The recently launched Hollywood Support Staff Relief Fund, aimed at providing assistants and support staffers financial aid amid the coronavirus-induced production shutdown, is now shutting down it…
“Despite its name, the Actors Fund was created to assist all industry members with financial, medical and emotional struggles year-round,” wrotein a Medium post Friday. “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve issued over $2 million in relief funds to qualified entertainment workers in need.
Those applying for aid specifically from the Hollywood Support Staff Relief Fund can receive a one-time stipend of $1,000.was created by PayUpHollywood, Scriptnotes and YEA!, with the support of the Junior Hollywood Radio & Television Society. Agents, studio executives, directors, actors, writers and others across the industry have contributed to the support staff relief fund.
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