Resources and Forms
Child Advocacy Resources
Child Advocacy, Healing, and Support Page (new)
Work Permit Applications for Minors
- Application for Entertainment Work Permit
- Blanket Permits Defined
- Application for a Blanket Permit
- DLSE District Offices for Blanket Permit Application Submission
- New York Permit Application
Links for Production
- Download the Blue Book: Employment of Minors in the Entertainment Industry
- Studio Teacher Defined
- Search for a Credentialed Studio Teacher
- Studio Teacher Basic Agreement Rates
- Sample “Green Card” – Studio Teacher license
- California Labor Code – Title 8
- Permit to Employ Minors
- Legal 18 vs Emancipation
- Traditional School vs. Home School
- Background Performers Coogan Rules
- Working hours extension waiver
Education Codes
- California Education Code
- California School Directory
- Child Labor Laws by State
- NY Dept. of Labor Child Performer Info
- NY vs. CA Child Labor Laws Chart
Child Abuse Reporting
Dept. of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE)
Contract Services Administrative Trust Fund (CSATF)
SAG Guidelines
Resources for Parents of Minors
- Download the Blue Book: Employment of Minors in the Entertainment Industry
- SAG / AFTRA Young Performers
- Young Performers Handbook
- Actor’s Fund Looking Ahead
- California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE)
Studio Teacher Resources
Labor Laws
Click on the following link for legal statutes and regulations governing the employment of minors in the Entertainment Industry: California Code of Regulations, Title 8 Chapter 6. Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Subchapter 2. Employment of Minors in the Entertainment Industry.
Click on the link below for CA Child Labor Laws including information and links to
- Labor Code
- Entertainment Work Permits
- Education Code
CA Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) website
To see state-by-state requirements for employing Minors in film, please click here.
