Programs & Services

Emergency Relief & Recovery
Emergency Readiness
Professional Development
Advocacy, Research & Policy

Criteria for Assistance

All applicants must meet the basic eligibility requirements and submit completed applications with all required supporting documents in order to have their application reviewed.

CERF+’s decision about the amount of funding, the type of funding (Quick Loan, Phoenix Loan, and/or Grant) and an applicant’s access to other services shall be based on the criteria listed below. The significance of each criterion varies depending on the type of assistance.

Criteria

Degree of distress caused by emergency
Applicant’s ability to run a professional business
Impact that CERF+’s assistance has on the applicant, as well as the impact that the applicant has had within the community where he/she resides and/or the craft community at large
Ability to repay loan
Quality of and interest in the applicant’s work
Need (for Phoenix Loan only)