State of Nevada

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 1

State of Nevada

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

General Overview......................................................................................................................2

Executive Summary.................................................................................................................2

Uses of Funds .........................................................................................................................3

Promoting Equitable Outcomes ...............................................................................................5

Community Engagement .........................................................................................................6

Labor Practices .......................................................................................................................6

Use of Evidence ......................................................................................................................6

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category...........................................................................7

Project Inventory.....................................................................................................................10

Performance Report................................................................................................................10

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision ............................................................................11
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 2

General Overview

Executive Summary 

In April 2021, prior to the release of the Interim Final Rule (IFR) and related guidance, Governor 

Sisolak, Assembly Speaker Frierson, Senate Majority Leader Cannizzaro and State Treasurer

Conine developed the “Every Nevadan Recovery Framework” strategic plan 

(https://nvhealthresponse.nv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Every-Nevadan-RecoveryFramework_final.pdf) to serve as the foundation for prioritizing the expenditure of discretionary 

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, including the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal 

Recovery Fund (Fiscal Recovery Fund). 

The “Every Nevadan Recovery Framework” document provides a Mission Statement for the 

strategic planning process and identifies "prioritization bands" to organize input and ideas from 

the public and stakeholders (e.g. local government, businesses, non-profits). It highlights seven 

prioritized categories to allow subject-matter experts and stakeholders to engage and compare 

ideas more effectively. The Framework also highlights the need to fund urgent health or socialsafety net items quickly to provide immediate relief. Using this Framework, the State of Nevada 

along with a community engagement vendor, will embark on a 75-day "listening tour" (August

through October 2021) to County Commissions, City Councils, citizen groups, non-profits, state 

agency leaders, and special interest groups to incorporate feedback into a final ARPA federal aid 

“Roadmap” plan. 

Several items were considered to be critical by the Nevada Legislature during the 81st Legislative 

Session and received immediate Fiscal Recovery Fund appropriations, within only days after the 

release of the IFR and related guidance in late May 2021 (the Legislative Session adjourned on 

June 1, 2021). The Chief of the Budget Division of the Governor's Finance Office (GFO) has been 

directed to carry out specific disbursements from the Fiscal Recovery Funds as soon as 

practicable after receiving the money for items such as: fiscal restorations; to address ongoing 

recovery needs (rental and food assistance, unemployment expenses, and support for 

disadvantaged communities); and to support the continued public health response to COVID-19. 

Senate Bill 461 (SB 461) of the 81st Session provided direction that after receipt of the Fiscal 

Recovery Funds, the Chief of the Budget Division is required to follow a specific order of priority 

for disbursements. 

As directed in SB 461, before any other Fiscal Recovery Funds disbursement could be made, the 

GFO was required to determine the reduction of the general revenue of the State and transfer 

this amount to the State General Fund. Economists from the GFO and the Legislative Counsel 

Bureau finished this review in early August 2021 and in the meantime, the GFO reached out to

programs/services that through legislation are funded using Fiscal Recovery Funds to collect 

required information, plans, and data to ensure it meets the U.S. Department of the Treasury 

(Treasury) guidelines as an eligible use of funds. Review of submitted information is anticipated

to be completed by fall of 2021 and the State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan will be updated 

accordingly. 
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 3

Uses of Funds

Several programs and initiatives received immediate Fiscal Recovery Fund appropriations by the 

Nevada Legislature during the 81st Legislative Session. The Chief of the Budget Division of the 

GFO has been directed to carry out specific disbursements from the Fiscal Recovery Funds as 

soon as practicable after receiving the money for the following expenditure categories:

a. Public Health (EC 1) - $20.9 million was allocated by Senate Bill 461 (SB 461) for the 

COVID-19 public health emergency. The planned use of these funds includes:

1. $15.8 million for public health response including without limitation, mental health 

treatment, substance use disorder treatment, and other behavioral health services, 

construction costs and other capital improvements in public facilities to meet 

COVID-19-related operational needs and expenses related to establishing and 

enhancing public health data systems. GFO is collecting required information, 

plans and data to ensure it meets the Treasury guidelines as an eligible use of 

funds and to ensure the program complies with associated reporting and planning 

requirements. This review is expected to be completed in fall of 2021 and will be 

incorporated into the State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan.

2. $5.1 million for the Vax Nevada Days initiative to encourage Nevadans to receive 

the COVID-19 vaccine. Each week of Vax Nevada Days vaccinated residents are

eligible for a random drawing to win cash, post-secondary education saving plans, 

state parks annual permits or fishing licenses. Winners are announced weekly 

starting July 8, 2021, with the $1 million grand prize announced August 26, 2021. 

