Synopsis: Lake's Crossing Center provides statewide forensic mental health impatient services in a secure setting and outpatient services to those individuals who are referred on their own recognizance from the court. The services are provided to those individuals for whom there is a question of their competency to stand trial and are in need of evaluation and/or restoration of competency to stand trial. Lake's Crossing also treats individuals whose behavior is dangerous and difficult to manage in other state facilities until they may be returned to a less restrictive setting. The facility also treats clients acquitted not guilty by reason of insanity and dangerous unrecoverable clients committed under NRS 178.461. Statutory Authority: NRS 175, 176, 178 and 433.

Synopsis: Southern Nevada Child and Adolescent Services (SNCAS) provides assessment, care coordination and a comprehensive continuum of mental and behavioral health care services for Severely Emotionally Disturbed children and adolescents from birth through 18 years of age in accordance with NRS 433B. Children served are uninsured, under-insured, or Medicaid recipients. Non-emergent services are provided in five Neighborhood Family Service Centers in different regions of the Las Vegas community. SNCAS services are both office and home-based and include: early childhood mental health services; early childhood day treatment; outpatient mental health services providing individual, group and family therapies; psychiatric evaluation and treatment; intensive targeted case management services through the Wrap-Around in Nevada Program evidence-based model; and mobile crisis response services that operate 24/7 throughout Clark County. Residential services are provided at the West Charleston campus and include the Oasis On-Campus Treatment Homes and Desert Willow Treatment Center (DWTC), which provides inpatient acute psychiatric and residential treatment center services. Services are provided in strength-based, individualized processes that respect and value the family's decision-making and culture by using the Child and Family Team process. DCFS residential programs have also engaged in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Building Bridges Initiative. The mission of the Building Bridges Initiative is to identify and promote practice and policy initiatives that will create strong and closely coordinated partnerships and collaborations between families, youth and community to ensure that comprehensive services and supports are family-driven, youth-guided, strength-based, culturally and linguistically competent, individualized, evidence and practice-informed, and consistent with the research on sustained positive outcomes. DCFS residential services are monitored by the Commission on Behavioral Health and licensed by the county and state. DWTC is certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The goal for every child is to provide services within the least restrictive environment and support remaining in or returning to family care with the support of community-based services. SNCAS is involved with the state-wide efforts to transform the current Children's Mental Health System of Care to more comprehensively accomplish this goal. Statutory Authority: NRS Chapters 433, 433A and 433B

Synopsis: Rural Clinics assists adults and children with mental illness through outpatient psychiatric and behavioral health treatment and community-based support services. The goal is to support personal recovery, self-empowerment, community integration, and an enhanced quality of life. Statutory Authority: NRS 433; 433A; 433C.

Synopsis: The mission of the Office of the Military is to enlist, organize, arm, equip, and train the Nevada National Guard units to defend the Constitution and protect the lives and property of the public in times of emergency, disorder, or disaster. The federal mission of the department is to provide soldiers and airmen to respond to federal mobilization as directed by the President or Congress. The Adjutant General provides administrative oversight for the department, which consists of the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. Statutory Authority: NRS 412.

Synopsis: The Adjutant General's Special Facility Account provides authority for funds received from the rental of the armories or other facilities. The funds may be used for necessary repairs and improvements to the armories or facilities, to fund military activities and affairs, and to further relations in the community or state. Statutory Authority: NRS 412.

Synopsis: The National Guard Benefit Program encourages the recruitment and retention of active members of the National Guard. The Adjutant General may authorize payment of up to 100 percent of the credit hour costs incurred within the Nevada System of Higher Education for any guardsman attending summer school as a full or part-time student. Reimbursement is dependent upon being a guard member in good standing and receiving passing grades of "C" or better. Statutory Authority: NRS 412.143.

Synopsis: The Patriot Relief Fund provides funds to reimburse Nevada National Guardsmen for college textbooks and Servicemen's Group Life Insurance premiums. It also provides funds to assist soldiers and their families in times of financial hardship. Statutory Authority: NRS 412.

