VA Casket or Urn Allowance Program
Department Of Veterans Affairs, Directory/national Cemetery Administration
To provide a monetary allowance for the purchase of a casket or urn used to inter Veteran remains in VA national or VA-grant -funded cemeteries when there is no next of kin or sufficient resources for a casket or urn.
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Helps pay for a casket or urn for Veterans without next of kin or funds for burial. The allowance goes to whoever pays for the casket or urn.
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Fill out application for burial benefits (VA Form 21P-530EZ)
- Send application and supporting documents by mail to the Department of Veterans Affairs Pension Intake Center
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.cem.va.gov/burial-memorial-benefits/
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- Application for Burial Benefits (VA Form 21P-530EZ)
- DD214 or other discharge documents
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- 📥Templates Available
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- A copy of the Veteran's DD214 or other discharge documents is required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- burial and funeral costs
- cost of the plot (gravesite) or interment
- transporting the Veteran's remains
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- costs for items or services obtained from a funeral home or cremation office
- 💳Payment Model
- reimbursement
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 🏦Eligible Matching Sources
- cash
- 📚Stacking Rules
- No other government funding can be combined with this allowance.
- 🛡️Proof of Matching Required
- Documentation proving payment for burial and funeral costs is required.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- VA Form 40-10007
- VA Form 40-1330
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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This program offers funding up to $367,150 (minimum $273,647).
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