Helpful Links

Social Security

• • Social Security Survivor Planner

Erie County VA Benefits in Brief

• • Erie County VA Benefits

Prudential Life Insurance-Death Claim

• • Filing a death claim with Prudential

Hospice & Palliative Care

• • Hospice Buffalo

New VA Cemetery

• • New National VA Cemetery, Pembroke, NY
  • Buffalo news article of new VA National Cemetery

Update on VA Cemetery in Pembroke

• • Update on VA Cemetery in Pembroke
  • Pembroke, NY
  • As of February 2018'
• • WNY National Cemetery
  • NY
• • Dedication Ceremony
  • NY

VA National Cemetery Burial Benefits

• • VA National Cemetery Burial Benefits

Losing a Child Grief Help and Assistance

• • Butterfly Moon
  • Getzville, NY
  • Losing a child can be hard. This wonderful support group can help you through a difficult time. Experiencing the grief themselves, they understand and are extremely compassionate.

Burial vs. Cremation; which is better for you?

• • Burial vs. Cremation
  • NY

9 Common Myths about Cremation

• • 9 Common Myths about Cremation
  • NY

Paws of Love

• • SPCA Paws of Love Program
  • NY
  • Therapy dogs are available at request.

Five stages of Grief

• • Five stages of Grief and Loss
  • NY

FEMA Covid-19 Funeral Assistance

• • FEMA Covid-19 Funeral Assistance
  • NY
  • Information regarding the 2019 Covid-19 Funeral Assistance provided by FEMA
• • Fema Website/ Application
  • NY
  • 1-844-684-6333
  • Applications begin on April 12, 2021.

Grief and Loss during a Pandemic

• • CDC Stress Coping
  • NY

Buffalo Urban League

• • NY Project Hope
  • NY
  • 716-250-2478
  • Free, Anonymous & Confidential Emotional Support Helpline for Coping with COVID-19.
    
    A program of the NYS Office of Mental Health Funded by FEMA.
    
    Email: [email protected]