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Health Services Resources

Charity Care

Charity Care is free or discounted medically necessary health care that many hospitals offer to people who otherwise cannot afford to pay for treatment. It includes both inpatient and emergency room services. Even if you have health insurance, you may qualify for charity care to pay the amount of your hospital bill that your insurance doesn't cover. If you don't receive information about charity care from the hospital, visit its website or contact its billing department to get information about any charity care policies and a copy of the appropriate application forms.


Music Health Alliance

Music Health Alliance is a non-profit organization providing the music industry with healthcare advocacy through health insurance, healthcare resources, and confidential guidance.

For more information, please visit: https://www.musichealthalliance.com/

National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics

Free & Charitable Clinics and Pharmacies across the U.S. provide health care access to medically underserved people in their communities. For more information, please visit: https://www.nafcclinics.org/find-clinic

MusiCares

MusiCares provides a safety net of critical health and welfare services to the music community in three key areas:

• Mental Health & Addiction Recovery Services: Support, referrals, and emergency financial assistance for counseling, psychiatric care, inpatient treatment, coaching, intensive outpatient care, sober living and more.

• Health Services: Financial assistance during medical crises and preventive services such as dental and medical screenings, hearing clinics, vocal health workshops, and assistance obtaining low-cost health insurance.

• Human Services: Support for basic living expenses like rent, utilities, car payments and insurance premiums in times of hardship, plus programs addressing affordable housing, career development, legal issues and senior services.

https://www.musicares.org

Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM)

HAAM provides access to affordable healthcare for Austin’s low-income, working musicians, with a focus on prevention and wellness. For more information, please visit: https://www.myhaam.org/

The Association of Black Women Physicians

The Association of Black Women Physicians is an organized network of African-American women physicians committed to the improvement of public health and welfare, through the advancement of knowledge concerning women and the community health. They are a nonprofit organization, serving as a philanthropic source of funds to projects committed to improving the health and wellness concerns of traditionally under-served communities and assisting in eliminating health disparities.
 For more information, please visit: https://www.blackwomenphysicians.org

Black Doctors USA

Their mission is to create value-based awareness to engage communities with principles for healthier living. They provide healthcare solutions for communities, connecting individuals with black doctors and other health resources.


For more information, please visit: https://blackdoctorsusa.com


HOYHEALTH

HOYHEALTH focuses on providing access to bilingual English and Spanish speaking healthcare professionals that include Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists and a variety of other health care related professionals.

For more information, please visit: https://www.hoyhealth.com/about-us/

HRSA funded Health Centers

Find a local health center that is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the United States. Health Centers serve as one of the largest systems of primary and preventive care in the country that provides care to millions of patients regardless of ability to pay. For more information, please visit: https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/

Mammogram Centers

CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) provides breast and cervical cancer screenings and diagnostic services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured women across the United States.

For more information, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/screenings.htm

https://www.healthyhearing.com

Federal, State and Local Benefits

Find Free or Low-cost/Affordable Legal Services - National Resource https://www.usa.gov/legal-aid



Entertainment Relief

Entertainment Community Fund

https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

Blues Foundation

https://blues.org/

Musician’s Foundation

https://www.musiciansfoundation.org/


Food Banks & Resources

Why Hunger

The Why Hunger Hotline refers people in the need across the U.S. to food pantries, soup kitchens, summer meals sites, government nutrition program and grass roots organizations, especially those that provide access to nutritious foods and nutritional support services. If you are struggling to make ends meet, you are not alone. Call the WhyHunger Hotline at 1-800-5-HUNGRY, text your zip code to 1-800-548-6479 or visit Find Food to get connected to free, healthy food in your neighborhood and government nutrition services. Nutritious food is a basic human right. This year, WhyHunger will help connect over 1 million people in the U.S. to nutritious food. Learn more at WhyHunger.org.

Music Fed

Music feeds the soul, Musically Fed feeds the hungry.


Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): SNAP (also known as food stamps) provides low-income families with benefits (on a card similar to an ATM debit card) to be used on food.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF): TANF provides low- and very-low-income families with cash assistance to help meet basic needs.

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): WIC provides low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age five with services, including vouchers that can be redeemed for healthy foods at most major grocers, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to other services.

Summer, afterschool, and weekend meal and supplemental food "backpack" programs give low-income children access to nutritious foods when school is not in session. Programs are funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and administered by local organizations, including hospitals. Find your nearest site on the USDA website and check out this USDA toolkit on how to sponsor a site.



Home-delivered meals:

There are numerous services that offer home-delivered meals to vulnerable populations, such as Meals on Wheels, which delivers meals to food-insecure seniors. Community Servings and Project Angel Heart are nonprofit food and nutrition programs that deliver medically tailored meals to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illness in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Colorado. Many food delivery efforts focus on seniors since this population often faces mobility issues.



Food banks and pantries:

Food Banks partner with local nonprofit organizations to distribute food to families, seniors, and other individuals in need. **Feeding America

**provides helpful information on how hospitals can develop partnerships with food banks or support the work of food pantries.

https://www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank

https://secondharvestetn.org/find-a-food-pantry/

https://www.foodpantries.org

Catholic Charities

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/find-help/





Domestic Violence Resources

https://www.thehotline.org

tel:1.800.799.7233

https://ncadv.org/get-help

For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY).





