FEMA COVID-19 FUNERAL ASSISTANCE STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN AS OF SEPT.
20, 2021
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20210920/fema-covid-19-funeral-assistance-state-state-breakdown]


Release Date: 
September 20, 2021 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA has provided over $1.1 billion to nearly 170,000
people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths
occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.

Eligibility determinations are not driven by state/location; instead,
they are based on when the applicant submits all required
documentation.

“Applications” in the below chart 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

6,620

$26,045,678

3,764

ALASKA

161

$443,406

78

AMERICAN SAMOA

Less than 10

$9,000

Less than 10

ARIZONA

4,784

$14,541,326

2,817

ARKANSAS

3,037

$11,100,156

1,739

CALIFORNIA

28,298

$111,811,803

17,120

COLORADO

2,193

$7,510,292

1,328

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS

Less than 10

$4,344

Less than 10

CONNECTICUT

3,245

$15,408,928

2,215

DELAWARE

841

$3,126,506

493

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

528

$1,993,231

291

FLORIDA

18,561

$53,104,247

9,351

GEORGIA

10,929

$43,986,389

6,326

GUAM

16

$51,162

Less than 10

HAWAII

290

$877,689

151

IDAHO

624

$1,900,595

331

ILLINOIS

11,495

$50,263,650

7,332

INDIANA

4,883

$22,149,118

3,151

IOWA

2,377

$11,653,863

1,618

KANSAS

2,328

$9,753,715

1,485

KENTUCKY

3,845

$17,183,587

2,393

LOUISIANA

5,338

$21,650,600

3,141

MAINE

376

$1,149,257

210

MARYLAND

5,345

$22,591,800

3,343

MASSACHUSETTS

5,446

$24,944,102

3,575

MICHIGAN

9,218

$36,678,218

5,993

MINNESOTA

2,666

$12,696,266

1,836

MISSISSIPPI

4,639

$18,061,177

2,657

MISSOURI

5,398

$20,539,554

3,246

MONTANA

520

$1,350,429

259

NEBRASKA

1,188

$5,531,638

776

NEVADA

2,485

$7,284,522

1,309

NEW HAMPSHIRE

651

$2,531,164

419

NEW JERSEY

11,350

$49,950,976

7,178

NEW MEXICO

1,538

$4,198,605

811

NEW YORK

24,743

$103,264,737

14,863

NORTH CAROLINA

8,562

$34,550,433

5,170

NORTH DAKOTA

650

$3,082,539

410

OHIO

9,361

$41,148,310

6,348

OKLAHOMA

4,001

$16,092,890

2,503

OREGON

919

$2,586,614

487

PENNSYLVANIA

12,266

$54,942,173

8,322

PUERTO RICO

1,278

$2,248,792

620

RHODE ISLAND

1,109

$4,442,750

641

SOUTH CAROLINA

5,905

$24,982,875

3,584

SOUTH DAKOTA

689

$3,327,994

451

TENNESSEE

7,132

$30,424,332

4,395

TEXAS

25,710

$101,775,023

15,508

U, S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

31

$89,994

15

UTAH

1,115

$4,842,402

687

VERMONT

134

$565,055

94

VIRGINIA

6,011

$25,657,613

3,828

WASHINGTON

1,938

$5,865,402

1,056

WEST VIRGINIA

1,486

$5,715,070

837

WISCONSIN

4,274

$18,848,955

2,865

WYOMING

280

$1,026,862

178

 

* Funeral assistance data can/will change daily; the information
reflects data as of 8 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.

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
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance],
including frequently asked questions
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/coronavirus/economic/funeral-assistance/faq],
is available on FEMA.gov.