FUNERAL AND BURIAL BENEFITS | ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.
Date of Last Formal Update
12/16/2024
Data provided by
PATH Inc. 211
Physical Address
1107 W. Deyoung Street, Suite 20, Marion, IL 62959
Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Voice
Fee
No fees.
Eligibility
The following persons may qualify for payment of funeral and burial expenses. A person may qualify from the first day of medical eligibility through the month in which the cancellation is effective: - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Cash. - Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) Cash. - All Kids Assist. - Parent/All Kids Assist. - All Kids Moms and Babies. - Family Assist. - AABD medical. - Stillborn child of a mother who qualifies. - Decedents who have a spenddown (SPD). - DOA-if the decedent was receiving SSI/SSA. - A deceased person who would have qualified for Assist, Moms and Babies or AABD when they were alive if they had applied. Application has to be made within 3 months after the calendar month of death. - DCFS Funeral and burial is not a covered service under the ACA Adult Group (unless the decedent was receiving SSI/SSA or would have been eligible for AABD. Funeral and Burial also processes claims for the Murdered Children’s Burial Assistance Program. IDHS OneNet: MR #23.25 Murdered Children Funeral and Burial Assistance Program (illinois.gov).
Service area
Pope County, Illinois
Macon County, Illinois
Jackson County, Illinois
Will County, Illinois
Saline County, Illinois
Champaign County, Illinois
Livingston County, Illinois
Lee County, Illinois
Johnson County, Illinois
Union County, Illinois
Sangamon County, Illinois
White County, Illinois
Iroquois County, Illinois
Moultrie County, Illinois
McHenry County, Illinois
Alexander County, Illinois
Cumberland County, Illinois
DeKalb County, Illinois
Jasper County, Illinois
Ford County, Illinois
Grundy County, Illinois
Pulaski County, Illinois
Shelby County, Illinois
Crawford County, Illinois
Piatt County, Illinois
Douglas County, Illinois
Marion County, Illinois
Knox County, Illinois
Clark County, Illinois
Hardin County, Illinois
Williamson County, Illinois
Edgar County, Illinois
Gallatin County, Illinois
Winnebago County, Illinois
LaSalle County, Illinois
Washington County, Illinois
Wayne County, Illinois
Ogle County, Illinois
Massac County, Illinois
Menard County, Illinois
Hamilton County, Illinois
Jefferson County, Illinois
Whiteside County, Illinois
McLean County, Illinois
Logan County, Illinois
DeWitt County, Illinois
Kane County, Illinois
Vermilion County, Illinois
Fulton County, Illinois
Carroll County, Illinois
Kankakee County, Illinois
Stephenson County, Illinois
Perry County, Illinois
Franklin County, Illinois
Agency info
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES