New York City recently opened the Freelancers Hub in Brooklyn - the first freelance-focused workforce training program of its kind in the country - in order address the needs of a changing workforce. The Hub will provide free classes, tax and legal advice to a group of workers that is rapidly growing. Freelance and contract work is growing faster than full-time employment, but freelancers don't receive benefits, on-the-job training or other services that traditional employees normally receive. The Hub is targeted towards those in the creative professions where competition and stress is mostly likely; it has signed up 4000 members in three months.
See "This New Program Aims To Train The Growing Freelance Workforce", Yuki Noguchi, NPR, January 4, 2019