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Nevada responses to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
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States employ a variety of processes to apply for and administer federal grants. Ballotpedia's 2021 state survey of the federal grant review process examined the general processes applied by the 50 states in order to seek and distribute federal funds.
Research from the Pew Charitable Trusts found that federal funds made up 32% (roughly $639 billion) of all state revenue in 2017, making them the second-largest source of state revenue behind state tax collections.[1] States direct federal funds to government programs related to education, healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, and other policies.[1]
This page features Nevada's responses to Ballotpedia's 2021 survey.
Background
From August 5, 2021, to September 27, 2021, Ballotpedia staff contacted the executive and legislative budget offices of all 50 states via email and/or telephone to update a publicly available 2016 survey on state approaches to the federal grant review process.
Our staff contacted state officials with the following survey questions:
- Approval processes for federal grants
- What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
- What is your state’s approval process when the legislature is not in session?
- How does the legislature monitor the intent of federal grants? What legislative rules allow the state greater oversight of federal funds in the budgets?
- Contingency plans for the loss or decline of federal funds
- What is your state’s contingency plan in the case of a decline or loss of federal funds?
- Quality control processes for federal grants
- What is your state’s quality control process for tracking the effectiveness of federal funds?
- Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
- How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
- If your state doesn’t appropriate key federal funds like food stamps and unemployment benefits, are your state’s federal funds off-budget? How do you track this information?
Our staff also contacted state officials with the following two new survey questions regarding federal funds made available in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic:
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic funds
- Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
- Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
Nevada 2021 survey responses
What is your state’s process for federal grant applications and the approval process?
“See NRS 353.220, 353.245, 353.335 (NRS: CHAPTER 353 - STATE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION)”
What is the approval process when the legislature is not in session?
“See NRS 353.220, 353.245, 353.335 (NRS: CHAPTER 353 - STATE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION)”
How does the legislature monitor the intent of federal grants?
“See NRS 353.220, 353.245, 353.335 (NRS: CHAPTER 353 - STATE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION)”
What is your state’s contingency plan for state financing in the case of losses or decline in federal funds?
“In general, this is done at the agency level. If an agency experiences a decline or loss of grant funds, they can request state dollars during the next budget cycle or reduce program outlays, including elimination of grant related positions.”
What is your state’s quality control process for tracking the effectiveness of federal funds?
“Most grants require performance data as part of the award. These metrics are reviewed as part of the budget cycle process.”
Does your state attempt to estimate the cost of federal fund requirements? If so, how?
“The costs, including matching funds, are incorporated into agency budget requests.”
How does your state prioritize federal funds to best meet the needs of constituents?
“The Grants Office has a priority list of grants on which to focus their efforts.”
If your state does not appropriate key federal funds like food stamps and unemployment benefits, are your state’s federal funds off budget? How do you track this information?
“All federal grants are appropriated.”
Who has decision rights over American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State Fiscal Recovery Fund allocations in your state?
“During session, the Governor may recommend the spending of ARPA funds. The recommendation is then reviewed and approved by the Legislature. The Legislature may also make recommendations through legislation, which can be vetoed by the Governor, and requires a 2/3 vote of the Legislature to override the veto.
"During the 81st Session, the Legislature included Nevada’s share of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in its Authorizations Act (SB 459) in its own budget account. During the Interim, the Governor may request the spending of ARPA funding from that budget account to the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee for approval, unless it is determined to be an emergency, in which case the Governor may spend the funding directly and report his actions to the Interim Finance Committee. The request must be made in compliance with NRS 353.220.
"For ARPA funds other than the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, if the funds are recommended to be used by an Executive Branch agency, the Governor may request the spending of ARPA funding from that budget account to the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee for approval, unless it is determined to be an emergency, in which case the Governor may spend the funding directly and report his actions to the Interim Finance Committee. The request must be made in compliance with NRS 353.220.”
Who has decision rights over Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund allocations in your state?
“Same as the response related to ARPA State Fiscal Recovery Funds provided above.”
Other state survey responses
Click on a state below to view its responses to the 2021 survey on the federal grant review process:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
See also
- State survey of the federal grant review process, 2021
- State responses to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
- State responses by question to the federal grant review process survey, 2021
- Federalism
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