The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than 2,585 applications for newly available Covid-19 funeral assistance in the first month after the program launched -- but there are many ...

“I hope you had a wonderful weekend and you’re ready to go,” came the voice of the shift manager overseeing FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance call center. The system had been crashing all ...

her family was hopeful when the federal government announced it was providing funeral assistance funding to Americans who lost someone to the disease. Newcomer was one of nearly a million callers ...

To help those left behind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying a maximum of $9,000 per funeral and a maximum of $35,500 per application. “The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense ...

The Biden administration next week will launch a funeral assistance program that will provide up to $9,000 to cover the burial costs of each American who died of covid-19 — the largest program ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program has distributed more than $1 billion to those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 since the application process began in mid ...

Families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 last year are now able to apply for reimbursement of their funeral costs through a new federal assistance program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

In the first 90 minutes of Federal Emergency Management Agency's COVID-19 funeral assistance program, the office said it got nearly 1 million calls. On April 12, FEMA launched a COVID-19 ...

Applicants start the process by calling FEMA’s funeral assistance hotline, 844-684-6333. They are then sent a letter and have 90 days to submit all of the required documentation to determine ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than 2,585 applications for newly available Covid-19 funeral assistance in the first month after the program launched — but there are many ...