More Burial and Funeral Costs Can Now Be Covered by Veterans Benefits October 06, 2023 The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding benefits to help pay for veterans' end-of-life expenses, the department announced recently. The expanded benefits include reimbursements for transporting remains to state and tribal veterans' cemeteries, in addition to previously eligible na...
Funeral Service Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications October 06, 2023 The Foundation will award up to 25 scholarships, ranging from $2,500 to $5,000, this fall to students of funeral service and military veterans. The Funeral Service Foundation is accepting academic scholarship applications through November 1 at FuneralServiceFoundation.org. U...
NFDA Launches Collaboration with End Well October 06, 2023 As consumer attitudes and opinions toward dying, death and grief continue to evolve, it’s critical that the funeral service profession rethink its approach and explore how it can create meaningful end-of-life experiences for individuals and families. To that end, NFDA has begun engaging in ...
2023 Convention CE Certificates October 05, 2023 CE Certificates for the 2023 NFDA International Convention & Expo are now available and can be downloaded from the NFDA website! It is your responsibility to submit all CE certificates to your state or province licensing board/s and/or the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice (APFSP)...
2023 NFDA Convention Workshop Recordings October 02, 2023 NFDA had an unrivaled slate of education during the 2023 International Convention & Expo in Las Vegas. NFDA offered sessions that addressed technical skills; business management; the value of ceremony; marketing and community outreach; grief and bereavement; and more. The sessions offered tangib...
New Film, "The Burial," to be Released Oct. 6 October 02, 2023 You may be aware that a movie inspired by the lawsuit filed by Mississippi funeral director Jeremiah O’Keefe against the Loewen Group in the mid-1990s is slated to come out in theaters October 6 and Amazon Prime Video on October 13. The trailer can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch...
NFDA Shared Your Story in D.C. During FTC Workshop on Proposed Changes to the Funeral Rule October 01, 2023 On September 7, NFDA took a leading role in Shopping for Funeral Services, a Funeral Rule workshop hosted by the FTC. The event focused on a number of issues related to the Funeral Rule including the comments received in response to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) the agency issued l...
NFDA Partners with End Well September 28, 2023 NFDA is pleased to announce a new partnership with End Well. NFDA offers our members the information and tools they need to serve grieving families. Our new partnership further expands our members' perspectives on death, loss, and grief and enables us to work in solidarity with other professiona...
Administration Awards $600 Million to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of COVID-19 Tests; Reopens COVIDTests.gov September 28, 2023 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), has announced a $600 million investment across 12 domestic COVID-19 test manufacturers, as well as the reopening of COVIDTests.gov, to deliver free COVID-19 tests to hou...
What Happened in Vegas Won’t Stay in Vegas: 2023 NFDA Convention Attendees Leave with New Ideas and Connections to Benefit their Businesses and Grieving Families September 26, 2023 For the first time in 16 years, NFDA held its International Convention & Expo under the bright lights of Las Vegas from September 10 to 13. Much has changed in Las Vegas since NFDA was last there in 2007; likewise, things have continued to change in funeral service. NFDA planned a much-laud...