{"id":1386,"date":"2021-04-28T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/?page_id=1386"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:05:10","slug":"fema-funeral-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/fema-funeral-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA Funeral Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>4\/28\/21 Message from FEMA<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to many families. At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters. We are dedicated to helping ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, FEMA will provide financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications accepted as of&nbsp;<strong>April 12, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number<\/strong><br><strong>844-684-6333&nbsp;<\/strong>| TTY:&nbsp;<strong>800-462-7585<\/strong><br><strong>Hours of Operation:<\/strong> Monday &#8211; Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call this dedicated toll-free phone number to get a COVID-19 Funeral Assistance application completed with help from FEMA&#8217;s representatives. Multilingual services will be available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Get answers to frequently asked questions about the application process on our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2flnks.gd%2fl%2feyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA0MjguMzk1NzUyNDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mZW1hLmdvdi9kaXNhc3RlcnMvY29yb25hdmlydXMvZWNvbm9taWMvZnVuZXJhbC1hc3Npc3RhbmNlL2ZhcSJ9.aY9WAc614hnieDI4rOy2l1vieVSZB3bOrGZsxnHtOIk%2fs%2f77401666%2fbr%2f105475787014-l&amp;c=E,1,6WTvaHlU1loDMOM2uLGqFJcY5R-so1DtwuAKQb_sgGCiVTUvsc66PsDAfpoLfHmbNiRe1Xpoh44m5kW3x9bHnTmyGaRNBpzqK_qCspoigX4NXtg4uPG-vdLFUw,,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\">Funeral Assistance FAQ page<\/a><\/li><li>Read the Press Release here: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2flnks.gd%2fl%2feyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA0MjguMzk1NzUyNDEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mZW1hLmdvdi9wcmVzcy1yZWxlYXNlLzIwMjEwMzI0L2ZlbWEtaGVscC1wYXktZnVuZXJhbC1jb3N0cy1jb3ZpZC0xOS1yZWxhdGVkLWRlYXRocyJ9.d50TOIqhbA5gW0ewYGGp5dpCcUeSUk_ZiAP4VwVpmo4%2fs%2f77401666%2fbr%2f105475787014-l&amp;c=E,1,m3le9wG7XIcv8DWmxWNjbh-EsyVQZyGBB2dUBNB8yBVBK7atA3d3lwxm67uyNwgFAK27PyJHTldt1U5fentMXNLK4XQnMTbfD9LNJSGWUnRrarKV7u726-QjVQ,,&amp;typo=1\" target=\"_blank\">FEMA Press Release<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/28\/21 Message from FEMA: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to many families. At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters. We are dedicated to helping ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the virus. Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1386\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usetinc.org\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}