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Breaking News from NFDA

• Email Causes Confusion Over FEMA Funeral Assistance
• The FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program Explained
• FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance NFDA Member Toolkit
• FEMA Funeral Assistance Hotline to Open April 12
• FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance: Connecting With Families & Your Community - Free Members-only Webinar
• President Signs Bill Extending PPP
• NFDA to Host Two More Webinars with FEMA
• FEMA Issues Final Policy for COVID Funeral Reimbursement
• Congress Extends FEMA Funeral Reimbursement for COVID Deaths to 2025
• Funeral Service and The American Rescue Plan of 2021
• NFDA Speaks: FEMA Funding for COVID-related Deaths
• Breaking Down the New OSHA Guidance on COVID-19
• Update: FEMA Funeral Reimbursement for COVID-related Deaths
• Breaking Down the New OSHA Guidance on COVID-19
• Update: FEMA Funeral Reimbursement for COVID-related Deaths
• New OSHA Guidance on COVID-19
• President Issues National Strategy for Fighting COVID-19
• Stimulus Bill Included Funeral Assistance for Pandemic Victims
• COVID-19 Vaccines: An Update
• New Legal Form: Employment Verification for COVID Vaccination
• COVID-19 Vaccines: What You Need to Know
• Funeral Directors to Get Top Priority for COVID-19 Vaccine
• COVID Impacts Veteran Burials Southeast New Mexico and West Texas
• Updated COVID-19 Guidance
• COVID-19: CDC Updates Definition of “Close Contact”
• FFCRA – Employer Posting Requirements
• CDC Acknowledges COVID-19 Spreads Via Airborne Transmission
• Funeral Directors to Get Top Priority for COVID-19 Vaccine
• OSHA Offers Free COVID-19 Resources for Your Employees
• Stay Safe – Follow Label Directions When Using Disinfectants
• Did You Miss the COVID-19 Discussion Panel During the Leadership Conference?
• The Scoop on Masks
• Are You Planning Ahead?
• New From the CDC: “FAQs for Medicolegal Death Investigators
• EPA Provides Additional Options for COVID-19 Disinfectants
• CDC Updates Regulations on the Importation of Human Remains
• Available Now: Reopening Guidance for Funeral Homes During the Coronavirus Crisis
• CDC Updates Public Gathering Guidance
• VA Resumes Committal and Burial Services Halted During COVID-19 Pandemic
• PPP Forgiveness Application and Instructions
• NFDA Offers Free Masks
• Legislative Alert: HEROES Act Update
• Ask Congress to Include Funeral Service the HEROES Fund
• Peters, Bustos, Kinzinger Lead Bipartisan Push to Include Funeral Benefits Increase for Veterans in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
• New Bill Would Offer Student Loan Relief for Essential Workers Including “Mortuary Services”
• Scientists Walk Back Comments on Transmission of COVID-19 from a Dead Body
• Funeral Service Foundation and NFDA Team up to Offer Free Resource for Families Grieving a Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Singing Your Praises
• NFDA Calls Up More Volunteers to Care for Pandemic Victims
• Funeral Directors Are Exempt Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
• CDC Guidance on Death Certificates
• Urgent Warning on KN95 Masks
• funeralOne Offering Free, Reusable Face Shields
• NFDA Asks Congress to Include Last Responders in Stimulus Relief
• NFDA Calls Up First Volunteers For COVID-19 Funeral Home Relief Efforts
• CDC Recommends the Use of Cloth Face Masks
• NFDA Calls For Volunteers To Work In COVID-19 Hot Spots
• NFDA and the Funeral Service Foundation Announce Lead Contributions Totaling $250,000 to Foundation’s COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund
• Update: COVID-19 & Embalming – CDC Stands By its Recommendations
• Beware of Scammers - Information from the FTC
• Embalming & COVID-19
• NFDA Announces New Guidelines for Funerals During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Letter Verifying Critical Infrastructure Worker Status
• Funeral Service Foundation Launches COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund
• Availability of PPE Continues to be NFDA's Top Priority
• Five Ways You Can Communicate With Families About COVID-19 Today
• Funeral Service Asks President and Congress to Designate the Funeral Professionals as Critical Infrastructure Workers

Must-Have Documents

• Download COVID-19 Supply Vendor List
• Letter Verifying Critical Infrastructure Worker Status
• News Release Template for Your Funeral Home
• Best Practices Sign for the Public During a Funeral or Visitation