Synopsis: This budget account provides revenue and expense authorizations for custodial, maintenance and utility support for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) building within the Office of the Military complex in Carson City. The Office of the Military performs these functions much like Buildings and Grounds does for other state buildings. Statutory Authority: NRS 412.

Synopsis: Members of the Nevada National Guard can be called into state active duty by the Governor to fight a fire, combat a flood, or any other emergency where members of the Nevada National Guard are performing as a labor force rather than a military force. This budget account provides authority for the personnel costs for state active duty missions by the Nevada National Guardsmen. (NRS 412.138)

Synopsis: The Division of Emergency Management (DEM) coordinates the efforts of the state and its political subdivisions together in partnership with private and volunteer organizations and tribal nations in reducing the impact of emergencies. The DEM is given oversight and coordination responsibility for all statewide emergency preparedness, emergency mitigation efforts, and the development, review, approval and integration of state emergency response planning. This includes the integration of volunteer organizations and the private sector in the state emergency management process as well as oversight of response exercises, training, and emergency operations planning. The DEM is responsible for assuring the state's readiness and ability to respond to and recover from natural and technological emergencies and disasters by assisting local governments with their emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts, while providing a crucial link for accessing state and federal assistance and support. The division's operations also include those of the Nevada Office of Homeland Security. Authority: NRS 414

Synopsis: Since 2006, this budget account has been a pass-through account for federal funds received to reduce the impact of emergencies within the State of Nevada. This budget account also provides operational support to the Division of Emergency Management, budget account 3673 and the Nevada Office of Homeland Security, budget account 3675.

Synopsis: The mission of the Nevada Office of Homeland Security is to collaborate, advise, assist, and engage with various federal, state, local and tribal entities, private sector, non-governmental partners, and the general public to prevent, detect, and deter terrorist activities to minimize the impact on lives, property, and the economy. The Office of Homeland Security was created by the 2003 Legislature, Assembly Bill 441. Statutory Authority: NRS 239C.

Synopsis: The mission of the Medical Division of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) is to provide quality, constitutionally mandated health care using an efficient system of managed care that is professional, humane, and appropriate. Inmate health care is comprised of medical, dental, and clinical mental health care. To fulfill its mission, the Medical Division operates infirmaries or clinics at all NDOC institutions. The major medical facility for the department is the Regional Medical Facility (RMF) integrated into the operation and perimeter of the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. The RMF provides inpatient medical care for serious medical conditions, surgical aftercare, inpatient mental health care, structured living unit for mental health patients after discharge from inpatient services, and long term care for fragile, aging, and disabled inmates. Mental health extended care is also provided at High Desert State Prison. The camps and transitional housing centers obtain medical services from institutions specifically assigned to support them. In fiscal year 2003, the Medical Division resumed the provision of health care services for Ely State Prison and in fiscal year 2005, resumed the provision of health care services for Florence McClure Women's Correctional Facility from two different private health care contractors. In fiscal year 2004, inmate programming moved from the Medical Division and organized into a separate Programs Division, budget account 3711, which was funded by the Legislature. The Medical Division is not National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) accredited; however, NCCHC standards are used as a guideline for policy and procedure development.

Synopsis: The Offenders' Store Fund (OSF) is a special revenue fund generated by proceeds from the Inmate Commissary locations at most facilities, inmate package program, vending machines in visitation, and inmate telephone system. The account funds its own personnel, operating, inventory, equipment, data processing, and travel costs. Profits from the operations may be transferred to the Inmate Welfare Account, budget account 3763, for the welfare and benefit of all inmates as well as costs on behalf of indigent inmates. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.221.

Synopsis: The Nevada Department of Corrections' (NDOC) mission is to protect the public by confining convicted felons according to the law, while keeping staff and inmates safe. The NDOC philosophy is to pursue this mission with integrity, act in a professional and ethical manner, be responsible for its actions, and raise the department to the highest standards. The NDOC provides professional staff to protect the community and provides opportunities for offenders to successfully re-enter the community through education, training, treatment, work, spiritual development, and being sensitive to the rights and needs of victims. Major tasks of the Director's Office include long-range planning, classification of inmates, inmate records, transportation of inmates, investigations, information services, food services, plant operations, safety and health assurance, accounting, fiscal and personnel services, training, contract services, and procurement. Statutory Authority: NRS 209 and the Nevada Constitution Article V, Section 21.

