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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.
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
Blues Foundation
Jazz Foundation
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.
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/
Catholic Charities
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/find-help/
Domestic Violence Resources
tel:1.800.799.7233
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
Eviction Resources
• 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
• 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):
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)
Eating Disorders Resources
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
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 EDUCATION RESOURCES
• Save The Music - Music Education Resources
• 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.