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MusiCares
The Recording Academy's safety net: financial assistance, mental health resources and addiction recovery support for music people in crisis — free, confidential, US-wide.
- Best for
- Crisis financial and mental health support, US industry. US or Puerto Rico-based artists and music workers facing illness, injury, mental-health challenges, addiction, disaster or sudden financial hardship who can document five industry years or six commercial release credits.
- Skip if
- Never skip knowing it exists. You are outside the US or Puerto Rico, cannot document the required professional history, want general project funding or need guaranteed ongoing financial support.
- First move
- Bookmark their help line before you need it.
- Watch out
- Assistance is assessed case by case and is not guaranteed. Payments usually go directly to third parties, and MusiCares is not a crisis hotline; use 911 for medical emergencies or 988 for an immediate mental-health crisis.
- Reach
- Established
- When
- Useful from day one.
- Based in
- United States