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• Documentation of financial need.

• Current resident of one of the following Florida counties: Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia, Osceola, Brevard or Polk.

• Documentation of two years of eligible Performing arts and Entertainment earnings out of the last five years. Both documented years of earnings must be a minimum of $6,500 per year. OR

  • A minimum of 20 years of industry-paid employment with at least 10 years of industry earnings of $5,000 per year. OR

  • Professionals whose primary career is as a dancer must document earnings from dance of $2,000 per year, two years out of the last five years. OR

  • Comedians whose primary earnings are through live performance must document earnings from comedic work of $2,000 per year for three years out of the last seven. 

  • Eligible income must be from employment in the performing arts and/or theme park entertainment sector, including freelance work assisting artistically in educational settings in the Central Florida area.