Your Funeral Advocate, LLC Provides Free Consulting for the Grieving

New Consultancy Offers Education on Funeral-Arrangement Options and Rights

It's a hard fact of life: Every day, people die, and funeral arrangements must be made. Waiting in the wings, counting on this certainty, are corporate-owned funeral homes, which have mega-profits to make and demanding investors to please. High-dollar campaigns lure millions to such funeral homes, which pressure the grieving into quickly signing contracts they may not fully understand. They also push "package deals" for future family deaths that many cannot afford but feel compelled to purchase.

Consequently, funeral consumers think they have no rights or options, making the experience unnecessarily difficult, according to Bruce Jacobs, founder/president of Your Funeral Advocate, LLC (http://www.yourfuneraladvocate.com), a free funeral consulting, advocacy and agent for consumers nationwide.

"Over time, the conglomerates' operating philosophies have changed dramatically -- they're now totally profit-motivated," says Jacobs, a funeral director with 44+ years of private and corporate-owned, funeral-industry experience. "Corporate-owned funeral homes are outrageously expensive, and if they have exclusivity or dominate a certain area, they inflate prices even more. Unfortunately, consumers don't know less expensive alternatives exist or are unaware of their rights, established by the Federal Trade Commission. Your Funeral Advocate is educating the public about their options and rights for free. We're empowering people during a vulnerable time in their lives."

Your Funeral Advocate saves consumers hundreds -- even thousands -- of dollars even when they've decided to use corporate-owned, funeral home services. When selecting a privately owned or family-run funeral home located where there's Your Funeral Advocate representation, a personal consultant accompanies clients to the funeral home, serves as a guide, and offers expert money-saving ideas. Plus, Your Funeral Advocate provides discounted products and services, putting consumers' interests first.

"I favor and endorse those funeral homes that are family and privately owned, as they will provide customers with money saving options," Jacobs says. "Through us, consumers are learning about such options. For example, in the first nine days of business, our advocacy received over 100,000 website referrals. The demand for support is mind-blowing -- and the reason Your Funeral Advocate is providing it."

About Your Funeral Advocate, LLC

Your Funeral Advocate, LLC (http://www.yourfuneraladvocate.com) was founded by Bruce Jacobs, a licensed funeral director with over 44 years of experience in the funeral industry. It offers free funeral consulting, advocacy and agency services, providing direct representation in select areas across the nation. Currently, direct representation is available in Atlanta; Florida's Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties; Bergen County, N.J.; New York City's five boroughs; and New York's Orange, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, and will be coming soon to Chicago, western Florida, Houston, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. For all other areas, Your Funeral Advocate can help via telephone or Internet.

Note to media: Your Funeral Advocate representatives are available for local interviews on request.