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CERF+ also administers additional relief programs depending on the nature of the emergency situation and offered funding. Etsy sellers might be qualified for financial assistance administered in collaboration with CERF+ if they experienced a federally declared natural catastrophe and are U.S.-based sellers with an active Etsy account in good standing at the time of the catastrophe.

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The Center for Craft's WNC Craft Futures Fund supports craft artists and companies in Western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene. The fund includes phased programs concentrated on emergency situation relief, healing, and long-lasting restoring for makers in the region. Program information for future financing stages will be announced 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. Center for Art Law uses pro bono legal consultations for visual artists through its Visual Artists' Legal Clinics.

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The Center runs multiple centers each year in collaboration with volunteer attorneys, arts specialists, and local organizations, with new clinics reacting to emerging legal issues in contemporary and digital art. Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLAA) offers pro bono legal services to low-income artists and nonprofit arts companies across all creative disciplines.