skills into dedicated learning environments for all ages.

The State Community Regrant Program (SCR), formally known as the Decentralization Regrant Program, was developed by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) in 1977 to ensure that New York State’s cultural funding reached every part of the state. The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts administers the program for Livingston and Monroe Counties.