Business & Economy
State funeral funds remain stagnant after pandemic
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FUNERAL ASSISTANCE: Unlike several other states, Michigan has not upped the financial assistance provided to low income residents for funeral and burial services since the COVID pandemic. Across the United States, friends and families of those who died from COVID were eligible for up to $9,000 in funeral assistance through FEMA. The program distributed nearly $3 billion to people nationwide and just under $100 million went to about 16,000 Michiganders, according to FEMA’s website. But the up to $600 offered by Michigan is more than just one state of the 20 that provide such support. We talk to Traverse City and Gladwin funeral directors and state officials By Liam Jackson FOR ALL POINTS.