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From YouTube: 12/15/2022 - Interim Finance Committee Pt.1
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B
C
C
E
Good
morning,
thank
you
all
for
being
patient,
as
we
got
ourselves.
Organized
I'd
like
to
call
ISC
interim
finance
committee
to
order
on
December
15
2022
good
morning
to
all
of
those
present
with
us
in
Las
Vegas
and
in
Carson
City
and
as
well
as
those
listening
online
I
am
Senator.
Don,
Darrell,
Loop
and
I
will
be
chairing
the
meeting
today.
Mr
Weber.
Will
you
please
call
the
roll.
G
H
I
J
I
L
M
N
O
E
Here,
thank
you,
Mr
Weber,
and
please
mark
the
members
not
present
as
excused
and
those
that
arrive
in
just
a
minute
or
two
as
present
when
they
arrive.
Thank
you
very
much
before
we
move
on
with
today's
agenda.
I
would
like
to
remind
all
committee
members
and
members
of
the
public
to
turn
off
or
mute
your
electronic
devices,
if
you
are
participating
virtually
please
remember,
to
keep
yourself
muted
when
you're,
not
speaking.
Also,
please
keep
your
cameras
on
so
we
can
take
accurate
votes
by
the
staff.
E
There
is
a
chat
feature
in
June
Zoom,
but
it
should
only
be
used
to
communicate
technical
difficulties,
please,
with
staff.
All
other
comments
should
be
stated
on
the
record
so
that
everyone
can
hear
those
for
those
who
are
providing
testimony
today.
Please
remember
to
state
your
name
for
the
record
each
time
you
are
speaking-
and
this
is
so
that
our
staff
gets
this
correct
on
the
record.
E
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Wayne,
Thorley
for
the
record
LCB
fiscal
I'd
like
to
provide
an
update
to
the
committee
members
and
those
listening
on
One
update
on
an
agenda
item
and
then
one
clarification.
So
first
agenda
item
n,
governor's
office
of
Economic
Development
that
has
been
withdrawn.
D
D
D
Only
115
of
those
are
on
the
agenda
today,
because
those
are
the
work
programs
that
the
interim
finance
committee
is
required
to
take.
Action
on
the
other
210
are
either
below
the
dollar
amount
threshold
for
IFC
consideration
or
are
from
agencies
that
are
exempt
from
the
state
budget
act
and
don't
have
to
have
their
work
program.
Revisions
approved
by
IFC.
So
just
because
there's
a
hundred
and
only
115
work
programs
on
the
agenda
doesn't
mean
that
the
remaining
2010
won't
be
considered.
D
If
the
committee
approves
the
115
work
programs
today,
the
remaining
210
work
programs
will
also
be
processed
by
the
governor's
finance
office
and
the
controller,
and
if
there's
any
questions
on
those
clarifications
happy
to
take
them.
D
Senator
goikichi
I,
don't
offhand
I
I
can
grab
that
here
in
just
a
sec
and
provide
it
for
the
committee.
The
total
dollar
amount
for
all
the
work
programs,
not
not
to
jump
too
much
ahead
into
the
agenda
is
35.5
million
dollars.
So
that's
for
all
the
furlough
work
programs,
but
I
couldn't
have
staff,
run
a
quick
calculation
on
the
the
210.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Thorley.
Thanks
for
the
update
on
those
agenda
items
we'll
now
move
on
to
public
comment.
This
is
the
first
period
of
public
comment.
There
will
be
another
public
comment
at
the
end
of
today's
meeting
due
to
time
considerations.
Each
person
providing
public
comment
is
asked
to
speak,
not
more
than
two
minutes.
Please
remember
to
State
and
spell
your
name
for
the
record
and
begin
your
statement
to
call
in
to
provide
testimony
for
public
comment.
Please
dial.
E
892-5578-9050
and
then
press
pound
when
prompted
for
a
participant,
ID,
please
press
pound.
The
calling
information
is
also
provided
on
the
agenda
for
today's
meeting,
so
we
will
begin
today
in
Las
Vegas
and
then
we'll
move
to
Carson,
City
and
last
over
the
phone.
So
if
you're
in
Las
Vegas,
if
you'd
like
to
come
forward,
please
go
ahead.
Mr
Daly!
Please
go
ahead.
Good.
Q
Morning,
Madam
chair,
Chris,
Staley,
Nevada,
State,
Education
Association,
the
voice
of
Nevada
Educators
for
over
120
years,
and
the
ca
has
consistently
sounded
the
alarm
about
educator
vacancies
that
have
ballooned
across
the
state
in
recent
years,
as
we
near
the
middle
of
this
school
year,
there
are
still
thousands
of
school
vacancies
with
even
more
positions
being
filled
by
long-term
substitutes.
Last
week,
the
economic
policy
Institute
released
this
report
funding
the
national
teacher
shortages,
both
widespread
and
especially
severe
in
schools,
with
high
percentage
of
students
of
color
and
from
low-income
families.
Q
They
also
found
the
current
shortage
is
not
the
result
of
an
insufficient
number
of
qualified
teachers,
but
rather
low
pay
and
an
increasingly
stressful
work
environment.
While
we
often
talk
about
our
educator
shortage,
we
don't
really
have
a
severe
shortage
of
teachers,
just
a
shortage
of
those
willing
to
work
for
23.5
less
than
their
college
educated
counterparts,
Nevada
can't
fill
vacant
positions
because
we
aren't
paying
enough
to
be
competitive.
This
is
why
we
consistently
articulate
what
Nevada
must
do
to
address
this
crisis
time
for
20.
Q
with
thousands
of
educator
vacancies
in
some
of
the
largest
class
sizes
in
the
nation.
Time
for
20
means
a
20
educator
raise
a
20
minimum
wage
for
people
who
make
schools
run
and
average
class
sizes
of
20
students.
We
also
have
called
on
the
state
to
do
better
to
listen
to
and
respect
Educators
addressing
workplace
issues
like
safety
and
inclusion
of
educator.
Voice
number
nine
on
agenda
item
H
today
will
continue
to
fund
a
position
to
oversee
the
programmatic
and
evaluation
initiatives
of
the
American
Rescue
plan,
act,
Elementary
and
secondary
school
emergency
relief
funds.
Q
This
work
is
important,
especially
as
data
is
now
emerging
on
RFS
or
spending
in
some
Nevada
school
districts
failing
to
meet
the
moment
on
the
biggest
crisis,
impacting
Nevada
schools
and
debate,
and
data
provided
by
school
districts.
There's
a
strong
correlation
between
low
ARP
spending
on
staff
and
high
vacancies.
For
example,
the
Nye
County
school
district
has
one
of
the
highest
vacancy
rates
in
Nevada,
while
only
spending
11
percent
of
their
rescue
plan
dollars
on
staff.
Q
The
Clark
County
School
District
lists
over
1700
vacant
positions
this
morning,
yet
they
are
spending
less
than
30
percent
of
their
ARP
dollars
on
staff.
While
most
individual
school
districts
have
prioritized
staff
related
expenditures.
Only
37
percent
of
ARP
dollars
across
all
of
Nevada's
districts
have
gone
to
staff
nsca's
field.
Many
questions
about
how
to
fund
time
for
20,
but
resources
are
available,
including
federal
dollars
and
now
a
record
state
budget
surplus.
There
are
also
strong
recommendations
for
additional
state
revenue
from
your
commission
on
school
funding.
Q
E
You
very
much,
sir
okay.
Next.
R
Good
morning
chairs
on
Daryl,
Luke
and
esteem
finance
committee,
my
name
is
Annette
Dawson
Owens
and
I
serve
as
a
School
Readiness
policy
director
for
the
Children's
Advocacy
Alliance.
I
am
here
today
to
testify
in
support
of
several
items
on
the
agenda
that
can
improve
outcomes
for
Nevada,
Children
and
Families.
Our
work
is
Guided
by
four
pillars:
health
safety,
economic
well-being
and
School
Readiness,
and
has
contributed
to
an
improvement
in
conditions
through
advocacy
policy
and
resources.
In
keeping
with
this
commitment
at
CAA,
we
are
concerned
about
all
children,
and
especially
our
most
underserved.
R
Therefore,
we
strongly
ask
you
to
support
from
list
H
schools
with
a
high
percentage
of
low-income
students,
education
for
homeless
children,
English
language
learner
grants.
In
addition,
local
library
supports
trauma-informed
services
in
schools
student.
Additionally,
we
support
academic
enrichment
programs.
Academic
enrichment
after
school
hours
out
of
school
time
is
often
an
underutilized
resource
and
investment
in
Nevada.
That
can
make
a
big
difference
for
our
students
also
from
list.
You
support,
School
nutrition
program
programs,
access
to
care
for
children
with
rare
diseases
and
low-income,
affordable
housing
projects
on
item
871.
R
Ca
is
concerned
about
the
use
of
TANF
dollars
to
fund
a
virtual
Pre-K
option
at
a
time
of
economic
uncertainty.
According
to
a
recent
analysis
prepared
in
2021,
Nevada
has
seen
the
sharpest
drop
in
real
Tana
funding
per
child
among
the
state
since
1996
Falling
by
63.5
percent
due
to
inflation,
the
Nevada
families
continue
to
struggle
with
affording
basic
needs
like
food,
shelter,
clothing
and
hygiene
items
have
families
receiving
Tana
support
been
asked.
If
this
is
a
program,
they
would
be
interested
in
for
their
children.
R
Do
these
families
have
the
time
to
dedicate
to
this
virtual
learning
option
with
their
children.
Many
parents
are
working,
several
jobs
and
even
15
to
20
minutes
is
a
luxury
they
may
not
have
to
supervise
virtual
education.
Tenant
funds
can
be
used
for
Child,
Care,
Transportation
food
and
meeting
the
basic
needs
of
children.
Caa
suggest
there
would
be
a
better
use
of
TANF
dollars.
If
2
million
is
available
for
pre-kindergarten,
then
we
recommend
allocating
that
money
to
existing
in-person
pre-kindergarten,
rather
than
looking
for
new
programs
through
an
RFA
process.
R
Virtual
learning
may
be
an
option
for
some
families
and
should
be
for
those
willing
and
able
to
dedicate
the
time
to
sit
with
their
children
in
those
such
programs.
However,
using
funds
from
the
temporary
assistance
for
needy
families
does
not
seem
to
be
a
best
use
of
funds.
We
are
grateful
for
this
committee
for
your
work
and
your
ongoing
support.
Thank
you.
S
Morning,
Madam
chair
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
Kevin
Schiller,
Clark,
County,
Manager
I-
am
here
before
you
on
item
G,
15
and
16.
in
the
interest
of
time
just
want
to
put
on
the
record.
This
is
a
project
that
is
aimed
at
twofold
one:
our
housing
crisis,
Clark
County,
has
put
forward
about
160
million
dollars
in
the
community
housing
fund
and
utilizing
both
our
federal
funding
and
those
funds
towards
these
projects.
S
This
is
one
of
those
this
will
be
in
commissioner
McCurdy's
District
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
couple
pieces
tied
to
that.
It's
very
focused
on
low-income
Workforce
housing
in
terms
of
affordable
median
income,
but
it
also
is
partnered
with
a
business
incubator
process
where
we
can
do
Workforce
training,
where
we
really
try
to
tackle
diverse
populations
that
are
most
vulnerable.
So
I
wanted
to
put
this
on
the
record.
S
N
For
adopt
our
program
I'm,
also
a
42-year
resident
of
Bard
rate
State
I'd,
like
to
support
to
speak
in
support
of
the
work
program,
request
included
in
an
agenda
item
H
number
71
to
provide
funding
for
a
virtual
Pre-K,
Early
Learning
Program
for
Nevada's
eligible
town
of
children.
Some
of
the
things
that
make
our
home
state
a
wonderful
and
exciting
place
to
live
can
also,
unfortunately,
result
in
barriers
to
site-based
Early
Education.
Our
rural
expenses
can
also
mean
Geographic,
distance
and
lack
of
transportation
that
can
prevent
four-year-olds
from
attending
school.
N
They
simply
aren't
able
to
Bear
long
periods
of
travel
on
buses
the
way
their
older
siblings
can.
Second,
our
Urban
tourist
destinations
mean
there
are
a
large
number
of
the
people
working
around
the
clock.
Many
of
those
people
have
young
children
and
sometimes
work
in
school
schedules,
simply
don't
align.
Third,
we
have
families
who,
by
choice,
want
to
keep
their
young
children
at
home
until
they
must
send
them
to
school,
and
we
know
it's
a
state
that
we
give
them
that
right.
N
All
of
these
children
were
come
to
school,
though,
and
our
goal
must
be
to
have
them
ready
to
learn
from
their
excellent
teachers.
I
believe
the
key
to
this
outcome
is
preparing
children
at
home.
Parents
want
their
children
to
succeed
over
15
years,
I've
seen
the
power
of
parents
and
their
willingness
to
support
their
children's
learning.
If
they
are
given
the
tool,
they
need
a
home-based,
early
learning
program
that
provides
curriculum
based
in
the
science
of
reading
and
aligned
to
State
early
learning
standards
combined
with
the
family
coach.
N
Who
speaks
the
parents,
language
can
do
this
effectively
and
cost
efficiently
the
power
power
of
parent
participation
propels
the
program,
and
parents
are
given
the
tools,
including
a
computer
and
internet.
If
they
need
it
to
succeed.
The
upstart
program
requires
just
15
minutes
a
day
five
days
a
week,
which
is
well
within
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatricians
screen
time
standard
of
one
hour
for
four-year-olds
upstart
has
been
piloted
in
Nevada,
with
more
than
1200
families
and
with
85
percent
are
participating
four-year-old,
showing
strong
kindergarten,
Readiness
outcomes.
N
In
short,
the
home-based
learning
program
is
a
successful
way
to
overcome
some
of
the
barriers
that
we
know
exist
and
prevent
our
youngest
Learners
from
attending
site-based
preschools,
and
it
can
be
used
to
get
them
ready
for
learning
in
school
and
life.
On
behalf
of
Waterford,
upstart
I
respectfully
request
that
the
committee
approved
this
work
program
request
and
we
stand
ready
to
apply
to
serve
as
a
provider
of
the
service
through
a
competitive
bid
process.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
N
T
I've
seen
a
lot
in
my
life
and
my
perception
of
what
has
been
happening
in
the
last
four
years
with
the
ndoc
has
been
one
Band-Aid
after
another,
in
a
hopeless
race.
To
make
us
look
better
politically,
there
has
been
approximately
450
000
spent
to
renovate
and
meet
ADA
compliance
standards
at
Warm,
Springs,
Correctional
Center,
just
to
close
the
institution.
This
latest
closure
appears
to
be
yet
another
Band-Aid
for
a
larger
problem.
T
Our
last
says
sorry,
our
last
substantial
pay
raise
was
back
in
2004,
which
is
well
before
my
time
when
they
received
a
15
raise
every
cost
of
living.
Raise
since
then
has
been
met
with
higher
insurance
premiums
and
pers
contributions,
which
means
almost
no
raise.
At
all.
Six
months
ago,
Warm
Springs
put
in
a
budget
request
for
a
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
fix
failing
boilers.
