Entertainment Community Fund Portal
Our portal is designed to cater to your individual needs and interests, offering access to a wide range of resources and support—all with the guidance and understanding of what it takes to build a life and career in the arts.
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The Career Center
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The Career Center offers a comprehensive suite of online programs and services that help entertainment industry and performing arts professionals to identify and find sideline work and discover new careers outside the industry.
Get started by attending The Career Center Orientation to enroll in the career services offered. Once you've done that, you can enroll in workshops including Job Search Seminar, Unit 1: Personal Branding, Career Journey, Acts 1 & 2 and Resume Writing Act 1.
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Financial Wellness
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Financial Wellness online workshops and seminars increase your financial knowledge and help you learn the tools and skills to support lifelong financial health and stability.
Take Intro to Financial Wellness, proudly sponsored by Actors Federal Credit Union, to learn the basics of financial wellness.
Additional workshops include Money Matters: Tax Prep for Creative Professionals.
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Health & Health Insurance
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The Entertainment Community Fund offers personalized health insurance counseling and enrollment support, referrals to health care resources and seminars on how to care for yourself.
You can also join us for Welcome to Medicare and Every Artist Insured: Getting Affordable Coverage in NY/NJ.
Affordable Care Act seminars and enrollment services are made possible, in part, by a generous grant from the Community Service Society and Venturous Theater Fund.
The Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, our primary and specialty care health center, is open for appointments. The Health Center accepts most insurance plans, including commercial insurances, several Marketplace/Exchange plans, Medicare and Workers’ Compensation. Call 212.930.7300 for an appointment.
Health Insurance HQ provides an update on the health care landscape from the expert team at the Entertainment Community Fund’s Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC). View previous Health Insurance HQs here.
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Housing
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The Entertainment Community Fund operates several affordable housing residences across the country, and also offers resources to help you learn more about affordable housing opportunities and other housing-related issues you may encounter.
Our Housing Connect 2.0 Tutorial will help applicants navigate New York City’s latest housing lottery system, understand changes to the process and show you how to set up a new profile. If you haven't already, we recommend that you participate in our Applying for Affordable Housing webinar as a prerequisite.
Additional workshops include Apartment Hunting 101: Strategies for Finding Housing in New York City and Affordable Housing for Seniors in NYC.
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Social Services
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With respect and understanding, our professional social workers offer our community help to address a wide array of challenges via online and phone counseling and support groups, education and practical help—completely free of charge.
Our offerings include Anxiety Toolbox, Finding the Best Mental Health Support for You and Mindfulness Meditation with the Entertainment Community Fund.
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