Please find resources for entertainment workers below and reach out to us at info@wif.org if your organization would like to be included in this list.
Harassment & Discrimination Resources:
- The Help Line: Offering resources and support, including referrals to pro bono legal services, low-fee therapy, and free support groups, to anyone who has experienced harassment, abuse, or discrimination while working in the entertainment industry, whether it was of a sexual nature or on the basis of legally protected categories such as race, gender identity, sexual identity, disability status, and others.
- Hire Survivors Hollywood: If you have been the victim of sexual violence, Hire Survivors Hollywood wants you to know you deserve help. Please check out their resources.
- Abortion Healthcare and Resources: Access to WIF’s list.
Economic Support:
- AGMA Relief Fund: The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Relief Fund provides strike assistance to members who are in need.
- Area Discounts: A comprehensive list of businesses supporting the strike by offering discounts to WGA members.
- Casting Society Emergency Assistance Fund provides confidential and immediate short-term financial assistance for Casting Society members who are in need of urgent help and are unable to pay basic living expenses.
- Entertainment Community Fund provides emergency financial assistance for entertainment industry workers.
- Green Envelope Grocery Aid provides $100 grocery funds directly to lower-level WGA Writers, Support Staffers, & PreWGA writers due to the lack of work during the WGA strike.
- Hollywood Support Staff Relief Fund: HSSRF offers a one-time emergency financial assistance grant for film and television assistants or support staff who are currently unemployed or on hiatus due to work stoppage and have under three years of paid work experience in the entertainment industry.
- Humanitas Groceries for Writers: Humanitas is distributing grocery store gift cards to current WGA writers in need, as long as supplies last.
- IATSE Local 600 Hardship Fund: IATSE Local 600 provides strike assistance through two Funds for those experiencing a lack of work.
- IATSE Local 798 Assistance Program provides support and strike assistance to Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Members who are in need.
- Inevitable Foundation’s Emergency Fund for Disabled Writers is a responsive cash grant program for disabled writers in crisis.
- Motion Picture & Television Fund grants: MPTF offers a variety of services that can provide emotional and financial relief to industry members and their families during times of need and during an industry wide event.
- PayUpHollywood provides resources for entertainment support staff.
- SAG -AFTRA Foundation operates an emergency assistance program for SAG-AFTRA members.
- SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union has put together a financial assistance program available to existing credit union members impacted by a strike.
- The Good and Welfare Emergency Assistance Fund provides interest-free loans for WGA-West members through a partnership with the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
- The Union Solidarity Coalition provides direct financial support to crew members who have lost health insurance due to strike-related shutdowns.
- WGA Strike Assistance: WGAW and WGAE can provide no-interest or low- interest loans to members who need financial assistance.