Program will pay up to $1,800 toward burial or cremation expenses of any individual with very limited means in Connecticut. (It is not necessary to be a citizen or legal resident). DSS will deduct from the current maximum benefit ($1,800), (1) the amount in any revocable or irrevocable funeral fund, (2) the face value of the decedent's life insurance policy (if any) if the policy names a funeral home, cemetery, or crematory as a beneficiary, and (3) the net value of all liquid assets in the decedent's estate, and (4) contributions over $3,400 towards the funeral and burial costs from all other sources.