Synopsis: The Nevada Department of Correction's (NDOC) Programs Division incorporates nationally recognized risk-needs assessments during the intake and classification process to provide evidence-based psycho-educational programming, substance abuse treatment, re-entry, and transitional services. In addition, the division provides religious services, vocational training, counseling and therapy for inpatient/outpatient mental health issues, educational liaison services with local school districts, and special needs programs (for youth, aging, etc.). Programs Division professional staff includes mental health counselors, psychologists, social workers, substance abuse counselors, caseworkers, program officers, chaplains, and support staff. In addition to the services provided by our staff, there are approved volunteers who provide religious, 12-step, and other voluntary programming appropriate for inmate participation and growth. The division's inmate programs are funded in part by grants obtained by the NDOC or by partnerships with community organizations that obtain the grants and bring services to Nevada's inmates that will assist in their preparation for successful reintegration into our communities. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.4887.

Synopsis: NDOC - One-Shot Appropriations

Synopsis: The Southern Nevada Correctional Center (SNCC) is a medium security facility located approximately 30 miles south of Las Vegas in Jean. The institution opened in January 1978 and closed in September 2000 when the High Desert State Prison opened in Indian Springs. SNCC was reopened in August 2006 as a Youthful Offender Correctional Center and was closed again in June 2008, with all inmates and staff (except one maintenance worker) being transferred to other facilities in Southern Nevada. This facility is currently being maintained in "Mothball Status". Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Warm Springs Correctional Center (WSCC) was constructed in 1961. It has undergone several changes and additions and is now a men's medium custody institution that has an emphasis on programming. The Carson City School District offers adult basic education, high school equivalences, high school diplomas and vocational programs in Culinary Arts and Computer Science. In addition, Western Nevada College offers college level classes at the inmates' expense. WSCC offers programs for inmates such as the Phoenix program (drug and alcohol treatment); Re-Entry program (employment skills); Veterans Integration Program (VIP); and Pups on Parole with the Carson City Humane Society. Through programs like Getting It Right and Moral Reconation Therapy, social skills such as moral development, emotional regulation, relapse prevention, planning techniques are taught which have an emphasis on values such as discipline, respect, motivation and leadership. Mental health, classification, recreation specialist, chaplain staff facilitate programs such as, Commitment to Change, Anger Management II: Continuing to Cage Your Rage, Anxiety, Feelings, Criminal Thinking/Criminal Behavior, Victim Awareness (Empathy), Starting Over, and Life Skill Series. WSCC offers work opportunities within the facility including programs through Prison Industries which provide offenders with an opportunity to work and receive a minimum wage salary. The mission of WSCC is to provide safe and secure confinement, supervision and reintegration of offenders, and to provide opportunities for offenders to make positive change through work, education and programming to become productive members of society upon release. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) opened in 1964 as a medium custody facility with three housing units. From 1964 until 2008, six additional housing units were added. NNCC provides intake for the northern region and houses the Regional Medical Facility (RMF) for the Department of Corrections. The RMF provides inpatient medical and mental health services. In addition, there is a Medical Intermediate Care Unit and Structured Care Unit for inmates for which medical and mental health situations are stable but require additional staff monitoring. NNCC also houses the Regional Warehouse, which is the distribution center for the facilities located in Carson City and Reno. Educational services are conducted by the Carson City School District staff and include high school diploma, General Education Diploma, literacy programs, and English as a Second Language. A wide range of self-help and treatment programs are available and administered by medical, mental health, and program staff. Programs include the Senior Structured Living Program for inmates 60 years of age and older and a re-entry program to prepare inmates for reintegration into society. Current vocational programs include auto mechanics/auto shop and computer science. Silver State Industries manufactures a variety of products for governmental agencies and private entities through programs including a wood shop, a metal shop, a paint shop, mattresses, and an upholstery shop. Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Nevada State Prison was established in 1862 when the Nevada Legislature purchased the Warm Springs Hotel and 20 acres of land for $80,000. NSP was one of the oldest operating prisons in the US until the facility was officially decommissioned May 18, 2012. Nevada State Prison is owned by the State and the Department of Corrections. It is now one of the States Historical Treasures managed by the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society. This facility will now be used to showcase Nevada's rich history through commercial and tourist related activities such as guided tours. Statutory Authority: NRS 209

