Funeral assistance payments will be available from the federal government for Covid-19 related deaths in the United States, including the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. This Funeral Assistance program, administered by FEMA, will reimburse funeral and burial costs up to $9,000. According to the National Funeral Directors Association, the national median cost for […]
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Reimbursements for COVID Funeral and Burial Costs
If you have a loved one who died of Covid in 2020, the federal government will reimburse funeral and burial costs up to $7,000. This $2 billion provision, advanced by Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was included in the $900 billion stimulus and COVID-19 relief bill, the Consolidated Appropriation Act. FEMA, […]
