Tennessee residents have received $81.9M in FEMA COVID-19 funeral assistance

Aug 11, 2022 | Political News

(The Center Square) — Tennessee residents have received $81.9 million in funeral expense assistance through COVID-19 funeral reimbursements from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Just short of half of those payments were made this year. As of January, FEMA had sent Tennessee $47 million in assistance.

Tennessee had 14,895 apply for the assistance and 12,178 receive the reimbursement.

The payments are part of a program funded by the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that reimburse or pay for funerals related to deaths related to COVID-19 since Jan. 20, 2020.