T
This
request
was
ignored
until
it
became
an
emergency
situation
now
we're
paying
a
thousand
dollars
a
day
to
keep
diesel
fuel
in
the
thirty
five
thousand
dollar
a
month,
rented
heaters
in
the
activities
building
the
activities
building
Chiller
has
been
broken
for
three
years
now.
When
it
was
first
submitted.
We
were
given
a
quote
for
eighty
four
thousand
dollars
to
replace
it.
Instead,
the
doc
has
spent
a
total
of
seventy
three
thousand
dollars
renting
a
chiller
every
summer.
T
If
we
explore
just
10
years
ago
in
ndoc
history,
Nevada
State
Prison
was
closed
with
the
same
cost,
saving
promises
that
we
were
being
given
right
now,
two
years
later,
when
legislature
reconvene,
the
cost
savings
were
nowhere
near
the
millions
of
dollars
projected.
There
is
no
difference
in
the
current
promises,
just
an
easy
and
obvious
Band-Aid.
That
will
no
doubt
end
the
same
way.
T
In
summary,
the
Department
of
Corrections
will
temporarily
look
good
if
we
pull
staff
from
one
institution
and
combine
them
with
another,
but
as
long
as
they
focus
on
Surface
issues,
mismanaged
funds
and
ignore
root
problems.
The
doc
will
not
be
able
to
land
on
its
feet
and
be
the
exceptional
Department.
It
could
be.
U
U
The
best
time
to
have
repaid
furloughs
was
in
May
2021
after
arpa
was
enacted
and
the
2.7
billion
in
funding
for
the
state
of
Nevada
was
announced
with
interim
rules,
restoring
compensation
and
benefits
for
state
employees
cut
because
of
the
pandemic.
It's
not
only
allowed
by
the
rules,
but
is
an
intended
purpose.
U
Since
July
2019
inflation
has
been
16.6
percent.
During
that
time,
most
state
employees,
including
NC
professionals,
have
received
only
one
one
percent
cost
of
living
increase,
classified
employees
and
collective
bargaining
units
receive
three
percent.
State
and
NC
salaries
were
already
below
competitive
levels.
If
we
want
the
state
government
to
provide
essential
services
to
the
citizens
of
Nevada,
we
must
be
able
to
hire
and
retain
public
employees
if
we
want
to
be
able
to
hire
new
state
employees
and
stop
the
losses.
U
E
Thank
you
very
much
any
additional
comment
there
in
Carson
City,
seeing
none.
We
will
go
to
the
phone
lines
BPS
when
you're
ready.
Thank
you.
A
V
What
items
proposed
the
American
Rescue
plan
act,
funding
transfers
to
support,
affordable
housing
in
a
mixed-use
project
and
the
west
side,
Las
Vegas,
as
well
as
the
support
of
rental
and
homeowners
assistance
for
families
demonstrating
Financial
need.
I
would
like
to
ask
the
committee
to
consider
this
proposal
from
the
lens
of
our
youngest
children.
V
V
To
consider
other
priorities
like
education,
when
families
are
faced
with
making
difficult
decisions
like
paying
their
rent
or
feeding
their
children,
but
this
is
the
reality
for
many
of
our
nevadians.
Providing
the
opportunity
for
stable
homes
means
building
stable,
strong
families
and
building
strong
families
grows
strong,
healthy
children.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
V
How
would
you
all
feel
if,
just
for
one
day,
you
didn't
know
where
you're
going
to
sleep
at
night?
Imagine
if
your
most
precious
belongings
were
traveling
around
in
a
suitcase
with
you
or
in
your
car,
with
those
pictures
that
you
were
toting
around
to
remind
you
of
those
bygone
days
and
long-lost
relatives
be
important
anymore.
V
V
In
order
to
increase
the
prevention
efforts
of
families
slipping
into
homelessness
due
to
massive
rent
increases
in
competition
for
properties.
We
must
continue
to
provide
emergency
rental
assistance
from
the
American
Rescue
plan,
since
evictions
have
become
commonplace.
Statewide,
low-income
housing
is
needed
now,
more
than
ever,
as
we
navigate
a
system
to
produce
more
affordable
housing
options.
Let
us
not
forget
those
children
that
languish
on
waiting
lists
for
homes
with
their
families,
their
progress
and
potential
hang
in
the
balance.
V
Although
many
children
are
experiencing
homelessness,
they
are
still
entitled
to
equal
access
to
a
public
education.
If
given
opportunity,
they
will
have
a
better
chance
of
becoming
independent
tax-paying
citizens.
When
we
can
first
secure
housing,
then
we
can
focus
on
Student,
Success
and
outcomes.
V
Ask
yourselves
what
can
I
do
to
prevent
another
child
from
entering
into
the
child
welfare
system?
We
don't
want
families
being
separated
just
because
they're
homeless,
when
you
leave
here
today,
please
make
a
commitment
to
provide
funding
for
housing,
assistance
and
low-income
rural
support
for
our
children,
specifically
items
h15
as
well
as
h-135.
W
Good
morning,
can
you
hear
me
okay,.
E
W
Okay.
Thank
you
sorry,
good
morning,
chair
and
board
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
to
provide
public
comment.
My
name
is
Janelle
Woodward,
that's
j-a-n-e-l-l-w-o-o-d-w-a-r-d,.
W
State
employees
are
among
the
lowest
paid
employees
in
Nevada.
We
truly
are
the
public
servants
of
the
state
in
every
aspect
of
the
word,
I
am
asking
the
ISB
to
approve
the
governor,
the
governor's
request
to
reimburse
those
furlough
days
to
employees.
This
will
go
a
very
long
way
in
raising
employee
morale
and
helping
in
times
where
inflation
is
still
apparently
around
16
percent
or
more.
W
X
Good
morning
my
name
is
Anna
Marie
binder,
there's
so
much
on
this
agenda,
so
I
want
to
keep
it
to
a
couple
things.
I
have
not
seen
a
lot
of
public
comment
on
the
first
one
is
the
agenda
item
for
the
10
million
dollars
to
Rosamond.
University
I
have
a
student
who
wants
to
be
a
doctor.
X
She
joined
the
Nevada
National
Guard,
but
with
me
put
in
for
that
accelerated
program
for
nurses,
she
would
otherwise
qualify
for
that,
but
the
National
Guard
will
not
reimburse
facilities
like
Toro
or
Roseman,
because
they're
not
considered
in-state
colleges.
So
now
that
precludes
an
amazing
college
student
that
could
be
a
nurse
in
a
very
short
period
of
time.
X
So
I,
don't
you
know,
know
what
we
can
do
about
that.
But
if
we're
giving
them
10
million
dollars
to
you
know
help
us
get
doctors,
you
would
think
that
it
would
be
from
an
institution
that
would
support
our
National
Guard.
X
In
addition,
we're
very
grateful
for
the
investment
for
the
20
school
year,
23
24,
free
breakfast
and
lunch
program.
However,
I
believe
this
is
going
to
be
the
fourth
year
that
we
are
not
collecting
data
when
families
apply
for
that.
So
I
would
also
request
a
consideration
that
the
application
be
filled
out,
even
though
it
is
not
a
determination
of
Eligibility.
We
really
need
that
data
I'm,
also
a
parental
member
of
the
Children's
Advocacy
Alliance.
X
So
another
concern
that
I
have-
and
we've
been
talking
about
this
in
our
early
education
committees-
is
we're
concerned
that
child
care
providers
will
potentially
raise
their
rates
as
the
state
implements
this
additional
50
million
in
subsidiaries
that
are
very
much
needed
for
our
Working
Families
I've
read
a
lot
from
parents
lately
and
they're,
paying
more
than
most
paper
rent
and
mortgage
just
to
work,
and
we
need
the
rates
to
stay
reasonable
so
that
those
that
do
not
qualify
for
the
subsidiaries
are
not
being
gouged.
X
I
am
also
the
wife
of
an
ndoc
employee
and
we
are
very
grateful
for
the
reimbursement
of
the
furloughs
during
2021
over
a
decade.
We
have
never
had
the
opportunity
to
be
reimbursed
for
furlough,
so
we
very
much
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
So
much.
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
Next
caller,
please.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
We
will
go
on
to
the
next
agenda
item
and
the
next
item
or
items
c
d
and
e
approval
of
the
minutes
on
the
June
21st
2022
July,
26
2022
and
August
17
2022
meetings.
I
intend
to
take
all
three
agenda
items
jointly
members.
A
copy
of
the
draft
minutes
for
all
three
meetings
is
included
in
your
meeting
packet.
They
have
also
been
posted
online.
Do
any
members
have
suggested
revisions
or
edits
to
the
draft
minutes.
E
You
very
much
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
or
raise
your
hand
and
all
those
opposed
any
discussion.
Okay.
Thank
you
very
much
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
agenda.
Item
agenda.
Item
f:
the
statement
of
the
American
Rescue
plan
act,
coronavirus,
State,
fiscal
recovery,
fan,
fund
obligations
and
remaining
Reserve
balances
within
the
covid-19
relief
programs
budget
account.
The
statement
will
be
presented
by
fiscal
staff.
Mr
lieser,
please
begin
when
you
are
ready.
Z
I
thank
you,
chair
dondero,
Loop,
Vice,
chairman
Roe,
Moreno
and
members
of
the
interim
finance
committee.
For
the
record.
My
name
is
Brodie
leiser
serve
as
the
chief
principal
Deputy
fiscal
analyst,
with
the
fiscal
analysis,
division
of
the
legislative
Council
Bureau
I
will
walk
through
agenda
item
F
the
statement
of
American
Rescue
plan
at
coronavirus,
State,
fiscal
Recovery,
Fund
obligations
and
remaining
Reserve
balances.
Z
Z
First,
the
total
amount
associated
with
the
loss,
Revenue
Reserve
balance
has
been
updated
from
approx.
Approximately
1.1
billion
dollars
to
approximately
1.3
billion
dollars
as
footnoted.
The
increase
is
the
result
of
basing
the
calculation
on
the
state
fiscal
year
as
allowed
as
an
option
under
the
federal
final
rule
for
States
electing
to
calculate
Revenue
loss
rather
than
a
calendar
year
basis,
which
was
a
requirement
under
the
interim
rule.
Z
Z
Z
Z
If
all
items
submitted
for
consider
consideration
today
are
approved,
which
total
approximately
85.3
million
dollars,
the
remaining
unobligated
balance
of
coronavirus,
State
fiscal
recovery
funds
would
be
approximately
37.6
million
dollars,
all
of
which
is
shown
under
the
Lost
Revenue
Reserve.
As
displayed
on
the
summary
statement,
Pages
287
through
295
of
the
meeting
packet
detailed
the
obligations
approved
to
date,
there
are
132
work
programs
facilitating
15
requests
submitted
for
consideration
by
the
committee
today,
which
began
on
page
296
of
the
packet.
Z
The
majority
or
115
of
the
work
programs
submitted
for
consideration
fall
under
agenda
item.
G18
is
Mr,
Thorley
previously
indicated,
which
is
the
request
to
reimburse
eligible
employees
for
reduced
compensation
experience
as
a
result
of
furloughs
required
to
be
taken
during
the
second
half
of
fiscal
year
21
as
a
result
of
budgetary
reductions
due
to
the
covid-19
covid-19
pandemic.
Z
I
would
like
to
take
an
opportunity
to
provide
clarification
to
Senator
goikachia's
question
regarding
the
dollar
amounts
associated
with
the
work
programs
before
the
committee
today
and
if
the
committee
approves
item
G18
those
work
programs
that
then,
would
be
processed
by
the
governor's
finance
office
and
the
controller's
office
under
item
G18.
There
is
one
work
program
that
we
often
refer
to
as
the
pitcher
work
program.
That
is
a
work
program
for
the
covid-19
relief
programs
budget.
Z
That
work
program
would
allocate
the
total
35.5
million
dollars
for
the
furlough
paybacks
and
the
210
work
programs
that
are
not
on
the
agenda
as
a
result
of
the
dollar
threshold
or
the
state.
The
associated
agency
being
exempt
from
the
state
budget
act.
In
total
those
210
work
programs
amount
to
approximately
3.4
million
dollars
that
would
be
processed.
But
again
the
the
total
amount
for
furloughs
for
all
work.
Programs
amounts
to
35.5
million
dollars.
Z
So
I
hope
that
that
clarifies
Senator,
goikachu's
question
and
if
not,
if
there
are
questions
when
I'm
done
with
my
presentation,
I'd
be
happy
to
try
and
address
those
to
provide
further
clarification
on
pages
297
through
302
of
the
meeting
packet.
The
breakdown
statement
for
select
obligations
of
coronavirus,
State
fiscal
recovery
funds
is
presented.
Z
There
are
two
items
on
page
302
under
the
section
for
allocations
of
the
100
million
dollars
in
Authority
for
state
agencies
that
were
approved
by
the
governor's
office
and
did
not
require
approval
of
the
IFC.
As
indicated
on
the
statement,
these
two
items
are
on
the
list,
with
dates
of
October
18th
and
November
14
2022..
Z
As
previously
mentioned,
we
have
included
a
new
table
section
in
the
statement
which
can
be
viewed
on
page
303
of
volume.
1
of
the
meeting
packet.
This
table
provides
details
showing
final
program
expenditures
compared
to
the
original
approved
Authority
for
programs
that
were
approved
for
fiscal
year
2022
only
as
well
as
any
resulting
savings
where
applicable.
Z
Savings
of
approximately
26
million
dollars
is
available
to
be
repurposed
for
other
uses
and
purposes.
In
accordance
with
the
federal
American
Rescue
plan
act
and
final
rule,
this
savings
is
accounted
for
in
the
remaining
37.6
million
dollar,
balance
of
unobligated
coronavirus,
State
fiscal
recovery
funds
that
I
referred
to
earlier
and
is
identified
on
the
summary
and
detailed
sections
of
the
statement
chair,
dondero
Loop.
That
concludes
my
remarks
specific
to
the
statement
and
would
be
happy
to
address
any
questions
that
members
may
have.
E
Yes,
Senator
Titus
Senator
telling.
O
Z
For
the
record,
Brody
lies
or
through
you
chair
to
Senator
Titus.
Yes,
that
is
correct.
The
funds
need
to
be
obligated
by
December
31st
2024
and
the
obligated
funds
need
to
be
expended
by
December
31st
2026.
O
E
Thank
you
very
much
additional
questions
for
some
reason:
I,
don't
see
you
up
there
on
the
screen,
holler
out
assembly,
woman
parents,
please
thank.
AA
You
thank
you
chair.
Could
you
so
I've
been
getting
some
emails
regarding
some
of
these
exempt
agencies
and
concerns
that
the
Frog
won't
be
approved
for
the
furlough
repayments
won't
be
approved
for
those
programs
or
agencies?
Can
you
just
confirm
for
us
whether
there
are
any
agencies
that
are
missing
from
the
list
that
have
been
proposed
for
the
furlough
paybacks.
Z
For
the
record,
Brody
lies,
or
through
you,
chair
to
assembly,
woman,
Peters
I
believe
that
all
agencies
that
had
furloughs
had
employees
who've
taken
furloughs,
have
submitted.
