Home

Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance (COVID-19 FUNERAL ASSISTANCE) | Federal Emergency Management Agency

500 C Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20472

Building/office is accessible to people with disabilities.

Open to individuals who are:

  • a U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or qualified non-citizen
  • responsible for funeral expenses incurred on or after January 20, 2020 for a death that occurred in the U.S. and was attributed to COVID-19
Documents (Copy of official death certificate,signed funeral home contract, invoice, and/or receipts)
mon 8:00am - 4:30pm tue 8:00am - 4:30pm wed 8:00am - 4:30pm thu 8:00am - 4:30pm fri 8:00am - 4:30pm
(877) 336-2627

Voice - voice | National Flood Insurance Program

(844) 684-6333

Voice - voice | COVID-19 Funeral Assistance

(800) 621-3362

Voice - voice | 800-621-FEMA

Other languages by translation

Applications must be completed with a FEMA representative by phone. Online applications are not accepted. Once FEMA receives all required documentation, it takes approximately 45 days for an eligibility decision to be made.

None

Ohio
Kentucky

Description

Provides financial assistance for COVID-19 related funeral expenses. Assistance may be used to cover the costs of funeral services and interment or cremation, such as a casket/urn, marker/headstone, burial plot, cremation, funeral services/ceremony, etc.

Data provided by

211 UWGC

Providing organization

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Responsible for coordinating the response to disasters that overwhelm the resources of local and state authorities.