Vaccinated Nevada residents have nearly 2,000 opportunities to win. Due to the 

COVID-19 Delta variant and corresponding surge and to enhance the level of 

vaccinations in the State, this program was launched as quickly as possible with 

approval from the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee in June 2021.

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2) – several bills from the 81st Session authorized 

Fiscal Recovery Funds to provide funding for programs/initiatives that respond to the 

negative economic impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic. This includes the following 

allocations from Assembly Bill 486 (AB 486), SB 461 and authorizations from the State of 

Nevada budget closings:

1. AB 486 – authorized $5 million in Fiscal Recovery Funds for direct payment of 

rental assistance to landlords on behalf of tenants who have defaulted in the 

payment of rent in this State. This program is expected to incur expenses starting 

in September 2021.

2. May 15, 2021 Budget Closing – authorized $66.3 million in Fiscal Year 2022 and 

$51.5 million in Fiscal Year 2023 of Fiscal Recovery Funds for state agencies and 

the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) budgets to restore positions

beginning July 1, 2021 to maintain government services. Funds will be disbursed

throughout the biennium to ensure identified positions are fully funded.

3. SB 461 - In accordance with the Interim Final Rule (IFR), the State of Nevada may 

make deposits into the state account of the Unemployment Trust Fund “to pay 
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 4

back advances received under Title XII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1321) 

for the payment of benefits between January 27, 2020 and May 17, 2021”. $335 

million of CSLFRF was authorized in SB 461 to repay these advances for Nevada

which is expected to occur in late August or early September 2021.

c. Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities (EC 3) – several bills from the 

session authorized Fiscal Recovery Funds to provide funding for services to 

disproportionately impacted communities. This includes allocations from Assembly Bill 

495 (AB 495), Assembly Bill 484 (AB 484) and SB 461. For each of these items listed 

below, GFO is collecting required information, plans and data to ensure it meets the 

Treasury guidelines as an eligible use of funds and to ensure the program complies with 

associated reporting and planning requirements. This review is expected to be completed 

in fall of 2021 and will be incorporated into an updated State of Nevada 2021 Recovery 

Plan.

1. AB 495 – authorized $200 million to the Nevada Department of Education and $15 

million to the State Public Charter School Authority to be administered as grants 

to qualifying school districts, university schools, and charter schools in Nevada to 

augment programs implemented to address the impacts of learning loss 

experienced as a result of the pandemic. To qualify for a grant, school districts, 

university schools and charter schools must describe how they have expended or 

plan to expend their allocation of other direct federal funding from the ESSER and 

GEER funds to demonstrate funding gaps in existing literacy and at-risk 

programming (experienced because of the COVID-19 pandemic). For this 

initiative, GFO is also reviewing the planned uses to ensure it meets the 

requirements as outlined in AB 495.

2. AB 484 – authorized $54 million to the Department of Employment, Training and 

Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division to upgrade its 

unemployment compensation information system, to ensure those hit hardest from 

the pandemic are able to access assistance more efficiently. 

3. SB 461 – authorized $7.6 million to address increased levels of food insecurity

resulting from the negative economic impact of the pandemic on low-income 

families. 

4. SB 461 – authorized $6 million to the Collaboration Center Foundation to augment 

services and programs implemented to address the negative or disparate impacts 

of the pandemic on persons with disabilities. 

5. SB 461 – authorized $5 million to the State Treasurer to be administered as grants 

to persons with disabilities who are under 18 years of age through the Nevada

ABLE Savings Program to assist those who have been negatively or disparately 

impacted by the pandemic with expenses related to education, housing, 

transportation, employment training and support, assistive technology, 

personal support services, health care costs, financial management and other 

qualified disability expenses.

6. SB 461 – authorized $4 million to the University of Nevada, Reno, to establish a 

statewide program modeled after the Dean’s Future Scholars Program to assist 

pupils who are: in grade 6 or higher, prospective first-generation college students 

and have been negatively or disparately impacted by the pandemic. Must be used 

to provide support and services related to mentorship; tutoring; and access to food, 
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 5

technology and activities/programs designed to address, support, or reduce 

learning loss caused or exacerbated by the pandemic.

d. Premium Pay (EC 4) – the 81st Legislative Session did not include any immediate funding 

for Premium Pay. Any considerations for this planned use could be a part of the final ARPA 

Roadmap expected to be completed in fall of 2021.

e. Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure (EC 5) - the 81st Legislative Session did 

not include any immediate funding specific for water, sewer and broadband infrastructure, 

although it could be a component of allocations granted for the Public Health Emergency 

($15.8 million) or for the Nevada Department of Education and State Public Charter School 

Authority education grants ($215 million). Any considerations for this planned use could 

be a part of the final ARPA Roadmap expected to be completed in fall of 2021.

f. Revenue Replacement (EC 6) - Sections 602(c)(1)(C) and 603(c)(1)(C) of the American 

Rescue Plan Act allows recipients facing budget shortfalls to use payments from the Fiscal 

Recovery Funds to avoid cuts to government services and, thus, enable State, local, and 

Tribal governments to continue to provide valuable services and ensure that fiscal 

austerity measures do not hamper the broader economic recovery. The interim final rule 

implements these provisions by establishing a definition of ‘‘general revenue’’ for purposes 

of calculating a loss in revenue and by providing a methodology for calculating revenue 

lost due to the COVID–19 public health emergency. In early August the State of Nevada 

used this formula to identify $1,086,485,000.00 in lost revenue and subsequently 

transferred this to the State General Fund to be used for the provision of government 

services. This includes (but is not limited to) maintenance or pay-go funded building of 

infrastructure, including roads; modernization of cybersecurity, including hardware, 

software, and protection of critical infrastructure; health services; environmental 

remediation; school or educational services; and the provision of police, fire, and other 

public safety services.

Promoting Equitable Outcomes 

GFO is in the process of collecting required information, plans and data from any program/

initiative that received immediate authorization of Fiscal Recovery Fund by the Nevada 

Legislature during the 81st Legislative Session. Collection of this information is expected to be 

completed in the fall of 2021 and information will be incorporated into an updated State of Nevada

2021 Recovery Plan. Any initiative funded with Fiscal Recovery Funds through the 81st Session 

and/or through the Every Nevadan Recovery Roadmap will be required to provide descriptions 

of:

• How programs were designed with equity in mind

• How the program’s approach achieved or promoted equitable outcomes or progressed 

against equity goals during the performance period

• How the program/initiative will consider and measure equity at the various stages of the 

program

• What qualitative and quantitative data is used to measure this

Additionally, programs will be required to provide the following:
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 6

• Goals: Are there particular historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely affected 

groups that the program intends to serve?

• Awareness: How equal and practical is the ability for residents or businesses to become 

aware of the services funded by the Fiscal Recovery Fund?

• Access and Distribution: Are there differences in levels of access to benefits and services 

across groups? Are there administrative requirements that result in disparities in ability to 

complete applications or meet eligibility criteria?

• Outcomes: Are intended outcomes focused on closing gaps, reaching universal levels of 

service, or disaggregating progress by race, ethnicity, and other equity dimensions where 

relevant for the policy objective?

Community Engagement 

Using the “Every Nevadan Recovery Framework”, the State of Nevada along with a community 

engagement vendor, is conducting the Nevada Recovers Listening Tour, which provides for at 

least 75 events over 75 days and will conclude in mid-October with a planned final event held on 

Friday, October 15, 2021. Following the completion of the Listening Tour, the State (Legislature, 

Executive Branch, and agencies) will work with a contracted vendor to establish a comprehensive 

Every Nevadan Recovery Roadmap, which will provide a robust plan for the Legislature’s 

consideration on how best to maximize, spend, and invest the State’s share of funding. The 

creation of the Roadmap is anticipated to take approximately 75-125 days, with certain pieces 

moving more or less quickly due to the complexity of funding streams and availability of existing 

programs.

The Nevada Recovers Listening Tour provides an opportunity for Nevadans in every community 

to provide input on how the State can utilize and invest the remaining Fiscal Recovery Funds as 

well as the billions of dollars that will be received from other funding sources through the American 

Rescue Plan Act.

Nevadans can find more information, fill out a survey, and submit their ideas directly to the State 

through: http://nevadarecovers.com. 

