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FEMA offers funeral assistance to families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 Share Updated: 1:23 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 1:23 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CHRISTINA: THIS PANDEMIC CAUSED SO MUCH HEARTBREAK FOR ALL OF US. WE HAVE SEEN BUSINESSES CLOSED, WE HAVE SEEN MANY OF YOU LOSING JOBS. BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO LOSING 10,241 LOVED ONES ACROSS OUR STATE TO THIS VIRUS. AND WHILE THEY CAN NEVER BE REPLACED, FEMA IS OFFERING SOME RELIEF TO GRIEVING FAMILIES. CPA KEMBERLEY WASHINGTON JOINS US LIVE TO TALK...

FEMA reimbursing funeral costs for families who’ve lost loved ones due to COVID FEMA reimbursing funeral costs families who’ve lost loved ones due to COVID By Quentin Smith | April 4, 2021 at 10:54 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:01 AM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - During this COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of families in Mississippi found themselves having to bury a loved one who contracted the virus. Now, federal dollars are available to help families with funeral costs. Through its Funeral Assistance Program, FEMA is stepping in to help ease the financial burden that the pandemic caus...

FEMA reimbursing funeral costs for families who’ve lost loved ones due to COVID FEMA reimbursing funeral costs families who’ve lost loved ones due to COVID By Quentin Smith | April 4, 2021 at 10:54 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:01 AM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - During this COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of families in Mississippi found themselves having to bury a loved one who contracted the virus. Now, federal dollars are available to help families with funeral costs. Through its Funeral Assistance Program, FEMA is stepping in to help ease the financial burden that the pandemic caus...

How Monterey County residents can apply for FEMA aid to cover the burial of a loved one who died from COVID-19

By Susan Jones | March 17, 2021 | 8:41am EDT A socially distanced funeral for a COVID victim in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. (Photo by PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - The Democrats' recently passed $1.9 trillion stimulus bill provides $50 billion, to remain available into 2025, for FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund, which covers costs associated with major disasters, including reimbursement for COVID victims' funeral expenses. Acting FEMA Director Bob Fenton told a House Homeland Security subcommittee on Wednesday he expects funeral assistance to st...