WASHINGTON -- FEMA has provided over $2.3 billion to more than 351,000 people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020. This assistance helped pay for the funerals of more than 369,000 people who died from COVID-19.
FEMA’s COVID-19 funeral assistance reached its one-year anniversary recently and has some notable achievements. The funeral assistance webpage, COVID-19 Funeral Assistance | FEMA.gov, has had over 8.2 million views and has been translated into 13 languages. Informational graphics were translated into 29 languages. Thousands of letters, personal calls and auto-caller communications have been made to assist applicants. The average award is approximately $6,500, and the eligibility rate is nearly 97%.
Eligibility determinations are based on when the applicant submits all required documentation. The determinations are not driven by state/locations.
“Applications” in the chart below reflect the number of individuals who called to begin the assistance process.
Please find state-specific information below:
State / Territory |
Applications |
Amount Approved |
Number of Awards |
|
Alabama |
11,340 |
$54,507,202.97 |
7,991 |
|
Alaska |
444 |
$1,352,830.38 |
268 |
|
American Samoa |
17 |
$33,801.77 |
Less than 10 |
|
Arizona |
8,878 |
$29,563,514.85 |
5,967 |
|
Arkansas |
5,299 |
$22,891,367.97 |
3,623 |
|
California |
41,882 |
$188,215,608.58 |
29,321 |
|
Colorado |
4,783 |
$17,523,024.89 |
3,201 |
|
Connecticut |
4,815 |
$24,337,419.97 |
3,554 |
|
Delaware |
1,528 |
$6,625,685.43 |
1,050 |
|
District Of Columbia |
756 |
$3,372,868.41 |
501 |
|
Florida |
33,147 |
$136,211,653.29 |
24,183 |
|
Georgia |
20,182 |
$98,345,548.56 |
14,287 |
|
Guam |
31 |
$135,055.19 |
19 |
|
Hawaii |
687 |
$2,341,509.50 |
407 |
|
Idaho |
1,792 |
$6,587,621.47 |
1,172 |
|
Illinois |
19,624 |
$96,136,153.91 |
14,015 |
|
Indiana |
10,321 |
$49,097,175.58 |
7,055 |
|
Iowa |
4,236 |
$21,177,533.50 |
2,962 |
|
Kansas |
4,504 |
$20,547,283.39 |
3,171 |
|
Kentucky |
9,123 |
$45,628,516.57 |
6,317 |
|
Louisiana |
8,462 |
$40,083,277.89 |
5,817 |
|
Maine |
1,059 |
$3,370,311.93 |
626 |
|
Maryland |
8,573 |
$41,135,067.29 |
6,123 |
|
Massachusetts |
9,157 |
$43,144,865.47 |
6,269 |
|
Michigan |
17,642 |
$76,766,420.10 |
12,468 |
|
Minnesota |
5,347 |
$25,379,238.82 |
3,713 |
|
Mississippi |
7,496 |
$33,553,702.17 |
4,965 |
|
Missouri |
10,164 |
$45,629,008.34 |
7,284 |
|
Montana |
1,260 |
$4,487,641.63 |
891 |
|
Nebraska |
2,247 |
$10,535,851.17 |
1,528 |
|
Nevada |
4,374 |
$15,293,360.32 |
2,826 |
|
New Hampshire |
1,302 |
$5,304,945.80 |
882 |
|
New Jersey |
16,156 |
$82,010,382.00 |
11,898 |
|
New Mexico |
3,166 |
$10,443,924.71 |
1,975 |
|
New York |
35,201 |
$179,287,766.47 |
26,156 |
|
North Carolina |
16,680 |
$79,249,600.94 |
12,117 |
|
North Dakota |
1,138 |
$6,136,738.88 |
826 |
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
31 |
$59,378.99 |
10 |
|
Ohio |
21,560 |
$101,251,456.74 |
15,619 |
|
Oklahoma |
7,848 |
$34,870,244.51 |
5,521 |
|
Oregon |
2,405 |
$6,764,504.24 |
1,465 |
|
Pennsylvania |
23,362 |
$113,187,003.99 |
17,153 |
|
Puerto Rico |
2,199 |
$5,218,317.01 |
1,371 |
|
Rhode Island |
1,637 |
$8,037,094.60 |
1,176 |
|
South Carolina |
11,186 |
$53,721,711.89 |
7,927 |
|
South Dakota |
1,115 |
$5,667,989.74 |
788 |
|
Tennessee |
14,129 |
$67,666,788.01 |
9,976 |
|
Texas |
45,287 |
$217,042,015.21 |
33,387 |
|
U.S. Virgin Islands |
77 |
$319,671.06 |
51 |
|
Utah |
2,329 |
$10,734,214.70 |
1,564 |
|
Vermont |
274 |
$1,113,255.96 |
199 |
|
Virginia |
11,529 |
$53,216,320.79 |
8,033 |
|
Washington |
4,304 |
$14,505,646.10 |
2,685 |
|
West Virginia |
3,796 |
$17,411,878.35 |
2,549 |
|
Wisconsin |
8,292 |
$38,113,075.40 |
5,754 |
|
Wyoming |
776 |
$2,923,341.45 |
532 |
* Funeral assistance data can/will change daily; the information reflects data as of 8 a.m. EDT Monday, May 2, 2022.
Applicants may apply by calling 844-684-6333 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT, Monday through Friday. Multilingual services are available. Please note, phone calls from FEMA may come from an unidentified number. Applicants who use a relay service, such as a videophone, Innocaption or CapTel, should provide FEMA with the specific number assigned to them for that service so that agency representatives are able to contact them.
Additional information about COVID-19 funeral assistance, including frequently asked questions, is available on FEMA.gov.