USA: Actors Fund

Our licensed clinicians help industry professionals and their families deal with and provide ongoing support services for issues like work and personal stress, anxiety, depression and life transitions.

Our social workers can provide:

Evaluation and referrals
Short-term treatment
Crisis intervention
Advocacy and connections to community treatment resources

Referrals are made to a wide network of providers familiar with industry issues and psychotherapists who accept commonly used health plan networks. Many offer sliding-scale fee schedules, convenient locations and specialty treatments. Financial assistance may be available to help with the cost of treatment.

For individuals living with psychiatric disabilities, The Fund helps to locate:

Supportive housing
Day treatment
Vocational rehabilitation
Psychiatric care
Medication management and other resources in the community

ELIGIBILITY

Any performing arts or entertainment professional may call on our Mental Health services for support, information or referrals to community agencies.

Eligibility for financial assistance requires an application, documentation of your professional earnings and an interview and in general is based on:

A minimum of five years of industry paid employment with earnings of at least $6,500 for three out of the last five years, or
Twenty years of industry paid employment with a minimum of ten years of earnings of at least $5,000 for each of those years, and
Financial need

FOR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT:

We provide assistance nationally. Please contact our regional office closest to you.

New York City
212.221.7300, ext. 119
intakeny@actorsfund.org

Chicago
312.372.0989
intakechicago@actorsfund.org

Los Angeles
323.933.9244, ext. 455
intakela@actorsfund.org

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