FEMA is launching a massive funeral assistance program to help families of the half million Americans who have died from COVID-19 Monday.
The program is offering to reimburse Americans up to $9,000 per funeral of a coronavirus victim. [TRENDING: Some vaccines more effective than others? | Ranking Disney World rides: Here’s the list | DeSantis gets J&J jab] Households that have lost more than one family member to COVID-19 can receive up to $35,000.
The deaths in question would have had to occur after January 20, 2020 and be attributable to coronavirus. FEMA received $2 billion from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplement Appropriations Act of 2021.