County Burial Assistance Program

The Burial Assistance program assists families with the final disposition of deceased family members when the following criteria are met:

·       The death occurred within Tarrant County

·       The estate of the decedent does not have sufficient resources to pay for disposition

·       The Next-of-Kin does not have sufficient resources to pay for disposition

What does Burial Assistance include?

A funeral home is assigned to the family based on the funeral home vendor rotation schedule (click Calendar link below). Call the first funeral home on the schedule. Only call the second if the first (or the second) vendor has indicated they are unable to provide service. Cremation is the primary form of disposition. Assistance does not include any type of additional funeral home services, such as a funeral or viewing of the decedent.

County Burial Funeral Home Rotation Schedule

What if my deceased family member is a Veteran?

US veterans are eligible for disposition at the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery if they were honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces. The standard method of disposition at the DFW National Cemetery for honorably discharged Veterans is cremation and interment. Families may provide a written objection to cremation and request burial.

What if my religion does not allow or discourages cremation?

The Tarrant County Burial Assistance program will consider all objections to cremations for faith-based reasons.  In these instances, families may provide a written objection to cremation and request burial when submitting the application to the County approved funeral homes.

Our Current Funeral Home Vendors:

For more information, please contact Outreach Investigations with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office at 817-920-5700 extension 8678.