Synopsis: The mission of Prison Industries (Silver State Industries) is to reduce government operating costs, provide offenders the skills necessary to successfully re-enter society, and enhance the safe operation of correctional facilities. To fulfill its mission, Prison Industries operates as a self-supporting operation, providing meaningful work and job training for offenders in the production of goods and services at little or no direct cost to the taxpayer. Operations include furniture and metal fabrication shops at Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC), a printing/bindery shop and mattress factory at NNCC, a garment sewing factory and drapery sewing shop at Lovelock Correctional Center, and an automobile refurbishing/repair and motorcycle manufacturing/repair shop at Southern Desert Correctional Center (SDCC). Prison Industries also operates used playing card recycling operations at Warm Springs Correctional Center, High Desert State Prison, and SDCC. Private businesses utilize inmates as part of the Prison Industries program. Approximately 500 inmates work in Prison Industries' programs. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Stewart Conservation Camp (SCC) is adjacent to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center and originally opened in 1978. In 1995, SCC was rebuilt and more than doubled the size of the original camp. SCC houses minimum custody and community trustee inmates in five dormitory type units. Inmates at SCC can earn their General Education Diploma. The largest employer of the inmates at SCC is the Nevada Division of Forestry. The inmates are assigned to twelve-man crews to work on conservation projects and fire suppression activities. Inmates also work for Prison Industries, which runs the ranch, dairy, and the Wild Horse Training program. Under the supervision of Prison Industries, the ranch employs in their operations: a commercial dairy, alfalfa production, and care for horses in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Land Management. The Wild Horse Training program involves inmates training horses for adoption by the public. Additionally, some of the inmates are classified as community trustees who provide support services for several state agencies in Carson City. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Pioche Conservation Camp (PCC) located approximately three miles northeast of Pioche, was opened in May of 1980 and then rebuilt in 1995. PCC houses an all male minimum custody population in an open facility. Inmates can obtain credit by attending General Education Diploma or high school classes. Self-help programs are also available. The inmate crews support the Nevada Division of Forestry program by working on conservation projects and fire suppression activities with 12 man crews. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: Northern Nevada Transitional Housing (NNTH) opened in October 2015. It is located in Reno and functions as a community assignment facility, housing inmates who are employed in the community. From earned income, inmates make restitution payments to victims and to criminal justice agencies, and may accumulate funds above restitution payments to facilitate their release in the community. NNTH provides opportunities for vocational training through the local community; educational opportunities include the pursuit of a high school equivalency, high school diploma, college certificates of achievement, and associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees; and treatment services through the local community such as substance abuse counseling and Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. The mission of NNTH is to provide for public safety by providing a transitional housing facility where offenders are given the opportunity for positive change and integration back to the community through work, education and programming to become productive members of society upon release. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Three Lakes Valley Conservation Camp (TLVCC) is a minimum custody facility, adjacent to the Southern Desert Correctional Center (SDCC) at Indian Springs. This institution initially opened in 1982 as Indian Springs Conservation Camp with the opening of SDCC. At that time, the facility housed a male inmate population in an open bay facility. The institution opened with a 108 bed capacity, but was expanded to 150 beds in 1990. In 1994, the camp layout was restructured for better security and the capacity was increased to 248 inmates. In 2008, the facility was renamed Three Lakes Valley Conservation Camp (TLVCC), and in 2010 TLVCC was expanded further to incorporate a new facility that increased its total capacity to 384 inmates. The inmates at TLVCC support the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) program for conservation and fire suppression with 12 man crews.