The
governor's
finance
office
has
submitted
work
programs
for
all
of
those
agencies.
I
believe
that
we
we
have
done
a
comparison,
a
general
comparison
to
some
of
the
amounts
that
were
accounted
for
as
savings
from
the
special
session
where
the
furloughs
were
implemented
and
done.
Z
A
cross-check
I
believe
that
the
governor's
finance
office
has
also
worked
with
the
division
of
human
resource
management
to
ensure
that
all
all
active
employees
who
have
taken
furloughs
are
accounted
for
in
the
to
324
total
work
programs
that
have
been
submitted
and,
and
so
I
believe.
Z
The
answer
to
your
question
is
yes,
and
and
that
there
has
been
work
and
coordination
by
the
governor's
finance
office,
working
with
the
division
of
human
resource
management
of
the
Department
of
administration,
working
directly
with
the
legislative,
Council
Bureau
working
directly
with
the
Nevada
system
of
higher
education,
and
also
working
with
the
judicial
branch
to
ensure
that
all
all
eligible
employees
will
receive
a
payback
for
the
furlough.
E
If
the
gfo
is
there
in
the
room
and
would
like
to
follow
up
and
address
any
of
this
we'd
be
happy
to
hear
from
you
right
now.
Miss
Stevenson.
AB
Good
morning,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
Amy
Stevenson
director
for
the
Governor's
finance
office.
As
Mr
lizer
had
indicated,
we
have
worked
with
the
division
of
human
resource
management,
judicial
branch,
legislative
Council,
Bureau
I,
think
everybody
and
their
mother
to
make
sure
that
everybody
got
this
repayment,
so
I
didn't
want
to.
E
O
E
Up
no
I
hold
hold
we'll
be
discussing
this
later
in
the
agenda.
I
just
thought
since
it
came
up,
we
would
maybe
put
some
of
this
to
bed
with
the
mother.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you.
E
Okay,
any
further
discussion
on
Mr
lizer's
presentation.
E
E
This
is
a
work
in
progress
here.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
patience.
Okay,
we
will
be
going
to
item
G
where
we
have
the
approval
of
the
work
program
and
I'll
be
handing
this
over
to
Mr
Thorley.
Thank
you
very
much.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
the
record
again
Wayne
Thorley
LCB
fiscal
I
will
go
over
list.
G
the
arpa
work
program
list
list,
H
the
non-arpa
work
program
list
as
well
as
list
P.
The
info
items
list
and
I
will
note
the
items
that
have
been
identified
to
be
pulled
for
discussion.
D
D
D
D
Item
number
17
I'm
now
on
page
four
of
list
G,
so
item
17
will
be
pulled
for
discussion
and,
lastly,
item
G18
.1
through
18.15
or
115.
So
all
115
furlough
work
programs
under
item
G18
will
be
pulled
and
heard
jointly,
and
that
is
it
for
list.
G
I'll
move
on
now
to
list
h,
which
is
the
non-arpa
work
program
list.
D
The
withdrawal
request
was
received
on
December
13th,
which
is
after
the
agenda
had
already
been
published,
so
G
or
I'm,
sorry,
h37,
39
and
40.
have
been
withdrawn
and
I
will
not
be
heard
or
considered
by
the
IFC
today.
So
that's
on
page
737,
39
and
40
have
all
been
withdrawn.
D
.
moving
on
to
page
12
of
list
h,
there
are
two
revisions
that
need
to
be
made
two
items
on
this
page.
D
First
number
64.:
the
agenda
shows
that
this
item
involves
an
allocation
of
a
block
grant
funds
and
that
the
agency
of
the
division
of
public
and
behavior
health
in
this
case
is
using
the
IFC
meeting
as
the
required
public
hearing.
That
is
not
correct.
Item
64
does
not
relate
to
a
block
grant
and
therefore
does
not
need
that
public
hearing
associated
with
the
block
grant
so
64
has
not
been
identified
to
be
polled
for
discussion,
then,
on
to
on
the
same
page.
D
Number
66
includes
similar
language
also
from
the
division
of
public
and
Behavioral
Health,
that
the
item
relates
to
a
block
grant
and
that
the
agency
is
using
IFC
as
the
required
public
meeting.
This
item
has
already
had
a
a
public
hearing
at
the
August
25th
meeting
of
the
behavioral
health
policy
and
advisory
Council.
So
it
does
not
need
an
additional
public
meeting.
So
number
66
has
not
been
identified
to
be
pulled
for
discussion.
So
that's
the
clarification
on
64
and
66.
D
On
page
16
of
list
h,
number
88
has
been
withdrawn
again.
The
withdrawal
request
was
received
after
the
agenda
was
posted,
so
it's
not
reflected
on
the
agenda,
but
number
88
has
been
withdrawn
and
will
not
be
considered
by
the
interim
finance
committee.
Today,
moving
on
to
page
17
number
92
will
be
polled
for
discussion.
D
D
E
X
O
O
P
E
Mr
thurley,
would
you
please
bring
us
up
to
speed
and
go
over
the
full
list?
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
Wayne,
Thorley
for
the
record
again:
LCB
fiscal,
so
just
for
everyone's
benefit.
The
items
on
list
G
that
have
been
pulled
and
will
have
a
hearing,
are
nine.
Eleven.
K
Madam,
chair
I,
moved
to
approve
all
items
that
were
not
approved.
It's
as
stated
by
Mr
Thorley.
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
all
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye.
E
E
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
We
are
going
to
take
some
items
under
H
slightly
out
of
order
to
help
facilitate
some
meetings
this
afternoon,
so
Mr
Thorley.
Would
you
please
go
through
that.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
So
the
the
chair
would
like
to
hear
items
age,
11
and
12
from
the
Department
of
Education.
D
Also,
while
the
Department
of
Education
is
at
the
table
what
these
aren't
related,
but
they
do
have
other
items
on
the
agenda.
So
the
the
chair
would
like
to
hear
Jay
two
and
M1
and
M2.
AD
Good
morning
for
the
record,
I'm
Heidi,
hearts
and
I
serve
as
the
deputy
superintendent
for
the
student
investment
division
at
the
Nevada
Department
of
Education
work
program.
Number
11
is
intended
to
allow
the
Department
of
Education
to
establish
revenue
and
expenditure,
Authority
totaling,
nine
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2023
in
federal
funds
to
support
trauma-informed
services
in
schools,
which
is
a
new
Grant
received
by
the
Department
of
Education.
This
work
program
does
include
a
request
to
establish
one
new
state
position.
AD
A
program
officer
and
I
would
note
that
this
is
a
multi-year
Federal
grant
we're
only
requesting
Authority
at
this
point
in
time.
For
the
first
fiscal
year
agenda
item
number
12.
also
requests
revenue
and
expenditure
Authority
for
1.9
million
dollars
in
federal
funds
received
from
the
stop
School
violence
Grant,
which
will
allow
the
department
to
further
enhance
the
development
and
implementation
of
programs
and
services
targeted
at
school
violence
and
bullying
prevention.
AE
Thank
you,
chair,
dondero
Loop.
My
question
for
the
Department
is,
if
you
could,
please
discuss
it,
maybe
more
of
a
request,
but
if
you
could,
please
discuss
the
current
safety
concerns
that
the
department
has
observed
and
how
these
two
grants
that
you
just
mentioned
actually
work
to
address
those
concerns,
as
well
as
the
Department's
long-term
goals
when
it
comes
to
school
safety.
AD
AF
Good
morning,
Christy
McGill
for
the
record,
the
safety
concerns
that
we've
been
hearing
is
both
on
the
student
and
the
staff
side.
The
grant
that
was
discussed
around
improving
school
safety
will
actually
look
at
the
safe
voice.
Sorry
just
walked
over
here
well,
actually,
look
at
the
safe
voice
program
and
improve
some
problems
of
practice.
AF
So
one
of
the
problems
of
practice
that
we
have
is
making
sure
that
there's
good
collaboration
between
law
enforcement,
our
schools
and
our
mental
health
providers,
so
this
particular
Grant
will
take
a
look
at
improving
the
platform
and
improving
the
collaboration
on
that
platform.
We
are
working
with
West,
Ed
and
also
industry
leaders
in
this
area
to
really
make
it
a
place
where
schools
and
law
enforcement
can
readily
communicate.
AF
For
the
other
piece
trauma
is
a
response
from
our
teachers,
saying
that
many
of
our
students
have
come
out
of
the
pandemic
experiencing
trauma
and
long-term
trauma
and
to
really
make
sure
that
we
have
services.
So
this
particular
Grant
also
dovetails
our
SF
funding
that
DHHS
what
we
got
from
in
the
fall,
which
really
focus
on
Clark
and
Washoe.
This
particular
Grant
focuses
on
the
rurals
so
that
we
have
Equity
both
in
Clark
and
Washoe,
and
also
our
rurals.
AE
Yes,
thank
you,
chair,
I,
just
wanted
to
see.
If
we
could
clarify
in
here,
we
see
that
it's
based
on
preventing,
obviously
anything
physical,
but
also
the
bullying
and
I,
was
just
wondering
if,
when
we've
seen
an
increase
of
racism
and
racial
motivated
acts
happening
in
the
schools
as
well.
If
this
would
also
be
addressed
under
these
programs.
AF
O
Thank
you
so
in
the
description
and
thank
you
for
the
explanation
and
and
I
think
it's
important
component
and
safe
and
respectful
and
I
know
you're
addressing
rural
issues,
but
I
always
wonder
about
when
you
say
terms
like
expand
the
treatment
options
for
children,
youth
and
their
families.
O
How
is
that
going
to
be
I'd
like
a
little
more
detail
that
you
can
send
to
all
I'm
sure
all
committee
members
will
want
to
know
that,
because
I
always
worry
about
the
providers
we're
gonna?
This
is
well
intended
we're
going
to
be
doing
this
Exline
Z.
But
how
are
you
going
to
implement
it
when
we
don't
have
enough
of
any
any
professionals
out
there?
O
So
I'm
curious
about
that
that
description
and
explanation
of
how
truly
you're
going
to
expand
the
treatment
options,
whether
it'll
be
online,
whether
it
be
referrals,
because
that's
what
I'm
hearing
the
biggest
lack
is?
Is
that
who
do
you
refer
them
to
once?
You've
identified
bullying
once
you've
identified
whatever
the
problem
is,
how
do
you
actually
intervene
when
we
don't
have
enough
teachers
in
the
classroom?
Psychologist
socialist
social
workers
Etc,
so
I'd
like
to
break
it
down
to
that
at
some
point,
and
thank
you.
O
AF
AF
So
how
does
the
school
work
better,
with
providers
in
the
community
to
really
leverage
those
two
resources
and
why
we're
investing
in
the
communication
procedures
between
those
two
between
community
and
schools,
because
what
we've
really
found
during
the
pandemic
is
that
the
schools
nor
the
community
providers
nor
law
enforcement
for
that
matter
can
do
any
of
this
alone.
So
how
do
we
work
better
together
to
actually
do
this.
E
Thank
you
very
much
assemblywoman
Peters
thank.
AA
E
AA
I'm
I'm
glad
that
that
topic
was
brought
up.
I
would
also
like
to
see
some
of
how
you're
looking
at
integrating
those
Behavioral
Health
Care
Providers
in
this
program,
but
my
second
question
has
to
do
with
an
update
on
your
Medicaid
billing
process
in
our
schools
for
those
eligible
health
care
services
that
are
provided
in
schools.
AA
AF
E
AC
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Just
a
real,
quick
question:
I
was
trying
to
find
it,
but
in
2019
we
passed
a
bill
that
would
require
each
School
District
to
come
up
with
a
program
to
reduce
suicide,
ideation
and
I'm.
Looking
here
at
number,
11
and
I'm
wondering
at
the
time
that
we
passed
the
bill,
the
question
was:
how
would
we
fund
it
so
I'm
wondering
if
there's
any
consideration
to
make
sure
that
we're
complying
with
that
bill.
AF
Yeah
no
I
know
I
know
what
you're
referring
to.
Thank
you,
that's
exactly.
What
we
try
to
do
is
really
look
at
the
federal
discretionary
funds
to
make
sure
that
the
priorities
that
the
Nevada
legislator
and
the
Nevada
Department
of
Education
and
the
district
set
are
fulfilled.
So
that
is
a
piece
of
it
and
again
for
that.
AF
The
doj
grant
we're
going
to
put
the
suicide
prevention
training
the
Columbia
screening
right
into
the
platform
itself,
so
it
is
an
on-demand
and
ready
as
an
option
as
well
as
live
options
as
well
and
the
other
piece
that
we're
really
excited
about
in
this
Grant,
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
it
is
that
it
will
also
be
a
training
for
our
law
enforcement
personnel
as
well
in
Nevada
law
enforcement,
respond
to
many
of
the
crisis
here
that
students
have
off
hours
off
school
hours
and
so
really
making
sure
that
law
enforcement
have
some
of
that
training
at
their
fingertips,
especially
around
the
Columbia
suicide
screening.
E
You
very
much
any
additional
questions
from
the
committee:
okay,
seeing
none
we'll
go
ahead
and
take
a
motion
on
items.
H11
and
12.
move.
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
with
that
all
those
that
approve
say
I
I,
all
those
all
those
that
don't
say,
nay.
E
AD
Thank
you,
Heidi
hearts
for
the
record
item.
J2
requests
a
transfer
of
7758
590
from
the
IFC
contingency
account
into
the
account
for
State
special
education
services.
This
transfer
allows
us
to
maintain
expenditure
Authority
in
fiscal
year,
2023
of
two
million
dollars,
which
is
a
demonstration
of
the
state's
Financial
commitment
to
our
maintenance
of
efforts
towards
those
federal
funds
that
also
serve
our
students,
who
have
special
educational
needs.
As
a
reminder,
the
funds
who
are
that
are
dedicated
for
this
purpose.
AD
The
contingency
funds,
are
for
those
school
districts
that
have
students
who
have
extraordinarily
expensive
services
that
they
need
to
receive
or
who
those
costs
are
driven
by
their
need
to
obtain
Services
outside
of
their
District,
because
they're
not
currently
available
within
their
district.
With
that
we'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have
have
about.
This
request
for
a
transfer.
E
Y
AD
Heidi
hearts
for
the
record
agenda
item
M1,
requests
approval
to
receive
and
expend
a
donation
of
three
million
dollars
from
Tesla,
which
will
be
used
to
continue
to
support
initiatives
related
to
robotics
stem
and
sustainable
education.
K-12
programs,
Tesla,
has
been
making
donations
to
this
budget
account
for
this
purpose
for
approximately
four
and
a
half
years,
and
so
this
is
just
the
continuation
of
the
receipt
of
those
funds
so
that
we
can
continue
to
fund
programs
and
services
that
were
previously
selected
and
awarded
fundings
through
their
Grant
application
process.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
I
in
regards
to
the
robotic
programs
that
I
I
know
I've
seen
specifically
like
in
my
district.
Well,
it's
not
in
my
district
but
Legacy
High
School
and
some
of
the
other
schools.
