In times of dire financial need, artists may find the following social service, health/insurance and financial/business organizations of use.
Access Program
This program sponsored by the Woodhull Medical and the North Brooklyn Health Network in New York City. Allows artists through performances or interactive programs for patients, to exchange their art for health care credits. Credits accrued in the artist's personal account can be used in lieu of dollars to cover sliding scale fees in Woodhull's HHC Options program.
Contact: Artists who are interested in joinging the HHC Artist Access program at Wooshull, should call (877) 244-5600.
For more information: http://www.nyfa.org/files_uploaded/healthfaqs.pdf
For an application: http://www.nyfa.org/files_uploaded/health-care-application.pdf
American Society of Journalists and Authors
National non-fiction writers organization that offers health care plans for members.
Mailing Address:
1501 Broadway, Suite 302
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: (212) 997-0947
Website: www.asja.org
Artists' Access to Health Care (AAH)
Offers low-cost medical care to help uninsured and under-insured artists living in the St. Paul, Minnestoa metropolitan area.
Mailing Address:
Springboard for the Arts
308 Prince Street
Suite 270
St. Paul, MN 55101
Email: nikki@springboardforthearts.org
Website: http://www.springboardforthearts.org/health/
Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center
Provides a state-by-state health insurance database, especially for artists, low-income people, seniors and children. The Actors Fund also runs the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, offering free health care to uninsured entertainment industry professionals.
Mailing Address:
Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center
c/o The Actors Fund
729 7th Ave., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (800) 221-7303
Email: jbrown@actorsfund.org
Website: www.ahirc.org or www.actorsfund.org
Authors Guild, Inc.
Organization for published book authors and freelance writers that offers health insurance to members in some states.
Mailing Address:
31 East 32nd Street,7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (212) 563-5904
Website: www.authorsguild.org
Cancer Care Assistance
Cancer Care provides limited grants to individuals for certain expenses related to treatment.
Website: http://www.cancercare.org/financial
Chicago Artists' Coalition
A list of over 20 health care providers that offer significant discounts to CAC members. Also includes a comprehensive list of free clinics providing health services to the under-insured and un-insured. Fractured Atlas Membership: A partnership, FREE to CAC members with this New York based non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations, allows us to offer studio, general liability, event, rental, and health insurance at reduced fees, as well as access to other benefits.
A list of over 20 health care providers that offer significant discounts to CAC members. Also includes a comprehensive list of free clinics providing health services to the under-insured and un-insured.
Fractured Atlas Membership: A partnership, FREE to CAC members with this New York based non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations, allows us to offer studio, general liability, event, rental, and health insurance at reduced fees, as well as access to other benefits.
Mailing Address:
Chicago Artists' Coalition
1550 North Damen Avenue, Unit 201
Chicago, IL 60622
Telephone: (773) 772-2385
Fax: (773) 772-2387
Email: laura@caconline.org
Website: http://chicagoartistscoalition.org/
Dance Theater Workshop
DTW members who reside in New York City’s boroughs, Nassau, Suffolk, Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties of New York State are eligible to join the Health Insurance Plan of New York. DTW offers members two different health plan options.
Mailing Address:
219 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: (212) 691-6500
Website: http://dancetheatreworkshop.org/
Editorial Freelance Association
Provides health insurance at discounted rates to members.
Mailing Address:
71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1910
New York, NY 10010
Telephone: (212) 929-5400
Website: www.the-efa.org
Fractured Atlas
Arts organization providing healthcare options for its members; plans differ by state.
Mailing Address:
248 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 277-8020
Website: www.fracturedatlas.org
HealthCare for Artists
Assists Massachusetts artists in all disciplines in finding health care providers, health care resources and information, and health care advocacy organizations.
Mailing Address:
Artists Foundation
516 East Second Street
#49
Boston, MA 02127
Email: feedback@healthcareforartists.org
Website: http://www.healthcareforartists.org/
Lincoln Art Exchange
Lincoln Art Exchange is an artist-specific healthcare program at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. Lincoln realizes that as an artist or performer you possess special talents that can lift spirits and bring hope to patients. We offer a unique option for eligible NYC-based artists who do not have health insurance to exchange their creative services for comprehensive healthcare. To set up an enrollment interview please call or email Lincoln Art Exchange.
Telephone: (855) LIN-ARTS (855-546-2787)
Email: lincolnartexchange@nychhc.org.
Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/lincoln/html/LAX/artexchange.shtml
NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
All available information related to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene can be found on the NYC DOHMH.
Contact: For all available contact forms from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/contact/contact.shtml
Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml
PEN American Center
An association for poets, playwrights, essayists, editors, and novelists; membership includes access to group health insurance.
Mailing Address:
568 Broadway 4th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Telephone: (212) 334-1660
Website: www.pen.org
Physician Volunteers for the Arts
A free medical clinic in New York City for entertainment industry professions.
Mailing Address:
475 West 57th Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (212) 489-2020 Ext. 140
Society for the Arts in Healthcare
The Society for the Arts in Healthcare is dedicated to advancing arts as integral to healthcare by demonstrating the valuable roles the arts can play in enhancing the healing process; advocating for the integration of the arts into the environment and delivery of care within healthcare facilities; assisting in the professional development and management of arts programming for healthcare populations; providing resources and education to healthcare and arts professionals; encouraging and supporting research and investigation into the beneficial effects of the arts in healthcare.
Mailing Address:
Society for the Arts in Healthcare
2647 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20008
Telephone: (202) 299-9770
Email: Form on website
Website: http://www.thesah.org
The Al and Malka Green Artists' Health Centre
The Al and Malka Green Artists' Health Centre Promotes the well being of professional artists with a facility that offers alternative, complementary and traditional direct health care.
Mailing Address:
Toronto Western Hospital
399 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 2S8
Telephone: (416) 603-2581
Email: Corry.Thomas@uhn.on.ca
Website: http://www.ahcf.ca/clinic.html
The Center for Cultural Innovation
Promotes knowledge, sharing, networking, and financial independence fo individual artists and creative entrepreneurs in California. Provides group health and dental insurance.
Mailing Addresses:
Administrative Office
244 S. San Pedro Street
Suite 401
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Bay Area Office
870 Market Street
Suite 490
San Francisco, CA 94102
Email: info@cciarts.org
Website: http://cciarts.org/
Women’s Caucus for Art
Membership organization offering health insurance, and disability and life insurance to members.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1498
Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013 Website
Email: info@nationalwca.com
Website: http://www.nationalwca.org/