Source: US Federal Emergency Management Agency
Headline: Medical, Dental and Funeral Assistance for Survivors of May Tornadoes in Kentucky
Medical, Dental and Funeral Assistance for Survivors of May Tornadoes in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky
– If you sustained injury, illness or death of a loved one due to the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes from May 16-17 in Kentucky, you may be eligible for medical, dental and/or funeral assistance from FEMA
Medical/dental assistance can help cover uninsured expenses for medical care related to disaster-caused injury or illness
This funding can also be used to help replace medical/dental equipment, breastfeeding equipment or prescribed medicine damaged or lost due to the severe storms and tornadoes
If you had funeral or burial expenses because of the severe storms and tornadoes of May 16-17, funeral assistance may be available from FEMA
Eligible Funeral ExpensesFEMA’s Other Needs Assistance (ONA) program provides assistance with certain eligible disaster-caused funeral expenses
Eligible expenses may include cost of transfer of remains, casket or urn, funeral services, death certificates, burial plot, cremation, interment, cost of reinterment if disinterment is caused by the disaster, and/or occurs in a family cemetery on private property
Eligibility Criteria for Funeral AssistanceTo verify eligibility, FEMA will need:An official state-issued death certificate or a signed statement from a medical examiner, coroner or other certifier stating that the death was directly or indirectly related to the disaster
Evidence of an unmet funeral expense – a receipt or verifiable estimates for funeral expenses that indicate the applicant incurred, or will incur, eligible interment, reinterment or funeral expenses
Confirmation that funeral expenses have not been paid using other resources
By law, FEMA cannot provide you a grant when any other source – Social Security or Veterans Affairs benefits – has covered expenses for the same disaster-related need
How To Apply for FEMA AssistanceTo request medical/dental or funeral assistance you must first apply with FEMA
Survivors in Caldwell, Laurel, Pulaski, Russell, Trigg and Union counties who have disaster-caused damage or loss from the May tornadoes can apply for federal disaster assistance under the major disaster declaration DR-4875 in several ways: Online at DisasterAssistance
gov
Visit any Disaster Recovery Center
To find a center close to you, visit fema
gov/DRC, or text DRC along with your Zip Code to 43362 (Example: “DRC 29169”)
Use the FEMA mobile app
Call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362
It is open 7 a
m
to 10 p
m
Eastern Daylight Time
Help is available in many languages
If you use a relay service, such as Video Relay Service (VRS), captioned telephone or other service, give FEMA your number for that service
FEMA works with every household on a case-by-case basis
For more information about Kentucky tornado recovery, visit www
fema
gov/disaster/4875
Follow the FEMA Region 4 X account at x
com/femaregion4
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Thu, 05/29/2025 – 16:18