They
aren't
exactly
what
I
would
describe
as
fully
developed,
and
so
is
this
money
going
to
Target
and
enhance
those
programs,
so
students
who
actually
enroll
in
robotics
as
an
elective
feel
that
they're
actually
gaining
a
skill
set
that
they
can
actually
use
and
translate
into
the
space.
AD
Heidi
hearts
for
the
record
when
these
funds
were
made
available
to
the
state.
Specifically,
the
Department
of
Education
from
Tesla
Tesla
went
through
a
Grant
application
process
and
they
identified
specific
organizations
to
receive
funds
for
specific
programs,
and
so,
as
we
receive
funding
from
Tesla,
we
continue
to
make
payments
to
the
subrecipients
that
have
been
identified,
and
so
the
intent
is
to
establish
and
to
strengthen
programs
in
alignment
with
the
grant
applications
that
were
received
from
the
various
applicants.
AD
M
S,
so
let
me
let
me
make
myself
a
little
bit
more
clearer,
so
CCS.
Let
me
talk
about
CCSD,
so
CCSD
already
has
robotics
as
an
elective
in
certain
schools,
and
so
the
question
is,
if
you're
going
to
clarify
something,
it's
making
sure
that
this
3
million,
if
it
is
dispersed
to
CCSD
for
robotics
existing
robotics
classes,
that
there
at
least
be
a
conversation
about
how
they're
going
to
enhance
the
program
before
they
receive
the
money.
M
I'm
saying
this
because
I've
seen
it
right,
I've
seen
the
robotics
classes
and
I've
and
I
guess
my
expectations
of
what
I
expected
a
student
to
receive
was
not
being
demonstrated
in
the
classroom.
Right
I
saw
a
lot
of
sitting.
I
saw
a
lot
of
boredom.
I
saw
a
lot
of
like
well
I.
Don't
I,
don't
really
understand
what
I'm
supposed
to
receive.
M
You
know
what
I'm
saying,
because
the
idea
is
that
you're
going
to
take
robotics
as
an
elective,
so
it's
in
Hands-On
class
that
is
going
to
promote
stem
and
some
other
Kenneth
kinesthetic
learning
right,
I
I
didn't
see
that
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
in
this
allocation
that
we're
going
to
get
that
there
is
a
conversation
with
the
entities
about
ramping
up
before
they
receive
rather
than
giving
money.
And
then
it
still
is
the
status
quo
and
the
students
are
unsatisfied
and
feeling
like
they're
electives,
pretty
much
suck.
M
E
Thank
you
very
much
additional
questions
from
the
committee
Madam
chair
on
this
item.
Yes,
please
Senator
Titus,.
O
Thank
you.
According
to
the
the
information
that
was
submitted,
a
Tesla
has
promised
37.5
million
dollars
to
be
awarded
to
the
K-12
education
and
they
decide
they
award
the
grants
they
decide
where
they
want
this
month,
their
money
to
go
I'm
curious
as
to
if
it
was
a
five-year
program,
they're
donating
it.
This
is
a
fourth
year.
How
much
total
money
has
our
state
received
from
Tesla?
At
this
point,.
AD
Heidi
hearts
for
the
record.
We
have
received
I
believe
just
under
30
million
dollars.
AD
So
with
this
donation
and
the
authority
we
are
seeking
today,
this
will
allow
us
to
have
completed
distribution
of
approximately
33
million
dollars
since
fiscal
year,
2019
2019.
O
Thank
you
for
that
and
and
I
I
agree
with,
where
Senator
Neil
um's
line
of
questioning
regarding
outcome
data,
and
has
this
money
really
produced
any
real
enhancement
for
the
students,
which
was
what
the
intent
was
and
so
I'd
love
to
see
how
many
people
have
been
enrolled
in
these
programs
throughout
the
state.
You
know
it
was.
It
was
really
Hands-On.
O
AC
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I
guess
I'd
like
to
go
back
to
was
it
2014
when
we
voted
for
Tesla
to
come
and
there's
some
items
that
they
were
supposed
to
do
with
respect
to
education
and
referring
making
reference
to
Senator
Neil's
question
and
comment?
AC
They
would
actually
do
because
it
doesn't
appear
and
I've
been
to
Legacy
H
to
see
the
program
there
and
it's
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
smoke
and
mirrors,
and
it's
not
that
the
school
is
not
trying
to
do
I
think
they're
doing
what
they
can
with
what
they
have,
but
it
would
be
I
think
it'd
be
a
good
idea
just
to
go
back
and
see
what
they
testify
to
in
2014
and
make
sure
that
it
is
comparable
to
what
is
actually
happening.
Does
that
make
sense
to
you.
AC
AD
Heidi
hearts
for
the
record.
We
look
forward
to
the
follow-up
letter
we'll
get
from
LCB
staff.
After
today's
meeting
asking
that
we
we
do
more
research
on
these
projects,
for
you,
Tesla
does
collect
information
on
a
regular
basis
and
they
prepare
reports,
and
so
we
will
also
work
with
them
to
see
if
they
have
a
report,
that's
readily
available
that
can
be
shared
with
all
of
you.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
Any
additional
questions
from
committee
members-
okay,
not
seeing
any
I,
will
take
a
motion.
E
Sorry
we'll
go
to
M2
and
then
we'll
do
the
whole
we'll
do
the
Motions
together.
Thank
you
very
much.
AD
Thank
you
for
Heidi
hearts
for
the
record
agenda
item.
M2
requests
approval
for
the
Department
of
Education
to
accept
a
donation
of
one
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
from
Governor
sisilak,
which
will
allow
us
to
continue
to
support
supplies
for
Title
One
schools.
As
a
point
of
reference.
When
the
governor
was
elected
and
came
into
office,
he
made
a
commitment
to
donating
his
salary
for
four
years
to
the
benefit
of
Title
One
schools.
At
that
time,
416
schools
were
identified.
Each
school
would
receive
a
total
of
one
thousand
dollars
throughout
his
four-year
term.
AD
At
this
point,
we
have
issued
payment
to
just
over
three
to
approximately
350
schools
and
we
will
continue
to
issue
payments
as
we
receive
his
donation.
Schools
have
a
lot
of
flexibility
in
how
they
invest
their
one
thousand
dollar
donation.
It
can
be
school
supplies
up
to
and
including
things
from
classroom
supplies
to
musical
instruments.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
the
second,
thank
you
with
those
motions,
any
discussion.
I
B
All
right
good
morning,
Madam
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Jennifer
Ott
and
I
serve
as
the
director
for
the
Nevada
Department
of
Agriculture
I'm,
impairing
in
front
of
you
today
for
frankly,
a
reason
that
I
didn't
think
was
possible
this
summer
and
that's
to
request
the
committee's
approval.
For
a
second
year
of
funding
for
our
Universal
School
Meal
program,
that's
free
breakfast
and
free
lunch
for
all
students
in
the
state
of
Nevada
participating
schools.
B
Madam
chairwoman
I
have
three
slides
to
provide
the
update
of
how
the
school
meals
are
going
and
the
methodology
behind
the
request.
I
will
be
brief,
but,
based
on
the
questions
I
received
this
summer
from
the
committee,
I
thought
it
would
be
prudent
to
provide
this
information.
The
first
slide
that
you
have
up
here
on
your
screen
is
the
meal
counts
and
the
arpa
funding
that
has
been
expended
through
the
month
of
October.
B
B
B
B
B
There
was
a
huge
effort
that
was
made
by
the
Department
of
Education
and
our
schools
to
utilize
as
many
USDA
dollars
as
possible,
and
they
really
came
through
I
can
tell
you
when
I
went
to
my
own
Sons
back
to
school
night,
I
was
handed
a
free
and
reduced
lunch
form
and
told
I
wasn't
allowed
to
leave
until
I
filled
it
out,
and
so
they
have.
They
have
done
such
an
incredible
job
of
you.
B
Children
in
this
program
to
utilize
and
bring
in
as
many
USDA
dollars
into
the
state
as
possible.
The
second
is
the
work
of
my
own
team.
Since
this
summer,
they've
enrolled
33
new
schools
in
the
cep
program.
That's
the
community
eligibility
program,
that's
usda's
version
of
universal
meals
you
have
to
the
school
has
to
have
a
40
percent
frl
eligibility
to
be
enrolled.
B
In
that
program
we
have
33
new
schools
and
we've
identified
at
least
12
more
and
we're
continuing
to
work
on
that
to
reduce
the
the
number
of
arpa
funds
that
we
are
utilizing
and
increase.
The
number
of
USDA
funds
that
we're
utilizing
and
the
third
is
that
there
is
clearly
a
need
in
this
state
for
this
school
year.
Almost
73
percent
of
school
children
that
attend
a
public
school
qualify
for
free
and
reduced
lunch.
That
is
an
increase
of
the
64
and
a
half
percent
that
we
saw
in
fiscal
year,
19
and
20..
B
This
is
my
last
slide
and
here's
the
breakdown
of
the
numbers.
This
summer,
the
committee
approved
75.9
million
dollars
of
arpa
funds
to
be
used
for
the
universal
meal
program.
Our
meal
claims
in
August
of
2022
totaled
over
3.6
million.
These
are
arpa
funds.
Only
meal
claims
in
September
was
5.1
and
meal
claims
to
date
in
October
was
4.3
based
on
those
numbers.
The
estimated
arpa
funds
that
are
needed
for
the
remaining
of
this
school
year
are
38.085
million
and
a
total
that
will
be
expended
is
51
million.
We
had
originally
asked
for
75.
B
We
did
that
because
we
really
didn't
know
based
on
what
was
happening
during
the
pandemics
pandemic
and
the
waivers
that
we
saw
where
we
were
going
to
sit
this
year.
We
overshot,
but
the
estimated
amount
remaining
is
the
24
or
24
million
point
six.
B
Because
of
the
collective
effort
of
the
Department
of
Education,
the
schools,
my
team
and
the
increased
need,
the
USDA
is
funding
more
than
we
thought
and
we're
in
a
situation
where
an
additional
28
million
dollars
can
fund
a
second
school
year.
I
understand
we're
getting
close
to
the
final
arpa
limit
and
the
sooner
that
the
schools
understand
or
know
that
this
funding
is
coming,
the
better
they
can
plan,
they
can
retain
their
staff
that
is
needed
to
administer
school
lunches
and
school.
B
AG
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
miss
out
I
just
I
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
One
of
my
concerns
when
we
approve
this
program
is
that
we
weren't
going
to
fully
utilize
the
USD
UVA
funds
and,
and
you
guys
have
done
an
excellent
job,
and
so
I
just
want
to
commend
you
on
your
efforts
and
say
thank
you.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
just
really
quick
I
wanted
to
ask
is
if,
if
there's
any
way,
because
you
know
we're
heading
into
Christmas
break
and
a
lot
of
the
students,
this
is
the
meal
that
they're
relying
on.
And
so
you
know
during
covet,
we
flexed
a
lot
of
what
we
did
right.
M
We
tried
to
take
care
of
students
in
the
summer
and
out
of
school
and
so
I,
don't
know
if
there's
a
conversation
or
if
there
is
an
interest
in
doing
that,
and
and
the
reason
why
I'm
asking
this
is
something
that
I've
noticed
in
my
district
when
I
go,
you
know,
I
guess,
I
I
would
say.
M
I
hang
around
in
in
in
in
the
areas
and
I'm
noticing
that
families
are
literally
at
the
point
where
they
are
there's
a
high
rate
of
people,
stealing
like
basic
toiletries,
meaning
deodorant
shampoo
body
wash
right
and
I'm
noticing
this
when
I,
because
you
notice,
what's
what's
they're,
putting
behind
the
counter
to
keep
from
folks
from
walking
out
with
it.
And
so
when
you
see
that
kind
of
behavior
that
if
you
can't
afford
deodorant,
then
more
than
likely
you're,
not
you're,
not
affording
food
right,
and
so
is
there
a
conversation
about
over
these
two
weeks.
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
question
Jennifer
for
the
record
through
you
chair
to
Senator
Neil.
Yes,
there's
programs
existing
that
offer
school
children
and
adults
and
their
families
meals
during
the
school
breaks
not
just
summer,
but
also
Christmas,
break
and
spring
break
as
well.
It's
not
the
national
school
lunch
and
breakfast
program,
it's
a
different
program
through
USDA,
so
there
are
those
sites
where
children
can
and
their
families
can
receive
meals.
B
The
challenge
has
been
with
those
programs
is:
how
can
we
better
find
ways
to
meet
the
clients
halfway
meet
those
that
are
food,
insecure
or
gosh,
not
even
halfway.
All
of
the
way
there's
a
lot
of
conversations
about.
Can
we
take
food
trucks
into
apartment
complexes?
Is
there
a
way
we
can
continue
the
waivers
with
USDA
to
do
a
non-congregate
meal
setting?
M
So
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
that
quick
follow-up,
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
partner
right
there's
some
agencies
that
are
going
into
some
of
those
places
and
while
they're
giving
toys
which
I
I
know,
people
love
toys,
but
I
love,
food
and
toiletries
I
put
that
out
there.
How
about
not
give
a
toy
if
it
gives
them
deodorant
anyway?
But
if
you
would
like
to
talk
after
to
try
to
partner
with
some
of
the
groups
that
are
already
going
to
be
doing
some
Christmas
movements.
M
That
might
be
a
good
opportunity
to
you
know
partner
with
some
of
the
groups
that
are
going
into
the
low-income
apartment
complexes
already.
Okay,.
O
O
Titus,
thank
you.
So
thank
you
for
for
director
odd,
for
the
update
and
all
you've
been
doing
on
our
notes.
It
says
that
there's
460
460
422
students
enrolled.
Do
you
have
an
estimate
about
how
many
are
eligible
that
aren't
enrolled.
B
O
Do
you
have
a
business?
Thank
you
very
much.
Do
you
have
a
business
plan?
Sorry,
do
you
have
a
business
plan
on
the
on
how
this
food
is
used
and
if,
if
you
have
an
agreement
with
say
food
banks
or
other
agencies,
I'm
hearing
a
lot
of
the
food
is
just
wasted
that
the
kids
don't
like
it,
they
throw
it
away
or
they
donate
it.
O
So,
even
though
they're
enrolled
how
many
kids
are
actually
using
this
food
and
then
what
do
you
do
at
the
end
of
the
day
when
they
haven't
been
there
for
breakfast
or
they
haven't
been
there
for
lunch?
Do
you
then
take
it
to
a
food
bank
or
are
we
using
it
in
some
other
capacity
or
does
it
just
get
thrown
out.
B
Thank
you,
Jennifer
off
for
the
record.
Thank
you.
Senator
Titus,
through
Madam,
chair
I,
appreciate
that
question.
So
much
really
a
tease
up
for
sort
of
what
the
next
role
of
the
Department
of
Agriculture
is
going
to
begin
working
on
I've
never
made
a
secret
that
I'm
looking
at
full
bellies
first,
that
is
our
absolute
main
priority.
Our
second
priority
is
quality
and
waste,
and
so
we're
working
in
these
next
couple
of
years
with
school
districts
on
the
quality
of
food.
B
Well,
if
they're
throwing
away
the
carrots,
maybe
we
shouldn't
be
serving
carrots?
