A New Jersey lawmaker introduced a bill to create a $20 million burial assistance fund exclusively for families of coronavirus victims
The funeral home and crematory industry has seen about twice its normal volume due to the pandemic, said Althea Ford, the director of government relations for the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association.
Ford said that “at first blush,” Wimberly‘s bill appears as though it would be helpful to families, though she stressed it’s important to focus on quick reimbursement to families and funeral homes because, she said, payments under the current state assistance programs have been delayed. “With the number of deaths related to Covid, there are a number of individuals who might not have otherwise been thinking of issues where they’re staring at death,“ Ford said. “Now families have to come around and identify funds for that.”
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