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Home Funeral Planning Checklist

6/3/2023

Check out this post on PLANNING A HOME FUNERAL CHECKLIST, now live on Facebook and Instagram!

Plan ahead by completing all legal documents you may need, such as an advance healthcare directive, last will and testament, and declaration of final disposition and funeral wishes.
Learn what legal requirements exist for holding a home funeral in your state.
Decide what immediate notifications need to be made following a death.
Decide which professionals you want to hire, if applicable.
Locate any needed legal documents
Fill out a record of death
Plan transportation for the body. Decide how the body will be transported. File and obtain a burial-transit permit.
Plan for the disposition. Choose a disposition method, such as burial, cremation, or natural organic reduction.
Call the disposition provider (funeral home/cemetery/crematory) to arrange/schedule final disposition.
Make or buy a disposition vessel (e.g. a shroud, casket, urn, etc.)
Plan for home funeral details such as:
- Gathering community and assigning roles & responsibilities
- Gathering supplies & preparing the space
- Caring for the body
- Inviting guests
- Including ritual and ceremony
Plan a memorial/celebration of life, if having one
Tend to your grief
Complete additional paperwork/to-dos after the home funeral such as:
- Obtaining certified copies of the death certificate
- Tending to any outstanding legal and financial matters

Download our free HOME FUNERAL GUIDEBOOK for more about this & topics including: Planning a Home Funeral, Building Community, Bodycare at Home, Disposition After a Home Funeral, and Grief & Vigils.

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NHFA Community Conversation on Unpausing

6/1/2023

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The National Home Funeral Alliance Is Officially Unpaused!

Watch our Community Conversation on Unpausing, which took place Friday, May 12th, 2023. We reflect on what we've done during the pause and discuss where we plan to go from here.

In the summer of 2021, the NHFA board decided that we needed to hit pause in order to break down over a decade's worth of an institutional vision that had not interrogated the “isms” inherent in our organization: notably racism, anti-trans bias, classism, and ableism.

Since hitting pause, we've dedicated our time to reviewing, revising, and continuing to learn -- making sure that that everything the NHFA offers aligns with our belief that community-led deathcare is truly for everyone, without exception.

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