It usually doesn't take very long. That program is administered for us by the Last Post Fund, a not-for-profit corporation with offices across the country. Their staff can do it very quickly. As you say, it's a very difficult time for the family, and the biggest challenge and unfortunately the delay are most often related to in fact getting the information needed to do that assessment.
There are instances in which the Last Post Fund will provide the assistance and do the assessment afterwards, and if they are required to do some recovery of costs afterwards, they will do that.