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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Programs that provide financial assistance to help families who have lost a loved one pay for the funeral and/or the cremation or interment of the individual's remains.
Estate Disposition Services
Programs offered by community organizations that specialize in helping people dispose of their personal property, usually on a consignment basis, for a percentage of the proceeds which is then used to support the organization's activities. The program may include transportation of the property to the sales site, appraisal services, pricing, cataloguing, appliance repairs, merchandise display, cashiering and preparation of itemized receipts for tax purposes.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.
