Actors Fund Temporarily Closing Offices In LA, NY And Chicago Amid Pandemic, But Will Still Provide Assistance To Those In Need
The Actors Fund, the leisure business’s oldest charitable group, can be closing its workplaces in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that it’s “quickly transitioning our in-person program choices to on-line and telephone conferences just for the approaching weeks.”
Based in 1882, the Fund, which supplies a security internet to hundreds of leisure business professionals – not simply actors – will proceed to function all of its many providers and applications, together with emergency monetary help, social work, profession counseling, the Actors Fund House in New Jersey, and inexpensive housing residences throughout the nation. It additionally administers the SAG-AFTRA Basis and Movement Image Gamers Welfare Fund help to SAG-AFTRA members.
“Because the state of affairs with Coronavirus (COVID-19) evolves, The Actors Fund is regularly evaluating how we will finest promote the well being and security of our group whereas nonetheless offering entry to our providers,” the Fund says. “We worth the chance to deliver folks collectively to study and develop. However with everybody’s well being and security in thoughts, it’s grow to be obligatory to shut our Los Angeles, New York and Chicago workplaces and quickly transition our in-person program choices to on-line and telephone conferences just for the approaching weeks.”
These in want, the Fund stated, “can go to our web site to enroll in on-line seminars on profession enrichment, monetary wellness, medical health insurance, inexpensive housing and extra. Name us for assist for those who want it.”
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