Labor Practices 

Any initiative funded with Fiscal Recovery Funds through the 81st Session and/or through the 

Every Nevadan Recovery Roadmap will be required to provide descriptions of:

• Workforce practices on any infrastructure projects being pursued

• How projects are using strong labor standards to promote effective and efficient delivery 

of high-quality infrastructure projects while also supporting the economic recovery through 

strong employment opportunities for workers (e.g. project labor agreements, community 

benefits agreements, prevailing wage requirements, and local hiring)

Use of Evidence 

In addition to collecting information related to equitable outcomes and labor practices, any 

initiative funded with Fiscal Recovery Funds through the 81st Session and/or through the Every 

Nevadan Recovery Roadmap, will be required to provide descriptions of:

• Whether Fiscal Recovery Funds are being used for evidence-based interventions and/or 

if projects are being evaluated through rigorous program evaluations that are designed to 

build evidence
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 7

• Description of the overall approach for using evidence and evaluation for the 

program/initiative

• Detailed evidence information for each project/initiative

• How this approach would feed into the overall Every Nevadan Recovery Roadmap plan 

and support the State’s overarching evaluation efforts in order to create an evidencebuilding strategy for specific regions and/or for the entire state. 

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

Below is a list of cumulative obligations and expenses to date within each category. Since this is 

the first Recovery Plan for the State of Nevada and because of the timing of the receipt of funds, 

there are no amounts listed in the “Amount spent since last Recovery Plan” column for this report.

The State of Nevada’s Fiscal Recovery payment was received on June 4, 2021. Obligations listed 

below reflect appropriations authorized from the date funds were received through July 31, 2021. 

• The amount in Category 1.1 represents an allocation of Fiscal Recovery Funds for the Vax 

Nevada Days vaccine incentive program approved at the June 22, 2021 Nevada 

Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee (IFC).

• The amount in Category 7.1 represents approval of obligations for personnel-related costs 

to administer the Fiscal Recovery Fund, approved at the June 22, 2021 IFC.

• The amount in Category 2.5 is an approved allocation for rental assistance to certain 

landlords with tenants who have defaulted in payment for rent and are participating in 

eviction proceedings as authorized in AB 486 of the 81st Session of the Nevada 

Legislature.

• As authorized during the 81st Session in SB 461, the amount in Category 6.1 is for the 

provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue due to the 

COVID–19 public health emergency, relative to revenues collected in the most recent full 

fiscal year prior to the emergency 

Other appropriations that were authorized during the 81st Session required further approvals from 

the IFC. As a result, these appropriations were disbursed after July 31, 2021 and will be reflected 

in the next State of Nevada Recovery Plan report covering the dates of July 1, 2021 through June 

30, 2022. 

Category Cumulative 

obligations to 

date ($)

Cumulative 

expenditures 

to date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1 Expenditure Category: Public Health

1.1 COVID-19 Vaccination $5,100,000

1.2 COVID-19 Testing

1.3 COVID-19 Contact Tracing

1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing 

Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites, 

Schools, etc.)

1.5 Personal Protective Equipment

1.6 Medical Expenses (including Alternative 

Care Facilities)
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 8

Category Cumulative 

obligations to 

date ($)

Cumulative 

expenditures 

to date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1.7 Capital Investments or Physical Plant 

Changes to Public Facilities that respond to 

the COVID-19 public health emergency

1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses 

(including Communications, Enforcement, 

Isolation/Quarantine)

1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and 

Other Public Sector Staff Responding to 

COVID-19

1.10 Mental Health Services

1.11 Substance Use Services

1.12 Other Public Health Services

2 Expenditure Category: Negative Economic 

Impacts

2.1 Household Assistance: Food Programs 

2.2 Household Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, 

and Utility Aid 

2.3 Household Assistance: Cash Transfers 

2.4 Household Assistance: Internet Access 

Programs

2.5 Household Assistance: Eviction Prevention $5,000,000

2.6 Unemployment Benefits or Cash 

Assistance to Unemployed Workers

2.7 Job Training Assistance (e.g., Sectoral jobtraining, Subsidized Employment, 

Employment Supports or Incentives)

2.8 Contributions to UI Trust Funds*

2.9 Small Business Economic Assistance 

(General)

2.10 Aid to nonprofit organizations

2.11 Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality

2.12 Aid to Other Impacted Industries

2.13 Other Economic Support 

2.14 Rehiring Public Sector Staff

3 Expenditure Category: Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities

3.1 Education Assistance: Early Learning 

3.2 Education Assistance: Aid to High-Poverty 

Districts

3.3 Education Assistance: Academic Services 

3.4 Education Assistance: Social, Emotional, 

and Mental Health Services 

3.5 Education Assistance: Other 

3.6 Healthy Childhood Environments: Child 

Care 

3.7 Healthy Childhood Environments: Home 

Visiting 
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 9

Category Cumulative 

obligations to 

date ($)