Maybe
we
should
be
serving
something
else,
or
maybe
we
should
be
looking
at
ways
of
educating
how
delicious
carrots
are
or
serving
them,
Nevada
carrots,
which
are
the
most
delicious.
So
so,
yes,
we're
going
to
begin
looking
at
that
as
well,
but
the
priority
has
been
to
offer
every
child
a
meal.
First.
AC
It's
more
of
a
more
of
a
comment:
Senate
Bill
297
last
session
provided
for
the
development
of
Community,
Gardens
and
urban
farms
and
I
know
some
schools
are
using
that
as
a
way
to
teach
what
carrots
do
and
they
are
delicious.
So
it
might
that
might
be
an
added
tool
just
to
look
at
297
and
see
how
that
might
help.
You
expand
the
learning
model
in
schools
and
possibly
even
in
the
neighborhoods,
so
just
a
thought.
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
yes,
that's
a
very
successful
program
in
the
schools.
So
thank
you
for
that
suggestion.
Any
other
questions
or
comments.
I
would
just
comment.
I
I,
two.
Thank
you
so
much
for
what
you're
doing
we
have
a
lot
of
children
who
need
this
program
and,
as
a
teacher
for
many
many
years,
I
watched
it
happen.
So,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
and
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
Nevada
carrots
all
right
with
that.
E
AH
Good
morning,
Madam,
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
for
the
record,
I
am
Dr
Anthony
caparo
Deputy
Administrator,
with
the
division
of
healthcare
financing
and
policy
agenda
item
G11
request,
250
000
of
American
Rescue
plan
act
dollars
to
hire
a
contractor
to
identify
and
analyze
areas
of
system
improvements
to
reduce
provider,
burdens
and
strengthen
program
Integrity
for
providers
that
serve
children
with
rare
diseases.
AH
The
request
before
you
will
enable
the
division
to
identify
methods
to
maximize
the
number
of
Specialists
that
serve
this
population,
as
well
as
review
avenues
for
Medicaid
policy
enhancements,
engage
with
Statewide
stakeholder
groups
and
develop
a
state
disease-specific
model
of
care.
As
a
key
component
of
this
request,
the
division
will
continue
to
collaborate
with
the
Nevada
rare
disease
advisory
Council
on
the
critical
assessment
of
this
issue
to
ensure
that
children
with
rare
conditions
receive
necessary
Services
promptly.
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
my
question:
Dr
caporo
is
around
clinical
trials.
So,
while
you
have
this
consultant,
is
there
going
to
be
a
conversation
around
the
clinical
trial,
Access
Transportation
for
the
children
that
are
being
faced
with
rare
diseases,
because
that's
that
is
that
is
that
is
one
aspect
of
the
Care
and
and
transportation
has
been
a
consistent
barrier
in
trying
to
make
sure
that
they
can
get
I.
Guess
the
Innovations
within
the
treatment
for
the
rare
disease
that
they
have.
AH
Thank
you
for
the
question
through
your
chair
to
Senator
Neil
for
the
record
I'm
Dr,
antonina,
capurro,
Nevada
Medicaid
does
provide
transportation
to
services
for
eligible
recipients,
and
we
also
have
Aaron
Lynch
here
with
us.
Who
is
our
medical
programs
Chief,
who
may
be
able
to
provide
additional
information
on
the
services.
J
Hi
good
morning
this
is
Erin
Lynch
I'm,
the
chief
of
the
medical
programs
unit
and
in
the
question
regarding
clinical
trials,
we
already
do
cover
clinical
trial
services.
So,
if,
if
let's
say
a
child
is
needing
Services
through
a
clinical
trial
and
they
are
considered
medically
necessary,
we
do
cover
those
services
and
that
insurance
started
January
1st
2021,
where
we
do
our
2022
I'm.
Sorry,
we
do
cover
that
clinical
trial
services.
M
Thank
you
for
that
around
the
date
of
January
1st
2022,
because
I
was
at
I
guess
an
event
couple
actually
a
month
ago
and
I.
Don't
think
it's
clear
that
this
is
being
covered
and
that
transportation
is
being
covered.
I
thought
it
was
at
I
thought
it
was
minimum
right
number,
one
and
I
thought
they
were
still
consistent
barriers
in
regards
to
clinical
trials
when
I
have
been
meeting
with
different
stakeholder
groups.
M
E
Thank
you
very
much
assembly
woman
Miller.
Did
you
have
a
question.
AE
Yes,
thank
you,
chair,
dondero
Loop.
My
question
is
that
this
clearly
seems
to
be
be
a
service.
That's
that's
very
necessary,
but
because
it's
with
the
arpa
funds-
and
you
mentioned
that
it
would
be
a
contractual
position-
I
was
just
wondering
what
is
how
long
we
see
this
position
being
contracted
if
there's
any
plan
for
sustainability,
because
I'd
hate
to
see
a
position
like
this
just
for
a
year
or
so
so?
Could
you
just
briefly
describe
that.
AH
Yes,
thank
you
for
the
question
through
you
chair
for
the
record.
This
is
Dr
francina
caporo.
This
is
a
contractor
position
that
we
will
be
funding
with
the
state,
our
funds
and
that
position
will
be
helping
us
look
at
Best,
Practices
and
solutions
and
from
that
from
the
suggestions
and
and
the
data
that
comes
forth
from
that
contractor,
then
we'll
be
developing
a
program
and
a
system
that
will
be
sustainable
through
Nevada
Medicaid.
E
Any
additional
questions
on
G11.
E
You
very
much
second.
AH
As
we
know,
the
need
for
physicians
in
the
state
of
Nevada
is
both
acute
and
well
documented.
The
request
before
you
would
enable
Roseman
University
to
launch
a
College
of
Medicine
by
providing
funding
to
hire
faculty
and
staff
to
support
the
Roseman
University
College
of
Medicine
during
its
startup
phase
and
through
the
accreditation
process.
AH
The
Roseman
University
College
of
Medicine
is
projected
to
help
the
state
in
meeting
our
health
care
needs,
particularly
for
our
most
underserved
and
vulnerable
populations
by
eventually
graduating
a
hundred
Physicians
annually,
and
they
have
projected
that
this
will
result
in
a
positive
economic
impact
of
one
billion
dollars.
We're
joined
today
by
members
of
the
Roseman
University
administrative
team,
who
are
prepared
to
answer
more
specific
questions
and
I'd
like
to
now
turn
this
presentation
over
to
Renee
Kaufman
Roseman
University
president
for
additional
comments.
AI
Thank
you
for
the
record.
Dr
Renee,
Kaufman
I'm
president
and
co-founder
of
Roseman
University
of
Health
Sciences
in
introduction,
or
by
way
of
context.
I
would
say
that
Roseman
University
is
the
only
private,
not-for-profit
university
in
the
state
of
Nevada,
that's
actually
based
in
the
state
of
Nevada.
We
are
Incorporated
in
the
state
and
have
been
so
since
1999,
so
we've
been
around
for
quite
a
long
time
and
we
are
a
nevada-based
Institution
as
we
look
to
help
to
alleviate
the
physician
shortage
in
Nevada,
which
is
dire.
AI
We
are
ranked
97th
and
99th,
respectively,
with
respect
to
Physicians
per
100
000
population
and
on
the
99th
in
Internal,
Medicine
or
sorry
primary
care,
physicians
per
100
000.,
it's
dire.
Every
single
county
in
the
state
shows
some
shortage
of
Physicians
and
let
me
throw
one
other
statistic
at
you
just
to
maintain
our
current
physician
level,
which
I
mentioned
was
at
97th
and
99th.
AI
In
99th
percentile.
We
will
need
to
add
an
additional
1130
13
primary
care
physicians
by
2030..
So
this
is
a
dire
need
for
the
state.
Roseman
stands
positioned
to
help
the
state
with
that.
But
in
order
to
do
that,
we
have
to
be
go
through
the
accreditation
process
with
the
liaison
committee
on
medical
education.
AI
We
are
able
to
recognize
other
revenue
streams
that
will
allow
us
to
be
sustainable
over
time.
Those
revenue
streams
include
tuition,
faculty
physician
practice
plans,
as
well
as
research
grants
and
contracts.
So
in
our
pro
forma,
we
will
be
sustainable
by
the
time
that
we
graduate
the
first
class,
but
we
need
some
funds
to
stand
up
the
initial
hiring
of
Faculty
to
help
develop
the
curriculum
and
to
show
the
lcme
that
we
do
indeed
have
the
financial
resources
to
be
able
to
launch
this
program
successfully.
AJ
AI
Yes,
and
if
I
could
I
would
also
just
like
to
kind
of
give
you
a
little
additional
context
to
that.
Roseman
university
has
a
lot
of
skin
in
this
game
already,
so
Roseman
has
a
commitment
of
18
million
dollars
in
Operational
Support
for
the
College
of
Medicine
through
the
first
graduating
class.
We
have
additionally
set
aside
from
excess
revenues
from
our
operations
of
additional
15
million,
so
that
gets
us
to
33
million.
AI
We
have
a
secured
12
million
dollars
in
philanthropic
support,
which
gets
us
to
45
million
the
estimated
amount
that
we
need,
or
the
the
amount
that
we
have
in
our
financial
proformas
to
get
us
through
that.
First
accreditation
phase
is
70
million.
So
if
you
take
70
million
subtract
45
from
that,
you
get
25.
AI
the
10
that
you
would
potentially
be
providing
us
through
the
legislature
today
or
the
ICP
legislative
committee
today
is
10
million,
which
gets
this
down
to
15..
From
that
we
have
are
aggressively
seeking
scholarships
from
philanthropic
sources
that
will
be
targeted
specifically
at
Nevada
students.
AI
In
addition,
we
will
be
looking
at
additional
philanthropy
philanthropic
support
from
Founders
the
the
10
million
dollars
that
that
they
could
be
appropriated
through
the
arpa
funds
will
be
leveraged
with
some
of
those
philanthropists
who
want
to
see
a
demonstrated
commitment
to
a
college
of
medicine
at
roseme
University
as
well.
AJ
AJ
And
just
one
last
question
Madam
chair,
thank
you
so
much
I
know
this
is
going
to
be
made
given
to
you
as
a
grant
through
DHHS.
Is
there
going
to
be
any
reporting
requirements,
we'd.
AI
E
I
believe
so,
if
they
would
voluntarily
give
that
to
them,
then
we
can
do
it
that
way.
Otherwise
we
would
need
to
require
that,
so,
if
you
would
voluntarily
give
that
to
a
DHHS,
that
would
be
very
helpful.
E
Thank
you
very
much
any
additional
questions.
Senator
Spearman
yeah.
AC
Thank
you,
madam
chair
good
morning,
Dr
Kaufman.
So
a
couple
years
ago,
I
was
part
of
the
community
Advisory
Board
and
there
was
a
a
move,
a
foot
to
make
sure
that
the
people
who
are
going
to
all
the
medical
aspects
of
the
medical
school,
including
nurses,
to
participate
in
residencies
that
were
in
underserved
communities.
So
here's
my
question:
we
had
last
session.
AC
We
also
had
a
bill
that
was
designed
to
give
opportunities
for
more
Equity,
shall
I
say
with
money
that
was
coming
in
from
arpa,
because
we
know
that
there
were
some
communities
that
were
more
adversely
affected
by
covet
than
others.
There
were,
and
mostly
in
bipop
communities
and
and
other
low-wheel
communities.
AC
So
here's
my
question:
the
money
that
would
come
from
arpa
is
there
any
way
that
you
could
partner
with
the
office
Nevada
office
of
minority
health
and
Equity
to
find
out
where
those
communities
are
and
the
students
that
would
benefit
from
this
money.
The
students
that
would
benefit
from
this
money
would
be
directed
there
in
those
communities
so
that
it
would
be
not
just
giving
away,
but
giving
back
am
I
making
sense.
AI
Dr
Kaufman
for
the
record
again
I
would
offer
that
we
already
have
in
place
a
program
that
is
operational
at
this
point
in
time
again,
funded
through
Roseman
university
called
the
Genesis
Program.
This
is
specifically
targeted
to
provide
health
care
and
wraparound
services
to
areas
of
high
need,
underserved
need.
AI
As
the
medical
school
comes
online,
students
will
be
required
to
participate
in
this
program
and
we'll
follow.
These
will
be
placed
in
a
household
in
one
of
these
underserved
areas,
and
I
would
add
to
you
that
it's
not
necessarily
just
the
urban
underserved,
but,
quite
frankly,
the
the
rural
underserved
as
well,
but
students
will
be
placed
in
these
households
as
part
of
their
curriculum.
Follow
those
families
and
be
embedded
in
those
communities
to
provide
care,
but
also
to
incentivize
them
to
stay
in
those
communities
to
practice
after
they
complete
their
training.
AC
Thank
you
and
so
I
guess.
AC
The
next
part
of
that
question
was:
is
there
any
way
to
partner
with
the
office
of
minority
health
and
Equity,
not
just
for
the
programs
that
exist
now,
but
there
may
be
other
things
that
they've
been
able
to
identify
that
the
students
from
Roseman
would
would
be
certainly
compliment
their
their
efforts
and
when
I
think,
when
I
think
about
minority
health
and
Equity
I'm,
not
just
speaking
about
ethnicity,
I'm,
I'm
speaking
about
majority
populations
across
the
board,
whatever
that
may
be,
and
if
you
just
look
at
recently
passed
Nevada
Equal,
Rights
Amendment,
all
of
those
categories
that
are
there,
those
are
that's
who
I'm
talking
about.
AI
For
the
record,
Dr,
Renee,
Kaufman
and
and
Senator
Spearman,
we
will
definitely
follow
up
on
that.
The
leadership
team
that
we've
already
brought
on
have
been
with
us
now
for
about
two
years
and
I
think
their
Outreach
into
those
communities
are
is,
is
well
documented,
but
we'll
certainly
take
you
up
on
that
suggestion
to
partner
with
other
institutions
like
that.
P
Thank
you,
I
was
in
a
sidebar
here
and
I
think
avoided.
Another
question:
I
was
just
curious
for
this
10
million
dollars
and
I
realize
you're
a
private
institution,
but
would
there
be
able
would
you
be
able
to
create
something
like
Miss
Hoffman,
like
witchy
slots
or
placements
for
Nevada
students
and
and
again
look
at
those
areas?
You
know
be
day,
rural
or
Urban
minority
communities
and
you
know
I
think
that
would
be
beneficial
I'm
all
about
med
school.
AI
Renee
Kaufman
for
the
record
again
Manchester
through
you.
That
is
a
a
key
component.
What
you've
identified
Senator
is
a
key
component
for
us,
as
I
mentioned
before,
we
are
aggressively
pursuing
scholarship
opportunities
that
would
go
and
be
directed
to
Nevada
students.
AI
We
currently
have
in
place
with
some
of
our
existing
Healthcare
academic
programs
pipelines,
specifically
the
one
that
I'm
thinking
of
right
now
is
with
Nevada
State
College
that
tracks
students
from
Nevada
State
College
directly
into
our
pharmacy
program.
