The federal government program designed to help cover funeral costs for people who have died of COVID-19 was inundated with more than 1 million calls on its launch day. The Federal Emergency ...

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 ...

It’s a federal program that could help you with funeral costs if your loved one passed away from COVID-19.

Having worked as a funeral celebrant for the last six years, Stephanie Longmuir regularly sees grieving families grappling with the difficult task of trying to decide how a loved one would want to ...

FEMA has run similar programs after hurricanes and other natural disasters but the scale of the Covid-19 reimbursement program raised fears internally that people would try to scam the system.

Demand for the $9,000 for funeral costs being offered by FEMA has been so great since it went live that many haven't been able to get through.

A program offers to cover thousands of dollars for the funerals of those who died from the coronavirus, but less than half of eligible people have applied.