Music Industry Mental Health Fund
ABOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MENTAL HEALTH FUND
The Music Industry Mental Health Fund is the only music industry mental health program that provides a full spectrum of mental health resources, care planning, follow-up care and wrap-around healthcare care resources to ensure that music industry professionals’ needs are fully covered at any age or stage of their careers. Clients have access to MHA’s mental health team M-F from 9AM – 5PM CST. We work very hard to insure that inquiries receive a response within 24 hours or less.
The Music Industry Mental Health Fund provides:
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- Individual Mental Health Provider Recommendations: Recommendations to appropriate, vetted and licensed mental health professionals (outpatient counselors, psychologists & psychiatrists) based on the client’s specific needs.
- Mental Health Grants: Allocation of $1,000 per client from the Music Industry Mental Health Fund for qualified candidates.
- Funding Resource Recommendations: Guidance to ensure continuity of care through additional financial and mental health support if required.
- Follow-Up Care: Proactive follow-up from the MHA mental health team as grant nears completion to assess additional needs, establish follow-up care plans, and coordinate next steps to ensure continuity of care and effective mental health support until the music industry professionals needs are successfully managed or resolved.
The Music Industry Mental Health Fund is an expansion of the MHA Mental Health Program that was created in 2021 with support from the following organizations : ACM Lifting Lives, CMA Foundation, Frank Dycus Endowment Fund, Miranda Lambert, Music Biz, Ray Fulcher’s Pretty Good Ball Foundation, and The SCARS Foundation. This program has provided over 8,000 counseling and psychiatric sessions for the music community nationwide.
QUALIFICATIONS & APPLICATION
Qualifications for the Music Industry Mental Health Fund :
- Applicants must have made a living in the music industry for 3+ years.
- For those requesting financial assistance, a projected annual household adjusted gross income must be at or below 450% of the Federal Poverty Level (special consideration will be given to extenuating circumstances).
Please complete the confidential application below and an MHA health advocate will be in touch. If you have questions or want to learn more about how the Music Industry Mental Health Fund can help you, feel free to email us at info@musichealthalliance.com or call 615-200-6896 x 1.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & IMPORTANT NOTES
If you have a non-emergent mental health need and are not sure how — or where — to start, we are happy to assist you with recommendations. Our health advocates are a safe space and ready to meet you where you are.
- All applications are 100% confidential and bound by HIPAA Privacy Guidelines.
- Upon approval, grants of up to $1,000 will be paid directly to the service provider, clinic, or facility.
- If the need exceeds the grant allocation, we can connect you to additional grant resource options.
- Music Industry Mental Health Fund requires mental health providers to be licensed in their field of expertise to receive grant support. Life coaches and unlicensed mental health providers are not eligible for support from this fund.
- Only outpatient therapy and FDA approved modalities of outpatient mental health treatment can be supported by the Music Industry Mental Health Fund.
If you are a music industry professional with a mental health need and DO NOT qualify for financial assistance from the Music Industry Mental Health Fund, please email us at info@musichealthalliance.com for alternative resources.
MHA’S WRAP-AROUND HEALTHCARE ACCESS & RESOURCES
MHA’s programs and services are available to anyone who has made a living in the music industry for at least 3 years and includes spouses, and dependents from birth to end of life. In the last 12 years MHA has served 32,000 music industry professionals saving over $145 million in healthcare costs
MHA’s Wrap-Around Healthcare Access & Resources include:
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- Health Insurance: Assistance obtaining affordable and comprehensive health insurance
- Medical Bill Negotiation: Negotiation down crippling medical debt
- Healthcare System Navigation and Recommendations: Navigation through healthcare options or a diagnosis; care plan development and coordination; provider recommendations for all areas of medical need from primary care to physical therapy; end-of-life planning.
- MHA Financial Assistance: MHA has five internal funds to assist music industry professionals with emergent senior care needs, emergent dental care, diagnostic care and emergent medical care not covered by health insurance.
- Healthcare Advocacy: MHA’s team of advocates work on behalf of music industry professionals to gain access to life saving and sustaining medical care including insurance denials, ensuring that no one is alone through their healthcare crisis or need and additional funding resource recommendations as part of our full-range of care planning.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
If you have a life-threatening mental health emergency, please call 911 or 988 for immediate assistance. If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States.