So
we
would
look
at
expanding
and
enhancing
those
as
we
bring
our
College
of
Medicine
on
board
for
potential
medical
students
as
well
and
I.
E
O
O
Thank
you
along
that
same
line
of
of
thought
there.
Regarding
Nevada
students.
We
know
that
this
is
a
public
institution,
a
private
institution,
so
you
take
applications
for
med
school
from
throughout
this
country.
Perhaps
throughout
the
world,
and
one
of
the
conversations
I've
had
with
some
of
your
representatives
is:
will
the
not
just
scholarship
applications,
perhaps
for
Nevada
students,
but
will
there
be
any
additional
weighted
weights
to
a
Nevada
student
applying
versus
somebody
from
Indiana?
Wherever
will
you
give
prior
some
some
sort
of
rank
to
Nevada
students
priority?
Thank
you.
AI
For
the
record
Renee
Kaufman,
we
will
do
whatever
we
can
within
the
confines
of
accreditation
requirements.
That
would
allow
us
to
provide
preferential
admissions
to
Nevada
students
the,
but
just
as
an
example.
The
pipeline
program
that
I
mentioned
before
with
Nevada
State
College,
provides
a
set-aside
for
a
certain
number
of
seats
for
these
Nevada
state.
Students
that
meet
the
criteria
for
admissions
into
our
Pharmacy
programs
and
I
I
would
look
forward
to
be
able
able
to
replicate
that
program
with
our
College
of
Medicine
when
it
comes
on
board
as
well.
O
Thank
you
for
that,
but
I
I
do
know
that
when
I
applied
to
medical
school,
some
of
the
things
that
helped
get
an
interview
females
at
the
time
they
were
looking
for.
That
I
was
a
rural
student.
All
of
those
things
that
get
weighted
when
we
shake
out
all
of
us
were
smart.
All
of
us
had
great
good
grades,
but
then
what
separates
out
everybody
else
and
so
I
I?
Hopefully
that
will
be
part
of
that
process
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
more
second
thing.
O
I
have
is
some
concerns
regarding
we
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
and
you
mentioned
briefly:
gme
graduate
medical
education.
We
know
that
students
stay
where
they
do
that.
Second
step,
that
their
graduate
medical
education,
more
than
say,
med
school,
so
we're
going
to
be
educating,
say:
100
Med
students
from
all
over
the
states
and
what
will
encourage
them
to
stay
in
Nevada.
So
my
question
leads
to
have
you
had
and
developed
any
Community
Partnerships
for
part
of
their
training.
Senator
Spearman
asked
about
Community
engagement.
AI
Again,
Dr
Kaufman
Dr,
Nate
Kaufman
for
the
record
we
have
as
part
of
the
Outreach
for
the
College
of
Medicine
developed,
Community,
Partners,
probably
most
specifically
with
the
Saint
Rose
systems
in
terms
of
developing
residency
programs
in
conjunction
with
the
Saint
Rose
system.
AI
But
honestly,
there
is
better
data
around
the
first
generation
college
student
staying
in
the
state
where
they
were
born
and
raised,
and
so
part
of
our
strategy
goes
to
identifying
those
first
gen
students
in
particular,
who
and
and
our
leadership
team
had
experience
with
this
at
their
prior
institution,
where
that
first
gen
student
tends
to
go
back
and
stay
where
their
family
supported
them
worked
with
them,
helped
them
through
school
oftentimes.
So
we
are
specifically
in
addition
to
the
residencies.
We
are
specifically
targeting
those
first
gen
students
so
that
they
will
stay
here.
AI
E
Thank
you
very
much
any
additional
questions
or
comments
from
the
committee.
E
AK
AI
AK
E
AL
Madam
chair,
this
is
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry
item
15
is
is
basically
the
transfer
of
11
million
from
the
Lost
Revenue
Reserve
to
the
American
Rescue
trents
or
plan
act.
Excuse
me
arpa
funds
to
the
project
category
for
housing
to
provide
for
affordable
housing
item
16
is
the
actual
transfer
of
those
dollars
to
the
west
side.
AL
Las
Vegas
mixed
use,
program
for
housing
and
Commercial
development
and
I
kind
of
go
in
a
little
more
detail
on
that,
but
I'm
happy
to
go
into
number
15,
which
is
really
the
the
mechanical
ability
of
transferring
those
funds
to
make
it
available
for
the
project.
AL
E
You
very
much
Senator
scheibel.
Did
you
have
a
question.
C
AL
Certainly
so
I
understand
really
there's
no
comment
on
on
15
and
then,
if
not
I'll
go
into
16
and
how
how
we
developed
a
project.
AL
So
this
was
is
a
mixed
unit
use
project.
It's
a
micro
business
park
along
with
affordable
housing.
The
11
million
dollars
that
you
see
here
will
be
partnering
with
Clark
County
Clark
County
put
15
million
into
the
project
they're
leveraging
land
that
they
already
have
in
that
area
are
funding.
The
11
million
dollars
that
is
listed
in
item
16
will
only
go
to
the
to
the
affordable
housing.
60
percent
Ami
average
a
median
income
restricted
units
for
the
project.
AL
The
other
part
of
it
is
that
this
really
provides
an
opportunity
in
the
historic
West
Side
to
do
a
mixture
of
commercial
and
Retail
along
with
housing,
so
the
residents
will
get
the
benefit
of
being
able
to
basically
have
kind
of
a
workspace
commercial
space,
retail
space
within
the
housing
project.
For
that
area,
which
I
think,
given
my
my
background
as
a
city
manager
for
years,
this
is
really
kind
of
a
project.
That's
that's
great!
For
urban
area
downtown
urban
area.
AL
The
project
did
not
get
considered
by
the
initial
homies
Nevada
initiative
because
of
the
mixed
unit
use
business
portion
of
that
the
retail
commercial
space
that's
being
built
along
with
it,
so
we
actually
felt
working
with
Clark,
County
and
commissioner
McCurdy
that
this
was
really
an
excellent
project
to
be
able
to
be
considered,
and
so
Clark
County
was
willing
to
put
15
million,
along
with
the
land,
to
be
able
to
work
with
to
kind
of
expand
the
affordability
of
the
the
units
from
so
it
really
includes
60,
Ami
or
below,
or
between
60
and
80
percent,
which
is
really
kind
of
in
the
workforce.
AL
Housing
area
venue.
So
we
were
able
to
partner
with
them
and
consider
this
project,
and
that's
why
it's
coming
to
you
now
and
was
not
part
of
the
initial
Home
Means
Nevada
initiative.
AL
Clark
County,
has
I
think
has
done
a
wonderful
job
in
in
being
able
to
get
separate
funding
for
the
commercial
side
of
that
to
be
able
to
leverage
land
in
that
area
and
to
be
able
to
put
15
million
into
it,
and
so
what
that
does
with
their
additional
dollars.
It
actually
helps
keep
the
rents
low.
It
keeps
The
Debt
Service
down
so
that
they
can
maintain
these
units
as
affordable
units
through
the
20-year
life
of
the
overall
project.
AL
I'm
happy
to
answer
specific
questions,
but
let
me
go
through
a
little
bit
about
what
will
consist
with
the
residential
units.
Complex
will
consist
of
the
commercial
building
as
I
suggested
and
really
a
term
of
art,
Garden
style,
residential
Apartments
containing
60
housing
units,
all
of
which
are
going
to
be
new
construction.
The
apartments
will
have
common
Recreation
space,
a
clubhouse
with
a
computer
room,
Fitness
mail,
room
and
small
kitchen.
AL
The
commercial
building
will
have
retail
on
the
first
floor
and
co-working
space,
Makerspace
entrepreneurial
space
relief
and
offices
for
the
micro
business
initiative
on
the
second
floor,
there'll
be
a
community
and
performance
space
adjacent
to
the
commercial
space
which
will
be
available
for
the
residents
to
use,
there's
no
existing
buildings
on
the
site.
So
this
is
all
new
new
construction.
It
will
start
in
2024,
so
the
money
will
be
committed
to
that
time.
AL
Ground
banking
for
the
project,
as
I
said,
will
be
in
2024,
and
all
funds
will
be
committed
prior
to
2024
and
expanded
prior
to
December,
2026,
6
and
Lease.
Up
for
the
housing
portion,
the
project
is
projected
to
be
by
July
2025,
so
this
project
will
meet
the
criteria
for
the
use
of
the
arpa
funding,
but
also
it'll
provide
a
much
needed
commercial
and
housing
balance
within
the
downtown
district.
So
we
really
support
this
project.
We
think
it's
a
great
idea.
AL
The
they
are
intending
to
have
the
the
funding
committed
by
2024
and
we
will
actually
be
really
monitoring
those
funds,
as
we
do
all
the
projects
to
make
sure
that
they
get
started
within
the
period
of
time.
We
have
that
on
any
project
that
we
do
housing
project.
We
do
have
a
timeline
and
we
are
very
aggressive
in
making
sure
that
those
funds
are
utilized
within
that
period
of
time.
AL
The
timeline
I
think
is
very
reasonable
for
the
construction
of
the
project,
because
the
project
project
area
is,
is
vacant
land,
so
there's
no
demolition.
There's
no
other
issues
to
get
started
on
that.
The
the
project
is
areas
owned
by
Park
County.
So
there's
no,
you
know
tidal
issues
or
other
issues
that
could
hold
that
up,
then
going
forward
they're,
looking
at
a
leasing
plan
and
construction
and
having
it
all
done
by
2026.
AL
E
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Senator
Harris.
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
for
that
presentation.
I
was
hoping.
Maybe
you
could
speak
just
a
little
bit
about
how
contractors
will
be
selected
and
I'm
really
specifically
interested
in
whether
there
will
be
an
intention
to
include
a
diverse
community
of
contractors
as
part
of
this
process.
AL
Terry
Reynolds
once
again
director
for
Department
of
Business
and
Industry.
Unfortunately,
this
is
a
Clark
County
project
and
I.
Don't
know
if
there's
representative
from
Clark
County
on
there,
but
they
will
be
doing
the
actual
getting
the
construction
contracts
both
for
the
commercial
side
and
the
housing
side.
We
are
basically
providing
funding
for
that
and
funding
for
a
portion
of
just
the
our
portion
of
the
housing
portion
of
that.
AL
In
terms
of
that,
so
we're
very
cognizant
of
being
able
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
qualified
builders
that
can
that
can
perform
NB
that
we
see
a
diverse
contractor
profile
that
do
these
types
of
projects.
L
K
Madam
chair,
this
is
assembly,
woman,
Monroe,
Moreno,
I
would
move
to
approve,
but
with
one
caveat
with
the
long
term
project
that
this
is
have
some
reporting
back
from
the
agency
in
the
county
to
see
the
progress
that
they've
making
on
it.
E
An
assembly
woman
before
I
leave
that
motion.
Would
you
like
that
annual
reporting
or
how
would
you
like
that
reporting
done?
Annual
reporting
would
be
good.
Okay.
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Reynolds.
Does
that
work
with
your
schedule.
AL
This
is
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
Department
of
business
industry.
Yes,
it
does
and
we
will
continue
to
do
our
reporting
on
the
arpa
fund
projects
to
be
able
to
to
get
those
to
you
on
a
regular
basis,
either
quarterly
or
semi-annual
basis,
so
that
you
can
keep
track
of
the
progress
of
all
of
our
projects
as
they
go
through,
but
we'll
be
happy
to
do
that
specifically
too.
On
this
one.
E
Thank
you
very
much,
so
I
have
a
motion
with
annual
reporting
a
second
any
discussion.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye.
Y
E
Motion
passes
Mr
Reynolds
before
you
leave
your
spot
there.
Would
you
like
to
jump
to
h135,
sir.
AL
Yes,
thank
you.
This
is
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry.
This
agenda
item
relates
to
the
acceptance
of
29.6
million
about
standing
emergency
rental
assistance
funds
to
continue
the
support
of
the
the
chap.
The
cares
housing
assistance
program,
rental
assistance
program
in
Clark
County.
AL
Since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
the
division
has
provided
over
200
million
in
conduit
funding
through
the
state
to
support
rental
assistance.
The
award
represents
the
final
allocation
of
federal
funding
for
this
process.
Should
the
committee
approve
the
funding,
it
will
be
immediately
Advanced
to
Clark
County
Social
Services
to
continue
the
unimpeded
assistance
of
the
chat
program.
With
that
brief
introduction,
we're
happy
to
stand
ready
to
answer
any
questions.
I
would
point
out,
though,
that
of
the
124
million
provided
on
era.
AL
One
116
million
was
expended
in
rental
assistance
representing
103
percent
of
the
funding
accounting
for
administrative
costs.
I
really
commend
the
our
staff
County,
the
county
staff,
because
we
were
able
to
keep
the
administrative
costs
to
around
seven
percent.
The
other
three
percent
that
was
allocated
for
administrative
costs
was
put
back
into
the
rental
assistance
program.
So
with
that
we
have
about
99.1
percent
of
the
initial
124
million
was
spent
entirely.
So
this
is
the
remaining
amount
of
to
be
expended
of
the
program
that
was
allocated.
E
Thank
you
very
much,
I
believe
speaker,
Yeager
has
a
question.
H
Thank
you
so
much
Madam
chair
and
thank
you
for
the
update,
Mr
Reynolds
I
was
just
curious.
How
long
you
anticipate
this
additional
funding
will
last
to
help
nevadans
with
rental
support
needs.
AL
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry,
the
this
allocation
of
funding
has
to
be
utilize
rather
quickly
through
the
end
of
the
year.
We
anticipate
that
treasury
will
allocate
additional
funding
in
the
next
couple
federal
budget
years
for
this,
but
for
this,
actual
allocation
to
the
state
of
Nevada
has
to
be
used
rather
quickly.
Most
of
the
areas
that
we
have
allocated
to
throughout
the
state
have
closed
utilized
and
closed
their
their
funding.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
Mr
Reynolds
I
hear
you
that
we
are
hopeful
that
we'll
get
some
additional
funding
from
the
federal
government
to
be
able
to
continue
this
kind
of
assistance.
But
in
the
absence
of
that
happening,
or
if
there's
a
delay
in
getting
that
money,
can
you
speak
to
any
other
programs
that
may
be
available
to
help
folks
with
rental
needs
until
we
get
additional
Federal
funding.
AL
There
has
been
over
the
past
through
excuse
me,
Terry
Reynolds,
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry.
There
has
been
a
specific
Target
funding
for
very
low
Ami,
30
or
below,
or
people
that
basically
have
been
unhoused
and
need
rental
assistance,
and
so
we
anticipate
seeing
program
funding
in
that
area.
Is
it
going
to
be
as
extensive
as
what
the
last
two
era
fundings
have
been
over
the
years?
AL
So
generally,
I
can't
I
can't
give
you
specifics
on
that,
but
we'd
be
happy
to
keep
the
committee
informed
legislature
informed
as
to
what
we'll
be
seeing
in
the
future.
O
Thank
you
very
much.
According
to
what
we've
received,
can
you
explain
why?
Apparently,
the
the
Nevada
Rural
Housing
Authority
and
the
Reno
Housing
Authority
have
both
closed
because
there
was
lack
of
demand
and
it's
only
apparently
there's
only
demand
in
Clark,
County
I
I'm
I
need
a
little
bit
clearer
explanation
on
that.
