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CERF+ also administers additional relief programs depending upon the nature of the emergency and readily available financing. Etsy sellers may be qualified for financial assistance administered in partnership with CERF+ if they experienced a federally declared natural disaster and are U.S.-based sellers with an active Etsy account in excellent 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 impacted by Typhoon Helene. The fund consists of phased programs focused on emergency situation relief, healing, and long-lasting rebuilding for makers in the region. Program information for future financing phases will be announced in 2026.

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Assistance consists of legal aid 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. Center for Art Law provides pro bono legal consultations for visual artists through its Visual Artists' Legal Centers.

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The Center runs numerous centers each year in collaboration with volunteer attorneys, arts professionals, and regional organizations, with brand-new clinics reacting to emerging legal problems in contemporary and digital art. Volunteer Legal Representatives for the Arts (VLAA) supplies pro bono legal services to low-income artists and nonprofit arts organizations throughout all creative disciplines.