'Katrina' victims to get $2,000 debit cards | wkyc.com

'Katrina' victims to get $2,000 debit cards | wkyc.com: "Katrina' victims to get $2,000 debit cards
POSTED: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:42:46 PM
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:43:29 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's word that the federal government will start handing out debit cards to some Hurricane Katrina victims, as early as today.

A spokeswoman for Texas Governor Rick Perry says the cards, worth $2,000 each, are going to be given to adult evacuees at the Astrodome."