Synopsis: The mission of Prison Industries (Silver State Industries) is to reduce government operating costs, provide offenders the skills necessary to successfully re-enter society, and enhance the safe operation of correctional facilities. To fulfill its mission, Prison Industries operates as a self-supporting operation, providing meaningful work and job training for prison inmates, in the production of goods and services, at little or no direct cost to the taxpayer. One of Prison Industries' operations is the Prison Ranch. The Prison Ranch is self-supporting; operating from revenue derived from processed milk sold to the Department of Corrections and other state agencies, as well as from the sale of cream and surplus raw milk to private vendors. Additional income is generated from the sale of livestock, renting unused grazing land, and boarding of both estray horses (Department of Agriculture) and wild horses (Bureau of Land Management), until they have been adopted or sold to private individuals or moved to another holding facility. The Prison Ranch currently provides work for 44 offenders. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Southern Desert Correctional Center (SDCC) is a male medium security institution located approximately 40 miles north of Las Vegas. The institution opened in 1982 with six housing units and a capacity of 600 inmates. Subsequently, additional housing units were constructed in 1984, 1988, and 2007, bringing the total at this facility to 10 housing units with a capacity of 2,217. SDCC houses general population, medium-custody adult male offenders. SDCC provides educational and vocational programs through Clark County School District, which include Braille, Culinary Arts, Janitorial Services and Computer Programming. SDCC is also known for its strong emphasis on programs and rehabilitative services to include Substance Abuse, Re-Entry and Psycho Education classes which are the largest programs in the State. Prison Industry programs that include auto maintenance, auto restoration, and other various industries, and an inmate vocational card-sorting program. All of these programs are designed to provide education and programming opportunities that will enable participants to improve their lives within the system and upon release. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Wells Conservation Camp (WCC), located approximately 14 miles east of Wells, was opened in October 1985 and houses an all male minimum custody population in an open facility. Inmates can obtain credit by attending General Education Diploma or high school classes. Self-help programs are also available. The inmate crews support the Nevada Division of Forestry program by working on conservation projects and fire suppression activities with 12 man crews. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The mission of the Division of Parole and Probation is to enhance public trust and community safety and provide assistance to the Courts and the Parole Board by providing professional supervision of offenders to promote their successful reintegration into society. Statutory Authority: NRS Chapters 176, 176A, 209 and 213.

Synopsis: The Humboldt Conservation Camp (HCC) is located approximately 10 miles west of Winnemucca. In 1986, HCC opened and now houses an all-male minimum custody population in an open facility. Inmates can obtain credit by attending General Education Diploma or high school classes. Self-help programs such as anger management and substance abuse are also available. The inmate crews support the Nevada Division of Forestry program by working on conservation projects in addition to fire suppression activities with 12 man crews. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Department of Public Safety, Investigation Division, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction dedicated to public safety. The primary missions of the division are to provide comprehensive investigative services upon request to all criminal justice agencies; to support federal, state, local, and private sector partners through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of relevant and timely information on terrorism, criminal activity, and other public safety hazards; and to deter and disrupt the trafficking and availability of narcotics and other dangerous drugs statewide through the supervision of multi-jurisdictional task forces within 14 of Nevada's 17 counties. Statutory Authority: NRS 480.140, NRS 480.400 through NRS 480.610, NRS 453.271, NRS 179, and NRS 453 and 454.

Synopsis: The Ely Conservation Camp (ECC), located approximately 18 miles south of Ely, was opened in October 1984 and houses an all-male minimum custody population in an open facility. Inmates can obtain credit by attending General Education Diploma or high school classes. Self-help programs are also available. The inmate crews support the Nevada Division of Forestry program by working on conservation projects and fire suppression activities with 12 man crews. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Jean Conservation Camp (JCC) houses female minimum custody inmates. Its parent institution is the Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center, which is 45 miles away. The camp opened in August 1988. New construction, completed in the spring of 1999, replaced existing housing units and increased capacity from 112 to 240 inmates. JCC became an all-female facility when the High Desert State Prison opened in September 2000. JCC has several various religious programs available to all inmates, General Education Diploma and high school diploma courses, and a variety of correspondence college level classes. In addition, JCC offers a wide variety of self-help programs provided by a Mental Health Counselor. The inmates housed at this facility support the Nevada Division of Forestry program for conservation and fire suppression with 12 man crews. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Silver Springs Conservation Camp (SSCC) was a minimum security, female custody facility, located approximately 30 miles east of Carson City. The facility was authorized by the 1989 Legislature, opened in September 1991 and closed in July 2008. Statutory Authority: NRS 209

