FEMA may pay for COVID funeral cost
People may be able to soon apply for reimbursement for COVID funeral expenses.
The program plans to launch next month.
Financial assistance coming to those who paid funeral expenses because of COVID-19 related deathsFinancial assistance up to $9,000 could soon be coming from FEMA to those who had to pay for funeral expenses for loved ones who died as a result of COVID-19 dating back to Jan. 20, 2020.
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Families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 eager to get FEMA help for funeral expenses"Financially we were not prepared," said one woman whose mother died of COVID. "This was so unexpected."
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