Housing And Shelter

Artspace - Affordable Housing for Artists

https://www.artspace.org/



Eviction Resources

JustShelter.org

Nolo.com

The National Consumer Law Center

National Directory of Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts Organization

https://www.hud.gov/findshelter

https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/provide-shelter/

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/hpr-resources/housing-shelter



Other



CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

Unison Fund - Financial Assistance

Behind the Scenes Charity - Who is Eligible for a Grant

The AFC



UNITED KINGDOM PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

Musician's Union Hardship Fund

PRS for Music - Emergency Relief Fund

Creative Scotland

Arts Council England Benevolent Fund Listings







Mental Health and Addiction Resources



Mental Health Resources

Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255

• The NAMI Helpline: 800-950-NAMI

• Postpartum Support Intl: 800-944-4773

• National Hopeline Network: 800-442-4673

• Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255

• Disaster Distress Helpline: 800-985-5990

• Mental Health America: Text MHA to 741741

Better Help: https://www.betterhelp.com/

MusiCares: https://www.musicares.org

Music Health Alliance: https://www.musichealthalliance.com

Porter’s Call (Franklin/Nashville, TN): Porterscall.com

Talkspace: Talkspace.com

Trusst: Trusst.app



National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC):

Nctsn.org/trauma-informed-care



The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health:

Nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org



The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN):

Nctsn.org



Silence the Shame:

https://silencetheshame.com/



Black Mental Health Resources

Beam: www.beam.community

Black Girls Breathing: Blackgirlsbreathing.com

Black Mental Wellness: Blackmentalwellness.com

Black Mental Health Alliance: Blackmentalhealth.com

Black Men Heal: Blackmenheal.org

Therapy for Black Girls: Therapyforblackgirls.com

Assoc. of Black Psychologists: Abpsi.org

Inclusive Therapists: Inclusivetherapists.com

The Loveland Foundation: Thelovelandfoundation.org

Ourselves Black: Ourselvesblack.com

QTPOC: Nqttcn.com/directory

Black Female Therapists: Blackfemaletherapists.com



Latinx Mental Health Resources

Latinx Therapy: Latinxtherapy.com

Sana Mente: Sanamente.org

Ntl. Alliance for Hispanic Health: Healthyamericas.org



Indigenous Mental Health Resources

Indian Health Services: Ihs.gov

One Sky Center: Oneskycenter.org

We R Native: Wernative.org

AAPI Mental Health Resources

Asian Mental Health Collective: Asianmhc.org

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance: Nqapia.org

Asian Mental Health Project: Asianmentalhealthproject.com

South Asian Mental Health: Samhin.org

NAAPIMHA: Naapimha.org

South Asian Therapists: Southasiantherapists.org



LGBTQ+ Mental Health Resources

The Trevor Project: Text START to 678678

The National Center for Transgender Equality: Transequality.org

LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color Directory: Abpsi.org/resources

Trans Lifeline: Translifeline.org

The Q Card: Qcardwproject.com

LGBTQ National Help Center: 888-843-4564

PFLAG: Glma.org

SAGE LGBTQ Elder Hotline: 877-360-5428

It Gets Better Project: Itgetsbetter.org

NQTTCN: Nqttcn.com/directory

PRIDE Counseling: Pridecounseling.com



Substance Use Disorder Resources



Alcoholics Anonymous: AA.org

Narcotics Anonymous: NA.org

SMART Recovery: Smartrecovery.org

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA):

• 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Samhsa.org

12Step.org

TN RedLine (TAADAS) — 1-800-889-9789 — is a toll-free information and referral line coordinated by TAADAS and funded by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health Substance Abuse Services.

Eating Disorders Resources

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders

https://anad.org/

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness:

https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

National Eating Disorders Association: 800-931-2237

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/



Global Resources


CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy


UNITED KINGDOM MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

Music Minds Matter

Music Support




MUSIC EDUCATION RESOURCES

• Save The Music - Music Education Resources

Give A Note Foundation - Give A Note is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to engage and empower educators, inspire students, and expand the reach and impact of music education. They work to ensure that Music Educators have the resources they need. Their two main programs are the Music Tech Empowers (setting up DAW stations in classrooms) and Music Educator Innovator Award (recognizing music educators who have utilized innovative approaches to removing barriers to success in music education.

TI:ME - Technology In the Music Education classroom

National Association for Music Education - Virtual Teaching and Learning Resources for Music Educators

InTune Monthly - In Tune Monthly is a digital, interactive and streamed magazine published eight times, every 30 days from late September through late April of each school year. Every issue of In Tune seeks to present content about a broad array of music subjects explaining in simple terms how music and the music industries work. Because there are so many subjects to address, each offering tends to be limited, attempting to serve as a jumping off point for further and independent study.

Music Alive! - Music Alive! is a multimedia curricular resource for music educators in grades 5-10 and their students. It is available today in both printed and digital forms. Milton Okun, a producer who worked with legendary musicians like Placido Domingo, John Denver, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Harry Belafonte, created Music Alive! in 1981.