Universal Music Group And Music Health Alliance Launch Music Industry Mental Health Fund

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Music Health Alliance (MHA), a non-profit organization that provides advocacy and access to healthcare, health insurance and mental health resources for the music community, have launched the Music Industry Mental Health Fund to provide comprehensive, quality outpatient mental health resources for music industry professionals nationwide. 

The mental health program builds on a four-year healthcare collaboration between the two companies. That program, which provides a Music Health Alliance healthcare concierge to clients, has already served nearly 1,000 people in the music industry saving them more than $12.5 million in healthcare costs. 

The new Music Industry Mental Health Fund will provide a wide range of mental health services including individualized recommendations for appropriate mental health counselors and psychiatrists, grants to help offset costs and if required, funding resource recommendations to ensure continuity of care through additional financial and mental health support.

MHA’s services are available at no cost to those who have made a living in the music industry for three or more years. Spouses, partners and children of qualifying individuals may also receive access to MHA’s services from birth to end of life.

“Music Health Alliance possesses the comprehensive resources necessary to address the full spectrum of mental health needs for music industry professionals,” said Tatum Hauck Allsep, MHA founder and CEO in a release. “This includes financial assistance, a continuum of care for both mental and physical health and wraparound services such as psychiatric support, facilitation of intensive outpatient and inpatient programs, and data collection.”

Music Health Alliance’s mission is to “Heal the Music” by providing advocacy and access to healthcare and mental health resources that connect music professionals with medical and financial solutions. Through MHA, more than 32,000 members of the music community have gained access to lifesaving transplants, medicine, mental health resources, emergent dental care and end of life care saving an estimated $145 million in healthcare costs.

“We have been working on ways to establish a streamlined pathway for mental health access, funding and care planning,” added Susan Mazo, UMG’s Chief Impact Officer. “Growing and continuing our partnership with Tatum and the Music Health Alliance was the most natural way to ensure continuous and effective mental health support for anyone working in our industry.”