Contact: Executive Director Josh Slocum, 802-865-8300, fca@funerals.org
South Burlington, VT—The nation’s consumer watchdog protecting grieving families has asked the Federal Trade Commission to beef up protections for those arranging funerals. Read more
The Federal Trade Commission announced on October 20, 2022, that it will be proposing changes to the consumer protection regulations known as the Funeral Rule.
The most important of these potential changes is likely to be a new mandate that all funeral homes with a website must post their complete General Price List on that site, conspicuously. Read more
October 19th 2022
From the President of FCA National: Katherine Ortiz
To Affiliates and Consumers,
The board of FCA National Board of Trustees met on Tuesday Oct 18th and some important decisions were made concerning the Executive Director for FCA National. Read more
Due to unforeseen circumstances, FCA has canceled its online conference for 2022. This conference was scheduled for October 7-9. Please check back for announcements about future events.
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Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a
consumer’s right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral for their loved
ones, no matter race, creed, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national
origin, or political beliefs. Read more
The death-focused publication Seven Ponds did a great job rounding up common myths people believe about arranging funerals. Don’t miss this one if you want to save stress and money.
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Donna Peizer and Akhila Murphy are death doulas—people who educate families on old-fashioned, private, undertaker-free care of the dead. Like we used to do.
The California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau doesn’t like that, and wants to shut them down for “unlicensed practice of funeral service.” Read more
