Funeral, Burial, or Cremation Assistance (Death)

When you have experienced the loss of a loved one, you can trust our team at Celebrate Life Iowa Cremation Services to guide you through the arrangements necessary to create a meaningful ceremony that celebrates the unique life being honored. Our staff is committed to providing your family with the highest quality care and service in your time of need, and we take pride in our responsibility to lighten your burden as you take the first steps toward healing.

We at Celebrate Life Iowa Cremation Services offer affordable cremations and permanent placements that you can arrange online without visiting a funeral home. All it takes is a few simple steps to organize your cremation. Choose your plan & options completely online. Once you are ready, pay securely online with a credit card. Complete a few forms from home in minutes. We will arrange to transfer your loved one into our care.

Disaster assistance, funding, and training. 

Disaster Assistance www.disasterassistance.gov/

• FEMA may provide assistance to underinsured survivors to help pay for disaster-related costs that insurance doesn't cover.
• In some cases, FEMA may be able to help while you are waiting for your insurance settlement. If it has been 30 days and you have received no funds, Please contact the FEMA helpline at 1-800621-3362
•  FEMA grants

FEMA Funeral

• FEMA Funeral Assistance is provided to help with the cost of unexpected and uninsured expenses associated with the death of an immediate family member when attributed to an event that is declared to be a major disaster or emergency.

FEMA forms

FEMA training

Key words: flood, tornado, emergency assistance, natural disaster

• Final wishes for terminally-ill hospice patients
• Grief camps for children, teens, and adults
• Bereavement support activities
• Support for hospice workers
• Educational events about the importance of hospice care
• Charitable contributions
• Other

Work­ing Togeth­er to Trans­form Lives Through the Gift of Organ & Tis­sue Donation

As Iowa’s sole organ pro­cure­ment orga­ni­za­tion, we facil­i­tate both organ and tis­sue recov­ery and serve as the state’s pri­ma­ry con­tact for organ, tis­sue, and eye dona­tion.

Grief Support, Death resources

https://www.iowadonornetwork.org/donor-families/supportive-resources

Keywords: donor, organ, donation

Jasper County General Assistance

General Assistance is a county-funded program that can help eligible low-income residents of Jasper County with one-time emergency assistance for partial rent payment (eviction notice required), utility bill (disconnect notice required), one month of certain medications, and cremation assistance for indigent residents.

 Helps with the following claim forms: compensation, pension, burial, headstone application, education, dependency and indemnity, eligibility verification report, healthcare, insurance, dental, and home loans. Indigent veteran assistance is also available for housing, food, and utilities. Transportation for medical visits in coordination with RSVP/Jasper Co. Rides.   

24 hour phone number: 515-243-4054

Volunteer, give blood, take a class, free smoke detectors 

Assistance can include funds for emergency travel, burial of a loved one, emergency food and shelter, etc. The Aid Societies determine the financial assistance package that will be offered – a grant or a loan. The Red Cross is the mechanism to expedite access to these financial resources.