Welcome

Every day, we face new experiences and challenges in funeral service. Some are specific to the business of providing funeral service to the people in our communities. Still more often we find ourselves in a sea of questions about trusts, taxes, marketing and licensing, or the ever-changing requisites for employees, their insurance, their rights and their responsibilities. These solutions and their resources are the business of CFDA.

Browse our website for the latest information relating to funeral service in Connecticut. If you are a funeral service professional, join CFDA now and receive all  our member benefits.

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What’s New !

New Form: Cremation Fee Waiver Request for Indigent Decedents - Download PDF
 

CFDA eLearning
  - Live Webinars, Self-paced Online Seminars
  - Earn Credits
  Learn more here
 

Funeral Trusts & Contracts:
Regarding Medicaid & Title 19

   Printed copies available from CFDA.
 
   Click here for brochure in English.
   Click here for brochure in Spanish.
   Brochure Pricing.

   Amendment to Prepaid Irrevocable
   Pre-Need Funeral Contract

 

Apply for CFDA Family Support College Scholarship Funds
Click here for rules and application.
Deadline: April 13, 2018
 

Mortuary Science Scholarship Awards
Click here for more information.
 

View Photos of the CFDA December 2017 Meeting

Connecticut State Website - http://www.ct.gov
 

NEW Form to Schedule Veteran’s Burial
This additional form is now required by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs when scheduling a veteran's burial effective 12/2017.
 

Connecticut Department of Public Health issues a Revised Certificate of Fetal Death
View a sample copy of the form that has been sent to all birthing hospitals and to the Medical Examiners office. Although the form is revised, the process for completing, filing and issuing the document has not. It still remains a paper-based process. The form is being used as of January 1, 2018.
 

View the Opiod Discussion Panel - NFDA News: A 50 State View of the Opioid Epidemic
Also see the NFDA Facebook page
 

DSS Reimbursement for Indigent Funerals
An explanation from CFDA Attorney John P. McHugh - Click here for more information.
 

CFDA Announces 2017 Family Support Services Scholarship Recipients
Click here for more information.

OCME Offers Death Certification Tips
Tips to Assist in Keeping Connecticut Vital Statistics Accurate - Download PDF
 

Q&A on New White Collar Exemption Rule
by T. Scott Gilligan, NFDA General Counsel
Download PDF
 

The Most Common Financial Mistakes People Can Make When They Lose A Loved One View here
 

CT State Veterans Cemetery Updated Form
Required for Veterans Burial - Download PDF
 

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Members Resource Guide
Click here (members only)

To Advance the Profession of Funeral Service in Connecticut through Public Awareness, Education, Advocacy and High Ethical Standards.

Courtesy Discounts by Funeral Homes When Funding Irrevocable Funeral Contracts
Recently, our legal counsel contacted the Dept. of Social Services about a problem several funeral homes were encountering with discounted funerals. Click here to view the correspondence from Atty. John McHugh and the response from the DSS. (members only)

Disclaimer of Warranties in CT
CFDA Attorney John McHugh has researched whether Connecticut Funeral Homes are permitted to disclaim warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or to exclude or modify a consumer’s remedies for breach of those warranties in connection with their sale of funeral goods to Connecticut consumers. Click here for more information and a PDF of the statute. (members only)

Connecticut State Website - http://www.ct.gov
 

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