But Not For Loved Ones Shot Down On The Mean Streets Of Urban America, Government Reimbursement To Families For Funerals of Covid-19 Victims, Vaccine Victims, vaccine deaths
Updated: 8:36 PM MDT June 1, 2021
DENVER On April 12, FEMA opened applications to reimburse people for COVID-19 funeral expenses. The person must have paid for funeral expenses after January 20, 2020 and the funeral expenses have to be for a person whose death may have been caused by or was likely the result of COVID-19.
In the seven weeks since the agency began accepting COVID-19 funeral assistance applications, FEMA has disbursed more than $128 million to nearly 19,000 applicants.
According to FEMA, more than 1,400 Coloradans have called the agency to begin the assistance process. 80 applicants in Colorado have received money as of Tuesday. That is just over 5% of people who have called FEMA.
Dean Carpenter
As we collectively make our way back to restaurants, vacation hotels and sporting events, itâs safe to say the past 15-plus months have been a whirlwind that stopped our ânormalâ way of life right in its tracks.
There will undoubtedly be some stumbles along the way, and spikes in virus cases, but Iâm hopeful that we can finally see the light at the end of this tunnel.
Unfortunately, according to Johns Hopkins University, more than 570,000 COVID-related deaths have been confirmed in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, which officially began Jan. 20, 2020. The Federal government has given some financial relief in the form of three rounds of stimulus checks, but now they are offering some additional financial relief to those who have grieved the loss of a loved one as well.
Apr 18, 2021
You’ve probably heard by now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering financial funeral and burial assistance for families who lost a loved one to COVID-19.
We’ve written a few stories about it, and last week we published an editorial explaining some details.
Our editorial board of which I am a member thought it was an important topic deserving our commentary.
Within a day after the editorial was published, I received a few calls from grieving readers seeking more information. So, in response, I’ve been in contact with FEMA, and here are some more specific details if you experienced a COVID-related death of a loved one.
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