FEMA Funeral Assistance is provided to help with the cost of unexpected & uninsured expenses associated with the death of an immediate family member when attributed to
an event that is declared to be a major disaster or emergency.
This program provides:
Funeral and burial financial assistance
Eligible Funeral Expenses may include:
1. Cost of casket or urn
2. Mortuary Services
3. Transportation of the deceased and/or up to two family members into the area
to identify the decedent
4, Up to five Death Certificates
5. Burial plot or cremation niche
6. Interment or cremation
7. Marker or headstone in a public cemetery or private burial site
8. Cost of reinternment, if disinterment is a) caused by the declared disaster and b)
occurs in a family cemetery on private property
****Please visit the website to check if you are in an area declared for disaster assistance.
If you are in a presidentially declared area, submit your application online or contact for
more information.