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CERF+ likewise administers additional relief programs depending upon the nature of the emergency and offered funding. Etsy sellers may be qualified for financial assistance administered in collaboration with CERF+ if they experienced a federally stated natural disaster and are U.S.-based sellers with an active Etsy account in great standing at the time of the disaster.

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The Center for Craft's WNC Craft Futures Fund supports craft artists and companies in Western North Carolina impacted by Cyclone Helene. The fund consists of phased programs concentrated on emergency relief, healing, and long-lasting restoring for makers in the region. Program information for future financing phases will be revealed in 2026.

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Assistance consists of legal help for maltreated 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 Centers.

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The Center operates several centers each year in partnership with volunteer attorneys, arts professionals, and regional companies, with new centers reacting to emerging legal problems in modern and digital art. Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLAA) provides pro bono legal services to low-income artists and not-for-profit arts organizations throughout all creative disciplines.