UPDATE: PROGRAM STREAMLINING

1. Professional eligibility is clearer and easier to document. 
   
   1. The Reactivation Program serves independent/gig workers with a history of professional credits in the live performance sector and who have been active in the industry at any point after 2017. There is no minimum or maximum income requirement to apply.  
   2. People can document their eligibility in two ways:
      
      1. Professional documentation: Creators, performers, and people working in less traditional employment environments may find it easier to submit documents such as a bio, CV/resume, list of credits, links to professional websites, flyers, event postings, or other material showing their work in the live performance sector.  Documentation of income is welcome, if you have it, but not necessary.
      2. Income documentation: If you can document earnings of $25k or more in any year since 2017, or if you can document earnings of $5k or more in any three years since 2017 (they don’t have to be in a row), you can submit income documents. Technicians and others with more traditional employment environments may find it easier to submit documents such as pay stubs, work history, contracts, or letters from employers. If you do not meet these income earnings, you can still apply and provide professional documentation. 

1. Financial eligibility no longer requires a bank statement or any financial documents. Simply pick the statement or statements that best match your financial situation:
   
   1. I am not earning enough to meet my basic needs (rent/mortgage, utilities, medical/dental care, travel, food, etc.)
   2. I cannot afford expenses associated with returning to live performance sector work (certifications, equipment, travel/transit costs, childcare, etc.)
   3. I drew down savings and/or built up debt over the pandemic, which is causing financial instability
2. Optional questions are clearly marked.
   
   1. Not every question is relevant to every person, so we’ve made it much easier to see which questions you can skip. 

The application will take you through four pages of questions:

• Basic information 

• • • Information about yourself, contact details, demographic information (optional) and SIN (to process the payments)
    • A copy of your ID 

• Professional eligibility

• • • Your primary profession and any other jobs you do in the industry
    • Confirmation that you are primarily an independent/gig worker

• Whether you’ve been able to return to work yet (optional)

• List of affiliations and organizations (optional)

• • • Documentation of professional eligibility through professional documents or income documents (see above)
    • No longer asks for information about your most recent jobs

• Financial Situation

• • • Choose the statement/s that best reflect your financial situation, as above
    • No longer requires bank statements
    • No longer asks for additional information about your financial situation

• Request and Declaration

• • • Amount requested
    • How the assistance will be helpful: 
      • choose from basic living expenses, costs related to returning to work, addressing costs incurred over the pandemic, or other. The program doesn’t ask for any follow-up information or reports. 

• Anything else you’d like us to know (optional)

• Where you heard about the program (optional)

• • Agreement (check some boxes and sign!)