FEMA offers cash to cover COVID-19 funeral costs
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When Wanda Olson's son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to contend with their grief and come up with the money for a cremation.
Even without a funeral, the bill came to nearly $2,000, which Olson initially covered. But then she and her daughter learned of a federal program that reimburses families up to $9,000 for funeral costs for loved ones who died of COVID-19.
Olson's daughter submitted an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, received a deposit by June and was able to reimburse her mother the $1,974.
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