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CERF+ also administers extra relief programs depending on the nature of the emergency situation and available financing. Etsy sellers may be eligible for financial support administered in partnership with CERF+ if they experienced a federally stated natural catastrophe and are U.S.-based sellers with an active Etsy account in excellent standing at the time of the disaster.

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The Center for Craft's WNC Craft Futures Fund supports craft artists and organizations in Western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene. The fund consists of phased programs focused on emergency situation relief, recovery, and long-term restoring for makers in the region. Program details for future financing phases will be revealed in 2026.

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Assistance includes legal aid for persecuted or censored artists, support with resettlement and work permission in the United States, and legal support for artist-activists whose work advances human rights and social change. For Art Law uses pro bono legal consultations for visual artists through its Visual Artists' Legal Clinics.

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The Center runs several centers each year in collaboration with volunteer lawyers, arts specialists, and regional companies, with new clinics responding to emerging legal problems in modern and digital art. Volunteer Legal Representatives for the Arts (VLAA) supplies pro bono legal services to low-income artists and not-for-profit arts organizations across all creative disciplines.