The application process to receive reimbursement for funeral expenses related to COVID-19 is now open. The funds will be coming from FEMA, which said it will cover up to $9,000 per funeral. The money ...

COVID-19 is an unprecedented global pandemic that has impacted all aspects of normal life. To defray expenses for those hit the hardest by COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is ...

Dear Savvy Senior: I recently saw a news segment on TV about a government funeral assistance program available to families who lost loved ones during the pandemic. What can you tell me about this? I ...

About a year into the coronavirus pandemic, Congress vowed to cover COVID-19-related funeral costs to ease the financial burden that comes with such loss. But since then only a fraction of surviving ...

COVID-19 has killed more than 900,000 Americans since the pandemic began in early 2020. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, since last April, has been accepting applications to assist loved ones ...

When Wanda Olson's son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to contend with their grief and come up with the money for a cremation. Even without a funeral, the ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Since FEMA started its COVID-19 funeral assistance, the program has provided over $1.6 billion to more than 247,000 applicants. The program helps cover funeral costs for ...

FEMA launched a program last year to cover up to $9,000 in costs per victim. Despite the U.S. recording more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths this week, few families have taken advantage of a government ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Families impacted by coronavirus are eligible for up to $9,000 in funeral costs, but the ABC7 News data team found less than one-third of eligible families nationwide have ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program has disbursed more than $2 billion to those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 since the application process began almost a year ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided more than $2.6 billion to help with funeral costs related to COVID-19. To date, this assistance has helped pay for ...