CARSON CITY, Nev. — Beginning in December, Nevadans receiving unemployment benefits will get their weekly money on a debit card rather than a paper check, the state has announced.
Nevada's Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is converting the system saying it will not only save the state money but improve service to the recipients.
In the existing system, the state prints and mails 800,000 checks to more than 120,000 recipients every year, the Department said. Program administrators have said in media reports that the state will save hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.
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