For more than two hours, Kpana Kpoto waited anxiously on the phone to speak with a Federal Emergency Management Agency worker about her mother’s death. The automated recording on the hotline let her ...

As the United States surpasses 1 million deaths from COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging those who lost loved ones to the coronavirus to use its COVID-19 Funeral Assistance ...

GEORGIA (WJBF) – Funeral assistance might be available to those dealing with expenses from a death or disinterment directly or indirectly caused by Tropical Storm Debby or Hurricane Helene, according ...

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 ...

EAST MEADOW, Nassau County (WABC) -- For families grieving loved ones who died of COVID, it's been a financial lifeline. FEMA will reimburse up to $9,000 in funeral expenses for COVID victims. But ...

FEMA is going to be reimbursing funeral expenses to families of coronavirus victims. The Federal Emergency Management Agency posted a message on its website about the assistance effort, otherwise ...

Those who lost a loved one to COVID-19 could still be eligible for federal financial assistance of up to $9,000 for funeral expenses incurred on or after Jan. 20, 2020. The money is part of the ...

George Harrington applied for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program soon after it launched in mid-April. He sent in all the documents related to the burial of his father ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A multibillion-dollar funeral assistance program for COVID-19 victims ...

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 ...