The Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge (FCAVBR) is an affiliate of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a nation-wide network with affiliates in nearly every state. The FCA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting a consumer’s right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. To accomplish that goal, FCA:
- Offers pamphlets and newsletters on funeral choices to increase public awareness of funeral options, including how to care for your own dead without using a funeral home.
- Monitors funeral industry trends and practices nationally and exposes abuses.
- Serves as a consumer advocate for legal and regulatory reform, giving advice on or lobbying for necessary changes locally, state-wide, or nationally.
- Serves as a credible source of information for media covering death and dying.
- Works with national organizations sharing similar concerns to expand families’ choices and control over funeral options.
- Gives advice and guidance to local memorial and funeral planning societies.
- Refers people to local funeral planning societies and regulatory agencies.
Our local affiliate, the FCAVBR, serves residents in the counties of Montgomery, Roanoke, Giles, Floyd and Pulaski; and the cities of Roanoke, Salem, Bedford and Radford, Virginia. We conduct consumer-education outreach, gives group presentations, produces printed materials, give personal consultations, and publishes local price surveys of licensed funeral homes and public cemeteries.
Please contact us for more information, or search for your local affiliate at funerals.org if you do not live in Southwest Virginia.
