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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Relief Center

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Relief Center

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These resources – like the public health crisis itself – are constantly evolving and are only current as to the date of publication. This page was last updated on June 29, 2020.

We recommend that you monitor this site, as well as the sites referenced in these resources, for updates and changes as we expect the situation and solutions to change over the coming weeks and months. For information on specific programs, we encourage you to visit the websites of the organizations or government entities that are responsible for the relief.

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Description of Program and Relief

Season of Concern’s Biscotto-Miller Fund

Season of Concern has created an emergency relief fund providing short-term emergency financial assistance of up to $750 per month to members of the Chicago theater community who are experiencing serious medical issues, including those that may result from COVID-19.

Government or Lead Agency

Season of Concern

Dates Available

Current

Eligibility Requirements/Restrictions

Assistance is available to help pay for rent and mortgage payments, living expenses, utilities, telephone, dental, psychotherapy (limited to $65 per session up to 13 sessions), chemical dependency treatment, transportation and travel, and short term medical expenses. Assistance is not provided for taxes, credit card payments, loans, education, legal fees, court ordered payments, or union dues.

To qualify for assistance due to serious medical issues arising from COVID-19 infection, individuals must:

  • Have worked vocationally or without salary in the Chicago Theater Community in a theater setting at least once within the past year, including in dance, management, front of house, acting, design, music, technical theater, directing, playwriting, or any other aspect of theater;

  • Provide proof of work, including but not limited to a W2 form, contract, pay stub, a copy of a theater program identifying the role the applicant played in a production and the dates of performance, or an annotated resume or biography including verification of performance details;

  • Provide proof of testing positive for COVID-19; and

  • Provide documentation of bills for which payment is requested, including but not limited to pages of one’s lease specifying to whom and what rental amount is to be paid, copies of mortgage or maintenance bills, copies of past method of payment, or copies of other bills.

Application Deadlines (If Applicable)

None identified

Contact for More Information

For the online application, click here.

312.332.0518

michael@seasonofconcern.org

List of Additional Information

For general information about the Seasons of Concern Biscotto-Miller Fund, click here.

For updates on Seasons of Concern’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

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