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March 26, 2021
Special Bulletin - Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Congress authorized FEMA to provide financial assistance to individuals who incurred COVID-19-related funeral expenses after January 20, 2020. FEMA will begin accepting applications for Funeral Assistance on Monday, April 12, 2021 through our dedicated call center.
Funeral directors have a crucial role in the end-of-life process.
Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Congress authorized FEMA to provide financial assistance to individuals who incurred COVID-19-related funeral expenses after January 20, 2020. On March 24, FEMA has issued its final policy – which includes details such as eligibility and documentation criteria and the application process – for how funds will be distributed to families. Most notably, FEMA shared that the maximum financial assistance will now be $9,000 per funeral.
FEMA will begin accepting applications for Funeral Assistance on Monday, April 12, 2021 through our dedicated call center.
FEMA will only award COVID-19 Funeral Assistance for a deceased individual on a single
application. If multiple individuals contributed toward funeral expenses, they should register
under a single application as applicant and co-applicant. The applicant or co-applicant must
have incurred the funeral expenses. The deceased individual’s documentation status is not
considered as part of the reimbursement process, but the applicant(s) must be U.S. citizens,
legal residents, asylees, refugees, or non-citizen nationals.
Families should begin deciding who the applicant and any co-applicants will be and gather the
documents they need to be reimbursed for expenses.
Specifically, the applicant must provide the following documents:
If applicants already received reimbursement for certain funeral expenses through government
agencies, voluntary agencies, non-profits, burial or funeral insurance, they cannot resubmit
those same expenses for reimbursement through this FEMA-administered program. If they
received any outside assistance, they must include documentation of this assistance in their
application. If they received financial assistance through the deceased’s life insurance policy,
they may still apply for reimbursement.
Nebraska Funeral Directors Association (NeFDA)
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