{"id":362297,"date":"2022-02-17T06:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=362297"},"modified":"2022-02-17T06:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:04:20","slug":"kilili-funeral-assistance-to-the-cnmi-now-at-26584","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/kilili-funeral-assistance-to-the-cnmi-now-at-26584\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilili: Funeral assistance to the CNMI now at $26,584"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funeral assistance to those in the CNMI who lost someone to COVID-19 now stands at $26,584, according to Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP). <\/p>\n

In his e-kilili newsletter over the weekend, Sablan said the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s COVID funeral assistance program continues to help families in the Marianas.<\/p>\n

He said the U.S. Congress provided this aid in the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.<\/p>\n

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The Governor\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force and the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. said Tuesday that, as of Feb. 13, 2022, there have been 24-COVID-19 related deaths in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

As of Feb. 13, 2022, there are 11 individuals in the CNMI who are hospitalized as a result of COVID-19, three of them unvaccinated and eight vaccinated. One of the 11 is on a ventilator. <\/p>\n

Sablan said applicants for funeral assistance must be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or qualified aliens.<\/p>\n

He said the death must have occurred in the United States and have been caused by the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo apply for the aid, call toll-free to (844) 684-6333 from 9am to 9pm. ET, Monday through Friday,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n

Patrick C. Guerrero, who is the governor\u2019s authorized representative to FEMA, earlier stated that the COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program is a direct assistance program, which means the individual will have to apply on their own.<\/p>\n

Guerrero said the program is available to applicants in the CNMI who have incurred funeral expenses due to the virus on or after Jan. 20, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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