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 (Monday or Thursday* session) to enroll in the career services offered. Once you've done that, you can enroll in workshops including The Resilient Job Seeker, Career Journey* and Getting Unstuck: A Career Support Group.

The Alex Dubé Scholarship Program will begin accepting applications starting March 1. Learn more about the scholarship program and how to apply.

*Time listed in Pacific Time

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 Budgeting Nuts & Bolts to learn the basics of financial wellness.

Additional workshops include Managing Debt & Credit and Investing Basics for Creative Professionals.

The Actors 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.

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 Actors Fund’s Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC). View previous Health Insurance HQs here.

The Actors 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 online seminars include Affordable Housing for Seniors and Apartment Hunting 101: Strategies for Finding Housing in New York City.

Learn more about our newest group: Gendertainers: From Safety to Celebration.

Additional workshops include Self-Care to Give Care and Mindfulness Meditation With The Actors Fund.