How does COVID-19 Funeral Assistance work?

Financial assistance may cover funeral services, burials, cremation costs, and other expenses that you paid between January 20, 2020 and May 11, 2023. Your income does not affect eligibility. Benefits will be paid by check or direct deposit.

Am I eligible for COVID-19 Funeral Assistance?

You may be eligible if: You are a U.S. citizen, noncitizen national, or qualified noncitizen. You incurred COVID-19-related funeral expenses on or after January 20, 2020. The death was attributed to COVID-19, as noted on the death certificate.

What do I need in order to apply to COVID-19 Funeral Assistance?

You need an official death certificate that: shows the death happened in the United States, including U.S. territories and District of Columbia attributes the death directly or indirectly to COVID-19. Otherwise, you can give a signed statement from the original certifier of the death certificate that says COVID-19 was a cause or contributing cause of death. You also need signed funeral home contract, invoice, receipts, or other documentation that includes: your name, showing you are responsible for some or all of the expenses the name of the person who died itemized expenses proof that the expenses were incurred on or after January 20, 2020

How do I Apply to COVID-19 Funeral Assistance?

Prepare your documents and call the COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number: 844-684-6333 , TTY: 800-462-7585 Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time Once you have applied and are given an application number, submit your documents using one of these ways: Online: Upload to your DisasterAssistance.gov account Fax documents: 855-261-3452 Mail documents: P.O. BOX 10001, Hyattsville, MD 20782

COVID-19 Funeral Assistance

How it Works

You can get reimbursed for funeral costs up to $9,000 for someone who died due to COVID-19.

Financial assistance may cover funeral services, burials, cremation costs, and other expenses that you paid between January 20, 2020 and May 11, 2023.
Your income does not affect eligibility.
Benefits will be paid by check or direct deposit.

Determine your eligibility

You may be eligible if:

You are a U.S. citizen, noncitizen national, or qualified noncitizen.
You incurred COVID-19-related funeral expenses on or after January 20, 2020.
The death was attributed to COVID-19, as noted on the death certificate.

What you need to include

You need an official death certificate that:

shows the death happened in the United States, including U.S. territories and District of Columbia
attributes the death directly or indirectly to COVID-19. Otherwise, you can give a signed statement from the original certifier of the death certificate that says COVID-19 was a cause or contributing cause of death.

You also need signed funeral home contract, invoice, receipts, or other documentation that includes:

your name, showing you are responsible for some or all of the expenses
the name of the person who died
itemized expenses
proof that the expenses were incurred on or after January 20, 2020

How to apply

Prepare your documents and call the COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number:
- 844-684-6333, TTY: 800-462-7585
  Hours of Operation:
  Monday – Friday
  9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time
Once you have applied and are given an application number, submit your documents using one of these ways:
- Online: Upload to your DisasterAssistance.gov account
- Fax documents: 855-261-3452
- Mail documents: P.O. BOX 10001, Hyattsville, MD 20782

More information

Visit the website

Visit FEMA’s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance site to learn more.

Call the COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Line Number

844-684-6333, TTY: 800-462-7585
Monday – Friday
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Time

Beware of Scams: FEMA will not contact anyone until they have called FEMA or have applied for assistance.

If you doubt a FEMA representative is legitimate, hang up and report it to the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362

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Last Updated August 8, 2023

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