Cumulative 

expenditures 

to date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

3.8 Healthy Childhood Environments: Services 

to Foster Youth or Families Involved in 

Child Welfare System 

3.9. Healthy Childhood Environments: Other 

3.10 Housing Support: Affordable Housing 

3.11 Housing Support: Services for Unhoused 

persons 

3.12 Housing Support: Other Housing 

Assistance 

3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other 

3.14 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Health Workers or Benefits Navigators 

3.15 Social Determinants of Health: Lead 

Remediation

3.16 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Violence Interventions 

4 Expenditure Category: Premium Pay

4.1 Public Sector Employees

4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other employers 

5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure

5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater 

treatment

5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater 

collection and conveyance

5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater

5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer overflows

5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure

5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater

5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation

5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation

5.9 Clean Water: Nonpoint source 

5.10 Drinking water: Treatment

5.11 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution

5.12 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution: 

lead remediation

5.13 Drinking water: Source

5.14 Drinking water: Storage 

5.15 Drinking water: Other water infrastructure

5.16 Broadband: “Last Mile” projects

5.17 Broadband: Other projects

6 Expenditure Category: Revenue 

Replacement

6.1 Provision of Government Services $1,086,485,000

7 Administrative and Other
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 10

Category Cumulative 

obligations to 

date ($)

Cumulative 

expenditures 

to date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

7.1 Administrative Expenses $630,709

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government

7.4 Transfers to Nonentitlement Units 

(States and Territories only)

$ 71,059,183.98 

Project Inventory 

Since this is the first State of Nevada Recovery Plan covering the period prior to July 31, 2021 

and because of the timing of the receipt of funds for Nevada, there are no details for the Project 

Inventory for this reporting period. The State of Nevada only has obligations for a few projects as 

described above.

Any initiative funded with Fiscal Recovery Funds through the 81st Session and/or any program 

funded through the Every Nevadan Recovery Roadmap will be reflected in the next Recovery 

Plan covering the dates of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The following information will be 

provided for each completed/in progress project:

• Project (Identification Number): Project Name.

• Funding amount: Funding amount.

• Project Expenditure Category: Category number, Category Name.

• Project overview: A description of the project that includes an overview of the main 

activities of the project, the approximate timeline, primary delivery mechanisms and 

partners, if applicable, and intended outcomes.

o Link to the website of the project if available.

o How project contributes to addressing climate change (for infrastructure projects 

under EC 5).

• Use of Evidence: Brief description of the goals of the project, and whether Fiscal 

Recovery Funds are being used for evidence-based interventions

o The evidence base for the interventions, and/or if projects are being evaluated 

through rigorous program evaluations that are designed to build evidence.

o If a recipient is conducting a program evaluation in lieu of reporting the amount of 

spending on evidence-based interventions, a description of the evaluation design

o The dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards. evidencebased interventions for each project in the Public Health (EC 1), Negative 

Economic Impacts (EC 2), and Services to Disproportionately Impacted 

Communities (EC 3) Expenditure Categories.

Performance Report

Since this is the first State of Nevada Recovery Plan covering the period prior to July 31, 2021 

and because of the timing of the receipt of funds for Nevada, there are no details on performance 

for this reporting period. The State of Nevada currently has only executed obligations as described 

above.
State of Nevada 2021 Recovery Plan Report 11

Any initiative funded with Fiscal Recovery Funds through the 81st Session and/or any program 

funded through the Every Nevadan Recovery Roadmap will have associated performance 

updates in the next Recovery Plan report that covers the dates of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 

2022. The following performance-related information will be provided for each completed/in 

progress project:

• Key performance indicators (for major Fiscal Recovery Funds projects or group projects 

with substantially similar goals) and the outcome measures

o May include indicators for each project as well as crosscutting indicators

o Both output and outcome measures

• Mandatory performance indicators for projects in relevant areas per Treasury Guidance

o Household Assistance (EC 2.2 & 2.5) and Housing Support (EC 3.10-3.12): 

• Number of people or households receiving eviction prevention services 

(including legal representation)

• Number of affordable housing units preserved or developed

o Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): 

• Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs

• Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs

• Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs

o Education Assistance (EC 3.1-3.5): 

• Number of students participating in evidence-based tutoring programs

o Healthy Childhood Environments (EC 3.6-3.9): 

• Number of children served by childcare and early learning (pre-school/preK/ages 3- 5)

• Number of families served by home visiting

o To include if possible, data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, income, and 

other relevant factors

o Table with data for the performance period as well as prior period

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States and Territories Only)

Since this is the first State of Nevada Recovery Plan covering the period prior to July 31, 2021 

and with direction from the Treasury, there are no details to report on items related to the Tax 

Offset Provision 31 CFR 35.8.