AL
This
is
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry
I.
Think
you'd
have
to
actually
direct
your
questions
to
Clark
County
on
that
because,
as
I
indicated,
the
Nevada
division
of
housing
is
really
we're.
Only
the
conduit
for
providing
this
funding
through
to
to
the
local
County
issues.
AL
I
will
tell
you
that,
because
of
the
it
looks
it
I
would
say
that,
and
this
is
really
speculation
on
my
part,
but
I
think
it
does
hold
some
water
is
that
the
unemployment
rates
in
Clark
County
were
higher
than
the
rest
of
the
state.
As
you're
probably
aware,
we
have
unemployment
rates
in
the
rural
area
and
in
Washoe
County
around
three
percent
three
and
a
half
percent,
where
Clark
County's
unemployment
rate
for
a
long
time
was
over.
AL
Five
percent
is
now,
which
is
still
around
four
and
a
half
to
to
five
percent,
and
so
because
of
that
unemployment
rate,
I
think
the
need
has
been
higher
in
Clark
County,
and
that
would
be
speculation
on
my
part
that
that,
but
I
think
that
that
does
hold
some
water.
That
you're
seeing
that
so
where
the
other
areas
in
the
state
have
had
very
low
or
moved
to
very
low
unemployment
rates
that
we're
not
seeing
the
need.
AL
As
generally
as
much
as
we
are
within
the
the
urban
area
of
Clark
County.
O
Additional
question
Madam
chair,
so
would
you
also
kind
of
clarify
that
this
money
that
is
being
paid
out
goes
directly
to
the
landlords
or
is
it
going
is
Clark
County,
then
Distributing
it
to
the
landlords
and
not
to
individual
households
so
how's?
This
money
then
dispersed.
AL
Okay,
Terry
Reynolds
once
again,
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry.
The
money
is
dispersed,
it
can
be
dispersed
through
vouchers.
It
can
be
dispersed
through
landlords.
There's
also
a
provision
in
here
that
another
agenda
Iowa
talks
about
allocation
to
landlords
within
here.
So
it
depends
on
the
circumstances.
But
generally
these
types
of
funding
are
going
out.
The
era
funding
goes
directly
to
support
very
low
income
individuals
to
provide
rental
assistance
for
them.
AL
O
Thank
you
because
I
I
would
definitely
want
to
make
sure
that
the
money
is
going
to
the
intent
that,
if
it's
distributed
to
the
individual
household,
then
it
does
indeed
get
to
the
landlord.
So
I'd
love
to
see
the
numbers
and
the
final
question
I
have
is.
We
have
numbers
of
about
4
698
households
have
received
this
funding
and,
and
then
you
there's,
a
55
000
households
are
anticipated,
we'll
receive
that.
O
AL
Terry
Reynolds
Director
of
Business
and
Industry
for
the
record
that
includes
both
types
of
payments.
It
includes,
you
know,
be
one
time
or
a
couple
time,
assistance
to
individuals
who
need
it
for
a
period
of
time.
They
may
be
between
jobs
and
needed
rental
assistance.
For
that
time.
It
also
includes
where
there's
long-term
assistance,
where
somebody's
out
of
work
for
a
long
period
of
time
and
needs
assistance.
So
it's
it
really
is
both.
AL
We
are
in
the
process
of
getting,
as
you
probably
saw
in
the
information,
we're
getting
the
final
order
of
the
year
put
together
to
get
the
overall
view.
We
do
have
it
through
the
the
third
quarter,
but
not
through
into
the
fourth
quarter.
AK
E
AL
Yes,
let
me
get
to
that
that
point
Terry
Reynolds
again,
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry.
This
is
the
we
really
the
announcement
that
we've
done
the
final
awarding
of
our
projects
for
the
homies
Nevada
initiative
across
the
four
categories
of
funding,
new
development,
Rehabilitation,
homeownership
opportunities
and
land
acquisition
taken
in
totality
the
awards
provided
the
creation
of
2
800
units
with
over
1800
of
those
units
serving
very
low,
extremely
low
income
populations,
900
units
to
specifically
serve
seniors.
AL
The
preservation
preservations
excuse
me
of
over
a
thousand
units
which
will
also
serve
those
lower
income
groups
and
Home
Ownership
opportunities
and
Rehabilitation
projects
to
assist
1500
Nevada
households.
So
with
that,
we
have
been
able
to
allocate
all
the
funding.
There
is
a
breakdown
in
your
report
of
all
the
categories
and
who
received
the
funding.
There's
a
couple
things
that
I
wanted
to
mention
here.
AL
One
is
that
I
really
want
to
thank
on
behalf
of
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry
and
housing
division
and
the
faith
that
you
have
demonstrated
Us
in
in
the
work
and
allocation
of
this
process.
It
literally
involved
really
a
group
of
people
who
agreed
to
help
evaluate
these
projects.
It
also
involved
really
collaboration
with
the
cities
and
the
counties,
both
urban
and
rural,
within
the
state
of
Nevada,
to
be
able
to
really
look
at
their
needs
and
and
how
we
would
allocate
the
funding.
AL
As
you
know,
for
example,
Clark
County
received
their
own
own
funding
directly
and
allocated
funding
for
projects
we
actually
partnered
with
them
to
be
able
to
basically
stretch
those
dollars
that
we
received,
as
as
through
the
state,
as
well
as
the
dollars
that
the
local
communities
received
to
be
able
to
fund
projects.
In
addition
to
that,
as
you're
aware,
the
state
gets
an
allocation.
What
we
call
volume
cap,
which
is
the
authority
to
be
able
to
issue
tax-free
bonds
and
we
issue
bonds
for
housing.
AL
Since
2014,
we
have
allocated
about
1.9
billion
dollars
worth
of
volume
cap
for
housing.
To
date,
we
spent
about
1.6
billion,
for
that
we
have
about
260,
some
million,
that
we
will
carry
forward
to
be
able
to
help
our
kind
of
our
Patchwork
quilt
to
be
able
to
help
fund
these
projects.
AL
So
what
you
see
here
is
the
direct
allocation
for
different
categories
of
projects,
but
it
doesn't
stop
there
because
we
also
partner
with
the
money
that
was
allocated
through
Clark
County
or
Washoe
County,
or
the
rural
areas
to
be
able
to
provide
additional
dollars
to
make
those
projects
work.
So
from
our
standpoint,
this
was
a
very
successful
initiative.
AL
We
think
it's
going
to
have
a
a
profound
effect
on
on
housing
because
we're
accelerating
housing
units
within
the
state
of
Nevada
preservation
of
units
and
also
the
ability
to
to
rehab
units
to
keep
people
in
their
homes
and
provide
kind
of
an
age
in
place
platform
for
several
people
that
that
would
have
to
move
out
or
had
problems
in
living
within
their
within
their
home.
So
these
are
all
I
think
very
good
projects
going
forward
for
our
state
doesn't
stop.
AL
Here,
though,
we
have
I
believe
the
figure
right
now
about
2200
I'm,
just
under
2300
units
being
developed
in
the
next.
That
will
be
opened
up
by
20
of
2024
in
addition
to
these
units,
so
we
have
really
accelerated
our
housing
and
affordable
housing
projects
within
the
state
of
Nevada.
Through
the
utilization
of
these
funds
that
have
come
in
both
to
the
state
and
both
to
local
entities,.
AL
M
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
director
Reynolds
just
really
quick
on
the
land
acquisition
piece
that
has
the
40
million
attached
to
it.
Do
you
think
that
there
will
still
be
some
funds
left
in
that
by
the
end
of
the
legislative
session
like
October
of
23,
or
is
that
all
going
to
be
used
up
in
the
current
or?
Let
me
rephrase
has
it
already
been
dedicated
the
land
acquisition
portion
of
it.
AL
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
the
Department
of
Business
and
Industry.
Thank
you
for
that
question,
because
I
want
to
clarify
some
things
that
I
think
is
very
important.
When
we
looked
at
the
allocation
of
putting
money
into
land,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
when
we
allocated
the
money
to
land
acquisition
that
there
was
going
to
be
a
project
tied
to
that
and
that
there
would
actually
the
land
was
actually
going
to
be
utilized
within
a
period
of
time
that
would
get
housing
projects.
AL
So
to
answer
the
question
in
two
parts:
one
it
has
been
committed,
but
we're
looking
at
the
ability
of
those
those
allocation
of
the
awards
to
be
able
to
be
utilized
during
the
time
frame
and
if
something
happens
and
they're
not
able
to
be
utilized
during
that
time
frame-
and
we
should
know
that
within
this
will
be
kind
of
a
kind
of
a
drop
dead
point.
Where
they'll,
you
know,
make
sense
that
they'll
be
able
to
meet
the
time
frame
to
be
able
to
go
forward
with
that.
If
they
don't.
AL
And
this
is
true
with
all
these
projects.
If
they
don't
go
forward
or
have
trouble
going
forward
or
something
happens
to
the
project,
we
will
be
back
and
reallocating
those
funds
to
to
another
project
and
we
had
projects
that
fell
below
our
cutoff
line
and
that
we
think
there
still
are
good
projects
that
we
would
look
to
to
allocate
to
those
projects.
AL
So
to
answer
your
question:
yes,
there'll-
probably
be
some
reallocation
on
that,
but
at
this
point
in
time,
until
we
look
and
see
how
they
get
started,
see
if
there's
any
issues
with
them
going
forward,
we
won't
know
that
for
a
period
of
time
we
may
not.
We
may
have
projects
during
the
time
that
you're
indicated
in
23
that
something
happens
and
they're
not
able
to
go
to
go
forward
or
they
want
to
pull
back
on,
and
then
we
would
reallocate
those
funds.
AL
So
can't
give
you
specifics
at
this
time,
but
that's
the
process
that
we're
going
to
look
at
in
monitoring
to
make
sure
that
the
money
does
not
go
unused,
that
it
is
allocated
because
there
were.
You
know
we
were
over
subscribed
about
four
times
in
terms
of
our
applications
to
to
our
rewards,
and
so
there's
still
good
projects
out
there
that
just
didn't
meet
or
just
were
under
the
cutoff
line
that
we
would
look
at
and
go
back
and
and
try
to
fund.
If
that
happened,.
M
Thank
you
for
that
director,
Reynolds
I
I
just
want
to
bring
up
and
to
you
really
quickly,
and
then
we
can
talk
offline,
I.
Think
well.
I
was
asking
this
question
about
the
land
acquisition
piece
and
whether
or
not
there's
going
to
be
any
reallocation
or
I.
Guess
I.
You
know
some
land
banking
that
may
be
in
existence
at
the
end
of
23,
because
I
think
I
sent
you.
M
M
These
families,
like,
if
I
end
up
doing
something
in
a
different
way,
through
a
special
act,
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
leverage
for
those
families
I
want
to
have
that
conversation
right
I
mean
we
talk
about
rehab.
We
talk
about
families
and
opportunities,
and
these
are
families
that
had
limited
habitability
for
their
homes
over
30
years.
AL
It's
Terry
Reynolds
director
for
the
Department
of
business
industry.
Yes,
I
did
watch
the
I
did
watch
the
the
program
that
you
sent
me
on.
Windsor,
Park
and
I
will
tell
you
that
one
of
the
benefits
of
working
with
over
the
pandemic
and
with
the
program
activities
that
we
had
in
housing
as
we
worked
very
closely
with
all
the
local
housing
Arena
Housing
Authority,
Southern,
Nevada,
Housing,
Authority,
Clark,
County,
City,
Las,
Vegas,
North,
Las,
Vegas
and
other
entities
within
within
the
state.
AL
We
are
continuing
that
approach
and
having
calls
every
couple
weeks
with
all
those
entities,
our
working
group,
and
so
it's
it's
really
a
dynamic
process,
and
so
I
think
that
there
is
room
to
be
able
to
partner
with
a
local
government
from
the
state
standpoint
and
be
able
to
try
to
come
up
with
an
approach
to
be
able
to
fund
these
type
of
projects.
AL
So
I,
don't
I,
don't
think
I,
don't
think
we're
precluded,
because
if
something
doesn't
get
spent
that
we
can
allocate
those
reallocate
those
funds
or
if
something
does
get
spent,
and
that
money's
not
there
if
we
can
still
use
the
available
means
that
we
have
for
housing
through
through
volume
cap
through
the
allocation
that
we
work
with
on
a
regular
basis
with
the
county
and
the
cities
on
what
they
get
in
terms
of
their
volume
cap
to
be
able
to
do
housing
projects
so
I
think
it's
very
possible
to
do
that.
I.
AL
AL
We
front
loaded
that,
as
you
were
aware
with
you
know
several
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
of
our
volume
cap
authorization
to
be
able
to
do
these
types
of
projects,
and
so
we
have
that
ability
to
go
out
and
work
with
local
government,
local
housing
authorities
to
be
able
to
fund
new
projects.
So
we
wouldn't
have
to
just
stop
and
say
everything
is
allocated.
We
can't
do
anymore
we're
going
to
be
able
to
continue
the
process
and
manage
those
funds
to
be
able
to
to
work
with
our
local
partners.
M
Thank
you
for
that,
and
thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
look
forward
to
working
with
you
on
this.
The
local
municipality
sometimes
don't
have
that
specific
intent
that
I
have
but
I
hope
to
come
into
direct
alignment,
or
at
least
somehow
statutorily
make
that
alignment
happen.
Thank
you.
I
AB
E
AM
AN
Still
good
morning,
Melanie
young
there,
you
are
administrator
for
the
Deputy
Administrator
for
the
Division
of
Child
and
Family
Services
for
the
record.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
bring
this
request
before
you.
This
request
is
for
the
Las
Vegas
resiliency
Center
and
originally
came
before
this
Committee
in
October,
and
the
funds
were
placed
in
reserve
on
the
for
the
capital
Improvement
project,
so
at
this
time,
I
would
turn
it
back
over
to
Barbara
Buckley
to
go
through
the
details
of
the
request.
Thank
you.
AM
Thank
you,
madam
chair
members
of
the
committee.
We
are
so
appreciative
for
the
approval
of
the
funds
for
this
very
important
project.
As
you
all
will
recall
from
the
last
meeting,
this
will
allow
the
construction
of
a
victims
of
crime
Center
in
the
Las
Vegas
Community.
It
will
be
the
permanent
home
for
the
Vegas
strong,
resiliency
Center,
which
will
serve
all
victims
of
violent
crime
in
our
community.
AM
At
the
combined
Center,
we
will
have
state
of
Nevada
Behavioral
Health
Resources
state
of
Nevada
victims
of
crime,
compensation
program,
employees,
a
representative
from
Clark
County,
Emergency
Management.
If
God
forbid,
there's
another
incidence
of
mass
violence
as
well
as
an
advocate
with
the
Las
Vegas
Metropolitan
Police
Department,
it
will
be
a
transformative,
One-Stop
shop
and
the
location
is
directly
across
from
the
legal
aid
center
existing
building
at
8th
and
Charleston.
AM
It
was
a
U.S
Bank.
