FEMA Provides $1 Billion To Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones To COVID-19

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The government's COVID-19 funeral assistance program has distributed more than $1 billion.

FEMA says it has helped around 150,000 people since April.

The government reimburses up to $9,000 for each COVID-19 victim.

It covers transferring remains, burial plots, caskets, clergy services, cremation and headstones.

FEMA says it still has 90,000 pending applications.

The agency received $52 billion in the COVID-19 relief bills passed in December and March.

More information on this funding assistance can be found on FEMA's website.

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