Dear Savvy Senior: I recently saw a news segment on TV about a government funeral assistance program available to families who lost loved ones during the pandemic. What can you tell me about this? I ...

Families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 can now get help with funeral expenses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, though the program got off to a bumpy start. The agency launched on Monday ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved more than 2,585 applications for newly available Covid-19 funeral assistance in the first month after the program launched -- but there are many more ...

Dear Savvy Senior: I recently saw a news segment on TV about a government funeral assistance program available to families who lost loved ones during the pandemic. What can you tell me about this? I ...

A federal program that reimburses certain funeral costs for people who died of COVID is still taking applications. The program pays up to $9,000 per deceased individual and a maximum of $35,500 per ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically claimed the lives of over half a million Americans, placing the financial stress of having to put a loved one to rest on millions of families. Most of us don’t ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency may have been double-billed for the funerals of hundreds of people who died of COVID-19, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report Wednesday.

STATEN ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- Many people aren't aware that the federal government will help cover funeral expenses for victims of COVID, but a family from Staten Island who lost their patriarch ...