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Beginning today, people can apply for financial help for funeral expenses from coronavirus deaths through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program, the L.A. County Office of Emergency Management said.
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FEMA offers funeral assistance to families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 Share Updated: 1:23 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 1:23 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
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Show Transcript CHRISTINA: THIS PANDEMIC CAUSED SO MUCH HEARTBREAK FOR ALL OF US. WE HAVE SEEN BUSINESSES CLOSED, WE HAVE SEEN MANY OF YOU LOSING JOBS. BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO LOSING 10,241 LOVED ONES ACROSS OUR STATE TO THIS VIRUS. AND WHILE THEY CAN NEVER BE REPLACED, FEMA IS OFFERING SOME RELIEF TO GRIEVING FAMILIES. CPA KEMBERLEY WASHINGTON JOINS US LIVE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR COVID RELIEF FUNERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. GOOD TO SEE YOU. LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS EFFORT. RIGHT. FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS IT IS AVAILABLE STARTING TODAY AT FEMA.GOV. YOU CAN GO THERE AND APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS IT RELATES TO GETTING INFORMATION AS REGARDS TO SOMEONE WHO HAS PASSED AFTER JANUARY 20 OF LAST YEAR AND RELATES TO COVID. YOU CA