Building
the
branch
closed
down
and
I
was
the
first
call
that
the
U.S
Bank
president
received
when
I
saw
the
notice
and
when
we
told
them
the
vision
for
for
what
this
would
be,
they
gave
us
a
depreciated
value
price,
so
we
probably
received
a
two
million
dollar
contribution
from
U.S
bank
right
then
and
there
so
this
committee
approved
the
request
at
the
last
meeting
and
said,
come
back
when
you
got
all
the
money
together
and
are
ready
to
build.
Well
we're
back
we're
ready
to
build.
AM
We
provided
in
the
backup
an
eight
million
dollar
line
of
credit
which
we'll
plan
to
retire
through
philanthropy,
but
we
want
to
begin
construction.
We
already
received
the
three
million
dollars
from
congresswoman
titus's
appropriation,
which
is
being
processed
through
the
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development.
AM
E
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
information.
I,
believe
assembly,
woman
Peters,
has
a
question.
AA
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair,
and
it's
great
to
see
you
speaker,
Buckley
I
was
wondering
if
you
could
give
us
a
little
bit
of
information
on
how
you
plan
to
pay
back
any
amount
borrowed
against
that
8
million
dollar
line
of
credit.
AM
Yes,
thank
you
through
you,
madam
chair
to
assemblywoman
Peters.
We
plan
on
retiring
the
line
of
credit
through
philanthropy,
so
we
believe
we
will
receive
strong
philanthropic
support
for
this
project
and,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
I've
already
met
with
a
couple
of
donors
who
are
quite
interested
and
will
be
getting
back
to
me
in
January,
but
as
we
retire
it.
What
we
will
be
doing
too,
as
well,
is,
as
we
receive
money
that
will
be
utilized
first
to
reduce
the
line
of
credit.
AM
O
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
information.
My
question
is
really
for
DCFS.
We
have
victims
of
crime
throughout
our
state,
not
just
in
Clark,
County
and
I'm,
just
wondering
what
other
possibilities
or
is
there
any
other
monies
being
directed
towards?
Are
there
any
other
agencies
throughout
the
state
that
can
help
victims
of
crimes?
I
think
they've
done
a
stellar
job
in
Clark
County,
but
just
curious
about
throughout
the
state
resources.
AO
Good
morning
no
good
afternoon,
Cindy
pitlock
administrator
of
the
Division
of
Child
and
Family
Services
through
you,
chair
to
Dr
Titus,
that's
a
great
question
and
the
victims
of
crime
program
is
a
Statewide
program
and
we
are
really
thrilled
to
partner
with
many
entities
with
the
victims
of
crime,
for
example,
Saint
Jude
Division
of
Welfare
and
Supportive
Services,
various
other.
We.
I
AO
Many
vendors
do
we
have
that
we
have
contracts
with
through
the
Voca
account
we
could
get
that
number
for
you,
but
the
point
being
is
that
we
have
formed
relationships
over
many
years
with
Community
providers
to
step
up
with
us
in
this
space,
and
it
truly
is
a
Statewide
program.
The
opportunity
that
we
have
specifically
for
Las
Vegas
is
to
actually
embed
some
of
our
employees
in
in
that
area.
AO
O
Thank
you
for
that
at
some
point.
Perhaps
you
could
get
us
a
list
of
the
people
that
have
actually
been
recipients
or
helped
and
actually
looking
at
numbers
throughout
our
state,
so
we
can
kind
of
see
where
this
is
going
and
who
you
who've,
you
helped
and
where's
the
major
need.
So
thank
you
for
that.
AO
Thank
you
for
for
that
comment,
and
we
will
do
that
because
we
could
also
partner
together
and
see
perhaps
where
there
are
any
gaps
and
maybe
where
we
can
build
out
more
Community
Partners
and
you
might
be
really
aligned
to
help
us
do
that.
So
I'll
make
sure
that
information
gets
to
you.
Thank
you.
AM
Speaker
Beckley
go
ahead.
Thank
you.
Madam
chair
I
also
wanted
to
add
another
comment
with
regard
to
that.
The
state
of
Nevada
victims
of
crime
compensation
program
receive
applications
and
there
are
certain
buckets
of
eligibility
for
victims,
but
they
don't
have
the
ability
to
offer
resources
navigation
comfort,
so
they
often
turn
to
the
Vegas
strong
resiliency
Center
and
will
ask
us
to
follow
up
with
a
rural
victim,
and
we
will
because
we
have
the
skills.
AM
We
have
the
ability
to
do
that,
and
while
there
are
different
organizations
funded
throughout
the
state
on
to
serve
victims
of
crime,
primarily
they
help
with
victims
of
domestic
violence,
some
sexual
assault,
some
human
trafficking,
but
there's
very
few
other
services
for
things
like
shootings,
home
invasions,
salts
and
the
devastation
elder
abuse
crimes
against
the
homeless.
So
those
are
some
of
the
services
that
were
prioritizing
because
of
the
gaps.
AM
E
Thank
you
much
for
that
information.
Additional
questions
from
the
committee.
AK
E
AK
E
E
E
All
the
way
through,
but
I
will
warn
you.
We
may
have
a
lunch
break
in
the
middle
of
this
long
list
of
items
so
we'll
see
how
far
we
can
press
through
and
then
we
may
take
a
lunch
break.
So,
let's
start
with
G
18.1.
E
AB
E
And
everywhere
that's
fine
I
just
was
thinking
about
questions
and
comments
afterwards
and
I
didn't
know
the
time
element,
and
so
I
was
just
trying
to
give
us
a
little
bit
of
flexibility
but
I'd
like
to
get
through
them
all.
Thank
you.
AB
Thank
you
ma'am,
so
in
front
of
you
is
115
work
programs
for
the
repayment
of
furloughs
for
state
employees
at
approximately
35
million
dollars.
These
are
for
the
furloughs
that
were
taken
in
2021..
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'll
help
you
to
answer
those.
P
You,
madam
chair
yeah,
I,
just
want
to
make
sure
that
the
information
we
have
in
front
of
us
it
looks
like
this
will
only
go
out
to
active
employees
that
are
presently
employed,
that
they
can't
have
either
retired
or
left
the
service.
Is
that
correct.
P
And
I
clearly
I
support
this.
This
is
going
to
be
a
good
bonus
for
the
state
employees.
However,
it's
just
a
Band-Aid
folks.
We
all
know
we're
really
in
trouble
and
if
we
don't
do
something
with
the
benefit
program
and
when
I
first
saw
it
I,
my
first
reaction
was
well.
No,
this
is
just
a
waste
of
money.
We
need
to
put
it
where
it
really
matters
and
that
isn't
in
the
benefit
program
and
salaries
going
forward
we're
sitting
here
with
you
know:
40
vacancy
rate.
P
AP
Yes,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
First
of
all,
I
agree
with
my
colleague
Sandra
gokuccia,
that
this
I
hope
that
this
is
just
the
start,
and
do
you
want
to
say
that
I
don't
see
this
as
a
bonus?
I
think
this
is
respecting
the
sacrifice
that
our
state
employees
have
made
throughout
the
last
couple
of
years
to
help
our
state
and
every
resident
get
through
the
pandemic,
and
I
am
glad
that
we
are
able
to.
AP
This
is
one
one
small
way,
and
hopefully
the
first
of
many
to
thank
all
of
our
state
employees
for
all
their
hard
work,
often
going
above
and
beyond
to
help.
The
people
of
our
state
I
did
have
a
quick
question,
and
that
is
what
do
you
expect
the
timeline
to
be,
if
once
this
is
approved,
to
actually
get
the
furlough
reimbursement
out
to
our
employees,.
AQ
Thank
you
for
the
question
chair
through
you
to
senator
Mr
Watts.
My
name
is
Mandy
Bo
Smith
I
serve
the
state
as
the
administrator
for
the
division
of
human
resource
management
in
the
department
of
administration.
To
answer
the
question,
pardon
me,
I
start
talking
and
now
I
can't
talk,
I
apologize,
we
in
Central
Payroll,
which
which
is
the
payroll
Center
for
most
of
the
executive
branch
departments.
AQ
We
are
shooting
for
the
first
paycheck
in
January,
but
it
may
be
the
second
paycheck
in
January
due
to
uploading
files
to
the
two
software
programs
that
we
have
to
upload
to
make
sure
that
they're
syncing,
so
we
can
make
sure
that
they
get
where
they
get
so
it
may
be
the
second
paycheck
in
January
in
terms
of
those
other
departments,
for
example
the
Nevada
system
of
higher
education,
the
judicial
folks.
They
have
their
own
payroll
systems
and
they
will
pay
in
January.
AP
Thank
you
for
the
for
that
clarification,
since
we're
here
in
the
middle
of
December,
I
was
hoping
that
we
could
say
happy
holidays,
but
it
it
is
still
something
I
think
that
Clarity
is
helpful
for
for
our
our
knowledge
and
for
our
state
employees
to
plan
around.
So
thank
you
for
the
question.
Madam
chair.
AJ
You,
madam
chair
and
I,
am
just
going
to
say
ditto
to
what
my
colleague
mentions
about
state
employees,
but
I
did
have
one
question
for
you.
I
know:
there's
115
work
programs
in
front
of
us,
but
there's
an
additional
210
that
didn't
have
to
come
before
IFC
for
a
total
of
325
work
programs.
Can
you
let
me
know
what
that
what
that
is
and
number
of
state
employees,
because
I
think
each
work
program
is
equivalent
to
one
state
agency.
So
what
is
that
total
number
of
state
employees.
AB
Thank
you
to
you,
Madam
chair
to
Assembly
women,
howdy
or
something
Amy
Garland
or
excuse
me.
It
is
a
rough
morning
or
afternoon
already
Amy
Stevenson
director.
AB
Been
one
of
those
weeks
ages,
approximately
14,
800
and
51
employees.
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
I.
Don't
think
there's
one
of
us
up
here
that
doesn't
recognize
the
state
employees
worth
in
our
in
our
infrastructure.
In
what
we
do.
Assembly
woman,
Miller.
AB
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Amy
Stevenson,
director
of
gfo,
for
the
record
that
is
48
hours
that
they
were
mandated
to
take
so
we're
reimbursing
in
the
48
hours.
AM
O
Titus,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
doing
this.
I
think
I
Echo,
everybody
that
our
state
employees
do
deserve
this
reimbursement
at
this
time
with
recognition
that
and
all
across
the
board.
Evaluation
of
of
employee,
our
employment
policies
and
salaries
needs
to
be
done.
However,
I
have
a
couple
other
questions,
so
we
have
325
different
agencies,
so
are
all
the
state
employees
included
in
this
then
including
NG
employees,
judicial
employees,
so
we're
looking
at
because
I
see
many
departments
that
are
not
listed
here.
O
AB
You
Senator
Titus
through
through
you,
madam
chair
to
Senator
Titus
Amy
Stevenson,
director
of
gfo.
It
includes
everybody,
that's
inchi,
judicial
legislative,
Council,
Bureau
staff
and
executive
branch.
So
it
includes
everybody
so.
O
AQ
Thank
you
for
that
question
through
you,
madam
chair
to
Senator,
Titus,
actually
ab3
in
the
2020
special
session
that
mandated
the
furloughs
specifically
stated
that
the
pers
contributions
would
remain
whole.
So,
even
though
employees
took
up
to
48
hours
of
furlough
time,
the
first
contributions
that
were
made
on
their
behalf
were
as
if
they
were
working
those
48
hours,
so
employees
are
whole
in
terms
of
their
retirement.
O
Great,
so
not
this
won't
that
won't
be
deducted
from
the
top
of
this
furlough
reimbursement.
Great.
Thank
you
and
then
my
my
final
question
is:
it's
clearly
stated
that
only
current
employees
that
that
had
to
experience
the
furloughs
will
be
reimbursed
why
there
are
many
folks
who
left
this
employment
in
the
state
of
Nevada,
because
they
were
frustrated
with
the
furloughs.
They
couldn't
support
their
families.
So
we
have
I
I,
feel
that
there's
folks
out
there
that
were
charged
this
that
suffered
through
this
that
were
not
reimbursing.
G
I'll
take
this
one
Senator
Titus
Ivana
can't
sell
it
for
the
record,
governor's
chief
of
staff,
there's
a
logistical
and
a
philosophical
reason
for
why
retirees
who
left
before
the
federal
repayment
will
go
through
and
folks
who
just
left
State
service
to
pursue
another
opportunity
or
just
left
State
service.
G
Why
folks,
who
are
not
currently
working
in
state
service,
did
not
get
allocated
into
the
pool
of
folks
who
will
be
reimbursed
for
the
furloughs
tracking
down
the
entire
population
of
people
who
would
who
have
retired
or
who
have
of
State
service
is
challenging
and
in
the
process
of
the
mechanics
of
that,
there
is
a
risk
that
some
of
these
dollars
could
end
up
sitting
in
a
fund
waiting
for
people
to
collect
them.
Specifically
in
the
unclaimed
property
fund.
That's
directly
against
ARP
rules.
G
We
can't
have
money
sitting
in
a
fund
unused
so
that
on
top
of
the
mechanics
of
actually
finding
folks
and
making
sure
they
can
get
those
dollars
made
it.
So
there
were
some
logistical
questions
that
we
weren't
sure
we
could
overcome
in
time
to
allocate
to
actually
distribute
those
dollars
and
that
there
would
be
potentially
some
challenges
to
ARP
eligibility.
Should
we
pursue
that
path
on
a
philosophical
level,
and
this
mattered
lesson
the
logistics
of
it.
G
We
made
the
decision
to
pursue
these
dollars
as
a
way,
not
only
to
thank
people
for
their
sacrifice
and
to
do
the
right
thing,
but
also
in
the
hopes
of
retaining
employees
through
what
I
hope
will
be
a
robust
budget
discussion
related
to
salaries
and
benefits
next
session.
We
have
record
vacancies
across
state
government
and
anything
we
can
do
to
keep
people
in
those
jobs
as
we
get
through
the
winter
and
need
snow
plowers
at
ndot,
and
we
need
more
Corrections
Officers
at
ndoc
that
we
do
that
with
as
much
force
as
possible.
O
AD
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
it's
not
a
question.
It's
just
a
quick
comment.
I'm
encouraged
to
hear
that
I
think
we
all
realize
there's
more
work
to
be
done.
This
is
a
small
First
Step,
but
you
cannot
start
the
journey
without
the
first
step
and
I
look
forward
to
several
more
steps
during
the
next
session,
but
I
wanted
to
just
recognize
how
Monumental
this
program
is.
E
I
appreciate
that
speaker,
Yeager
you're,
absolutely
right.
This
was
not
just
a
quick
fix.
This
was
a
lot
of
hours
on
our
staff's
part,
so
appreciate
that
any
additional
questions
from
the
committee.
E
Okay,
with
that
assemblywoman
I
would
take
a
motion.
Thank.
E
I
E
Opposed
okay,
thank
you
very
much
motion
passes
and
with
that
we
are
going
to
pause
and
take
a
lunch
break.
So
we
will
see
you
all
about
12
50..
It
might
be
two
minutes
before,
but
about
12
50
we'll
be
back.
Thank
you
very
much.