Synopsis: PEBP administers a group health and life insurance program which offers comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, and long term disability insurance. The agency is responsible for designing and managing a quality health care program for approximately 43,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 70,000 lives. Statutory Authority: NRS 287.

Synopsis: PEBP administers a group health and life insurance program which offers comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, and long term disability insurance. The agency is responsible for designing and managing a quality health care program for approximately 43,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 70,000 lives. Statutory Authority: NRS 287.046.

Synopsis: PEBP administers a group health and life insurance program which offers comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, and long term disability insurance. The agency is responsible for designing and managing a quality health care program for approximately 43,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 70,000 lives. Statutory Authority: NRS 287.

Synopsis: PEBP administers a group health and life insurance program which offers comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, and long term disability insurance. Our organization is responsible for designing and managing a quality health care program for approximately 43,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 70,000 lives. Statutory Authority: NRS 287.044.

Synopsis: The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Exchange) was established pursuant to NRS 695I and the federal Affordable Care Act. The Exchange has been operational to consumers since October 1, 2013 facilitating the purchase of subsidized health insurance for Nevadans.

Synopsis: The mission of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission (NERC) is to foster and protect the rights of all people of the state reasonably to seek, obtain, and hold employment and housing, and seek and be granted services in places of public accommodation without discrimination, distinction or restriction as prohibited by state and federal discrimination laws. NERC oversees the state's equal employment opportunity program, providing mediation, investigation, and resolution of employment discrimination complaints related to race, religion, color, age (over 40), sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or national origin. NERC partners with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in resolving these complaints. NERC also has jurisdiction in Nevada over discrimination in housing and places of public accommodation. Statutory Authority: NRS 233.

Synopsis: The Commission on Postsecondary Education is responsible for licensing and inspecting privately owned postsecondary educational institutions and resolving student complaints. The commission authorizes academic and non-academic programs leading to degrees or vocational objectives offered by the postsecondary educational institutions. Staff licenses agents representing in-state and out-of-state private schools in Nevada and approves public and private postsecondary institutions for training programs supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The commission approves training programs for alcohol awareness. Statutory Authority: NRS 394.

Synopsis: The Blind Business Enterprise of Nevada Program is responsible to provide entrepreneurial opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired in priority-of-right locations in public buildings statewide for food and beverage services, vending machines, gifts, and/or sundries. Qualified individuals are often referred to the program through the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation or the Bureau of Services to Persons who are Blind or Visually Impaired, and receive individualized training and mentoring including in business management, personnel administration, bookkeeping, food service fundamentals, sanitation, marketing, public relations, inventory control, and related topics. Once a trainee successfully completes the training, they are eligible to compete for available vending/cafeteria sites.

Synopsis: The mission of the Bureau of Services to the Blind and Visually Impaired (BSBVI) is to bring Nevadans together to promote barrier-free communities in which individuals with disabilities have access to opportunities for quality employment and self-sufficiency. The bureau provides a full range of services to persons who are blind, deaf and blind, or severely visually impaired, including: vocational rehabilitation; mobility and living skills training; assistive technology training and purchase of equipment; and low vision programs. The services available under this program are tailored to meet the individual interests, skills, abilities, and informed choice of participants and may include: vocational training; secondary and post-secondary education; counseling and guidance; job development, placement, and follow-up services; transportation; and medical treatment and intervention. Services are delivered through 14 offices throughout the state, including six rural offices. The program is funded with 78.7 percent federal funds and 21.3 percent General Fund Appropriations. The bureau also administers the Older Individuals who are Blind (OIB) grant (Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act), which provides services to individuals over age 55 who are blind or visually impaired and is funded with 90 percent federal funds and 10 percent state General Fund Appropriations. OIB services are geared towards assisting participants in gaining skills to live independently, travel safely around the community, and avoid institutionalization.

Synopsis: The mission of the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) is to bring Nevadans together to promote barrier-free communities in which individuals with disabilities have access to opportunities for quality work and self-sufficiency. The program serves individuals who have physical or mental impairments that present barriers to employment, and assists them in preparing for obtaining and retaining meaningful competitive employment. Services are delivered through 14 offices throughout the state, including six rural offices. The program is funded with 78.7 percent federal funds and 21.3 percent General Fund Appropriations. BVR also administers the Supported Employment Program (Title VI of the Rehabilitation Act) which expands employment options for individuals with the most significant disabilities who may be able to engage in competitive work through the provision of intensive training, supervision, and other services, which is 100 percent federally funded.

