RULES & REGULATIONS:
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS:
(encourage you to check out all programs below as some have expanded to cover additional areas)
ACTORS:
- The Actors Fund – Entertainment Assistance Program
- SAG-AFTRA – COVID-19 Relief Fund
- SAG-AFTRA – Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund
ARTS/ARTISTS (ALL TYPES):
- Americans for the Arts – Coronavirus Resource & Response Center
- Artist Relief Fund
- Artist Relief Project
- Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund
- EASL – Emergency Artists Support League
- Entertainment Industry Foundation – COVID-19 Assistance
- NYFA – Anonymous Was a Woman Emergency Relief Grant
- National Endowment for the Arts Announces CARES Act Funding
AUTHORS:
- Authors League Fund
- Deep Vellum Emergency Fund for Texas Literary Artists
- PEN America – Writers’ Emergency Fund
BROADCASTERS:
GENERAL:
- Community Foundations of Texas Response Fund
- Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America
- North Texas Cares
- Paycheck Protection Program (SBA-PPP)
- United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
- Texas AFL-CIO – Unemployment Insurance Flowchart & Checklist
- The Governor’s Report to Reopening Texas
- City of Dallas Rental or Mortgage and/or Utility Assistance
- Self-Employed Texans and the CARES Act
- North Texas Cares Coronavirus Relief Fund
MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION WORKERS:
- American Documentary / POV – COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund
- Directors Guild Foundation – COVID-19 Emergency Fund
- IATSE’s Coronavirus Update Portal
- Motion Picture and Television Fund
MUSICIANS:
- CARES ACT – Benefits to Musicians (Texas Music Office)
- Gospel Music Trust Fund
- Jazz Foundation of America – COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund
- Music Cities Together – COVID-19 Impact Survey
- Music COVID Relief Fund
- Musicians Foundation – CV19 Emergency Relief Aid Grant
- Recording Academy – MusiCares
- Texas Music Office – Music Industry News & Assistance
- The Blues Foundation – HART FUND
- American Federation of Musicians – Covid-19 Information
SMALL BUSINESSES:
- City of Dallas COVID-19 Information for Small Businesses
- Texas Small Business & Workers Resources
- U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship – Guide to the CARES Act
- US Small Business Administration (SBA) – Coronavirus Response
- Texas Women’s University AssistHer Emergency Relief Grant
HELPFUL / INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES:
- FAST COMPANY – The COVID-19 Economy is Devastating for Creative Workers. Here’s How to Navigate it
- FREELANCERS UNION – What the CARES Act Means for Freelancers
- NY TIMES – Helpful Information on Stimulus Benefits
- BANKRATE – 13 Steps to take if you’ve lost your job due to the cornonavirus crisis
- CNBC – Who’s eligible for COVID-19 stimulus checks? Your questions, answered
- THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS: For D-FW artists seeking financial relief, a new national fund emerges
- VARIETY – Listen: WarnerMedia, Spotify, NBCU Execs Discuss Coronavirus Industry Impact
- INC. – Small Business Grants for Companies Hit by Covid-19
- INDIEWIRE – How to Support the Film Industry
WEBINARS RELATED TO COVID-19 ASSISTANCE:
- Creative Capital – Various related programs & topics
- Dallas Producers Association – The Work is Gone. Now What? (recording)
- Texas Monthly – Saving Small Business During COVID-19: A Conversation with Mark Cuban
- Texas Governor’s Small Business Webinar Series: North Texas – April 22nd 1p
- Backstage – Backstage’s Digital Seminars
- Fresh Arts presents “How Artists Can Survive Times of Crisis” – Thursdays at noon
FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
JOB LISTINGS WITH ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES:
- www.WorkInTexas.com
- Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
- Say Yes to Dallas – Dallas Regional Chamber
- Texas Workforce Commission, COVID-19
The Texas Workforce Commission has put together a resource page for anyone whose employment has been impacted by the pandemic. There is an additional resources page for the unemployed here. - Uber Works
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