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Welcome to the Nerd Wallet Smart Money podcast where we answer your money questions in 15 minutes or less.

I'm your host, Liz Weston.

And I'm your other host, Sean Piles.

As always, be sure to send us your money questions.

You can call or text the Nerd Hotline at 901-730-6373.

That's 901-730 Nerd.

Or you can email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com.

So let's get right to this episode's question, or actually questions, because in the past

few weeks, we've received a number of different questions about the government relief

checks that were part of the CARES Act that was signed into law in March.

Yeah, people have been wondering

when they're going to get their checks, how much they'll get, and perhaps most importantly,

what they should do with this money. And in this episode of the NerdWallet Smart Money podcast,

will help you answer each one of those questions. All right, let's dive right into it.

Okay, first, let's talk about how much people might be getting. Sean,

can you give us the details on how that works? Yes, I can. And this is a little technical, just a heads-up.

So the Treasury Department is dispersing up to $1,200 per person and $500 per child under the age of 17.

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