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I need to provide a family member with spending money. They're developmentally disabled, so carrying cash isn't something they can really handle -- they easily misplace it.
Because of her intellectual disability, I have a special kind of checking account set up for her, and it doesn't allow for her to have a debit card. (I am her legal guardian since her parents have died.)
I'd like a pre-paid debit card or visa card that I can load up with $50 for her every other week for shopping trips she takes with a helper. I don't want to pay $5 every time I load it/she uses it/whatever.
Any ideas?
Cash won't really work. She can't connect a debit card to her checking account. She can't write checks. I really need something of a stop in place that won't allow her to overspend at checkout.
I can't decide if I'm overthinking this or if there really is a clever hack. If anyone on the Internet knows though, they're in this sub!