HONOLULU (KHON2) — The City and County of Honolulu are providing help to Micronesian families who lost loved ones to COVID-19.
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The Office of Economic Revitalization announced on June 3 the launch of the ʻOhana Memorial Support: COVID-19 COFA Funeral Assistance Program.
The program seeks to provide $1.5 million in direct reimbursement of burial expenses to “Compact of Free Association” residents on O’ahu.
“This program is about doing right by the families who lost a loved one to COVID-19 and were unjustly excluded from federal assistance,” said Mayor Rick Blangiardi. “While no amount of funding can ever replace the lives lost, we hope this support demonstrates our deep commitment to caring for the most vulnerable in our community.”…