Synopsis: The mission of the Rehabilitation Division is to provide options and choices for people with disabilities to work and live independently. Statutory Authority: NRS 232.940-960, 426, and 615.

Synopsis: The mission of the Bureau of Disability Adjudication (BDA) is to provide quality, timely, and professional disability decisions to individuals in Nevada who claim benefits under the Social Security Disability Program. The BDA is 100 percent federally funded by the Social Security Administration and administered by the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. The bureau is responsible for processing all applications for disability benefits under the Social Security Disability Income and Supplemental Security Income disability programs and for conducting evidentiary hearings for those disability beneficiaries who are recommended for benefit termination.

Synopsis: The Administrative Services Division consists of the Director's Office and Centralized Administrative Services, which supports four divisions: Employment Security, Rehabilitation, Information Development and Processing, and the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. The department is the lead state agency responsible for the administration of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in Nevada. Administrative Services provides leadership, direction, and support in planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating the various services and activities of the Department to meet state and federal program goals and assist in the on-going development of a world-class workforce investment system for Nevada. Statutory Authority: NRS 232.910

Synopsis: The mission of the Research and Analysis Bureau (R&A) is to provide reliable and timely labor market and economic information and analyses. In partnership with the US Department of Labor, R&A is responsible for the collection, development, and dissemination of a variety of information such as labor force, employment, occupational, economic, and demographic data and analyses important to policymakers, the business community, and Nevada citizens. In addition, R&A provides analytical services and products designed to support the programs administered by the department, state, and local workforce investment boards.

Synopsis: The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation's (DETR) Information Development and Processing Division (IDP) provides data processing and information technology support services throughout DETR. IDP oversees Nevada's workforce and rehabilitation information systems. These systems consist of automated business applications, online web services, and underlying technology infrastructure that supports Nevada's employers and job seekers. Each week DETR's workforce applications process hundreds of thousands of online and batch transactions and account for millions of dollars of business activity. IDP ensures high levels of system availability and performance for each of DETR's administered programs. Statutory Authority: NRS 232.910.

Synopsis: The mission of the Workforce Development (WD) Programs is to provide a statewide labor exchange and provide training and re-employment services to Nevada workers and recruitment services for Nevada employers. WD programs include Wagner Peyser/Public Labor Exchange, Career Enhancement Program (CEP), Re-employment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) program, Foreign Labor Certification (FLC), Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), Rapid Response, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Migrant Seasonal Farm Worker (MSFW), and Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS). WD programs provide job placement services and labor market information to employers and job seekers. These programs are designed to assist employers in meeting their workforce needs and aid job seekers in returning to work through job referrals, short-term skill enhancement training, and career guidance. The division is also responsible for the administration and oversight of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds. Statutory Authority: Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 612; U.S. Code, Title 26 (Internal Revenue Code), Subtitle C (Employment Taxes); Chapter 23 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act); Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933; Trade Act of 1974/2002 (Public Law 93-618/107-210); U.S. Code, Title 38, Chapter 41 (Veterans Programs), Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 1996 (42 USC 653) (New Hire Directory); and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128).

Synopsis: The Employment Security Special Fund is created as a special revenue fund to cover expenditures for which federal funds have been requested, but not yet received, and covers costs to administer employment security laws that may not be charged against federal grants. The revenue sources for this fund are interest and forfeitures collected from employers for non or late payment of unemployment taxes. All monies in the fund are continuously available to the Division Administrator and do not lapse at any time. The division uses the fund to support and maintain agency-owned buildings and pay for technological enhancements to programs for which federal funds are not available. Statutory Authority: NRS 612.615

Synopsis: The mission of the Unemployment Insurance Program is to administer programs that promptly pay unemployment benefits to workers who have lost their jobs, through no fault of their own, to improve the employment stability of those collecting unemployment insurance, and administer an effective tax system.

Synopsis: The Employment Security Division exists to empower a vibrant labor market in Nevada by creating business and worker connections with high-quality, demand-driven services.

Synopsis: The purpose of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada is to provide public workers and their dependents with a retirement program that provides a reasonable base income for retirement or for periods where a disability has removed a worker's earning capacity. Additionally, it is to encourage those workers to enter into and remain in government service for such periods of time to give public employers and the people of the State of Nevada the full benefit of their training and experience. Statutory Authority: NRS 286.110.