• How GoFundMe can affect your FEMA eligibility

  • Jan 27 2025
  • Length: 9 mins
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How GoFundMe can affect your FEMA eligibility

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  • With the LA wildfires still burning, we were left with a lot of questions. Today, we answer two of them: whether GoFundMe campaigns could interfere with receiving federal assistance and how much of those "proceeds" from special product sales actually go to wildfire victims.

    Related episodes:
    After the fires (Apple / Spotify)
    Why is insurance so expensive right now? And more listener questions (Apple / Spotify)

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