# Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses
> **Audit** by Department of Homeland Security OIG · 2022-04-15
> *About: Department of Homeland Security*
## Report
- **Title:** Management Alert - FEMA's COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Operating Procedures Are Inconsistent with Previous Interpretation of Long-Standing Regulations for Eligible Funeral Expenses
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Homeland Security OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Homeland Security
- **Type:** Audit
- **Publication date:** 2022-04-15

## Summary

We are issuing this management alert to advise the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that its Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance Program operating procedures contradict FEMA’s previous interpretation of long-standing regulations for ineligible funeral expenses established in FEMA’s Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide (IAPPG). This interpretation of regulations for ineligible funeral expenses remains unchanged in FEMA Policy 104-21-0001 (COVID-19-specific policy).


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Open): We recommend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency Administratorimmediately issue modified COVID-19 Funeral Assistance operating proceduresthat align with the Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide provisions9 OIG requested relevant…
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/audit/management-alert-femas-covid-19-funeral-assistance-operating-procedures-are)
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