Synopsis: Ely State Prison (ESP) is located approximately nine miles north of Ely and is a maximum security institution. The site for ESP was acquired in 1987. Phase I construction was completed in July 1989 with Phase II construction being completed in November 1990. ESP was converted to maximum security custody housing upon the opening of Phase I of the medium security Lovelock Correctional Center. ESP is equipped to house and care for the most unmanageable inmates to include death row, disciplinary, and administrative segregation to its population. Religious, self-help, recreational, and educational programs are offered to the inmates. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Carlin Conservation Camp (CCC) is located approximately one mile east of Carlin. In July of 1988, CCC opened and houses an all-male minimum custody population in an open facility. Inmates can obtain credit by attending HiSet (High School equivalency) with a recognized diploma. Self-help programs such as an outside sponsored Alcoholics Anonymous and peer sponsored substance abuse (Narcotics Anonymous) are also available. The inmate crews support the Nevada Division of Forestry program by working on conservation projects in addition to fire suppression activities with 12 man crews. Statutory authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Tonopah Conservation Camp (TCC) is located approximately 12 miles northeast of Tonopah. In February 1991, TCC opened as a minimum custody camp with a capacity to house 72 male inmates, which later expanded to 152 inmates. Inmates can obtain credit by attending General Education Diploma or high school classes. Medical is provided monthly at HDSP. The inmate crews support the Nevada Division of Forestry program by working on conservation, fire suppression activities with 12 man crews, and public service projects within the immediate geographical area. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) is primarily a medium security institution, but has a large population of close custody protective segregation inmates requiring special handling and security. LCC also houses inmates under the age of 18 that have been adjudicated as adults. The 1989 Legislature approved operation of the facility with Phase I becoming operational in October 1995 and Phase II in November 1997. LCC has an active, broad based religious program available to all inmates. Coal Canyon High School, sponsored by the Pershing County School District, runs literacy programs, general education diploma courses, high school diploma courses, a variety of college level classes to include AA and BS degrees and several vocational programs. Vocational programs include auto shop, small engine repairs, computers, advanced computers, SERV safe, plant science/horticulture, RESPECT (a re-entry program) and Janitorial/OSHA training. In addition, LCC has several programs run by the mental health department that include: SOTP - Sex Offender Treatment, Relapse Prevention - sex offender, MRT - Moral Recognition Therapy, Anger Management, Getting it Right, Inside out Dad, Straight ahead, victim impact listen and learn and Thinking for a Change. LCC also offers a Structured Living Program for General Population inmates. Prison Industries at LCC has two programs, one manufactures prison clothing for all NDOC institutions and the other manufactures draperies for the general public. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: Casa Grande Transitional Housing (CGTH) opened in December 2005. The dormitory-style facility was built to house non-violent, low-risk male and female inmates within 18 months of their probable release. Casa Grande's mission is to allow these residents the opportunity to seek work, education, re-entry services and secure permanent housing prior to reintegrating into society. Wages earned by the residents are collected to offset the cost of their incarceration, pay any court ordered restitution, and funds upon release. Since its inception, Casa Grande has expanded its programs and has partnered with the Department of Public Safety, Division of Parole and Probation to include programs for parolees and probation violators. In addition, CGTH houses the Program of Regimental Discipline (PRD) "Bootcamp". This is an 11 month program that allows the successful trainee to no longer have a felony noted on their criminal record. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center (FMWCC) is located in Las Vegas. In 1996, this facility became operational to house women incarcerated in the department. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) owned and operated the facility until purchased by the State of Nevada in October 2001. Effective October 1, 2004, the Nevada Department of Corrections took possession of the facility, eliminating the need to contract with the CCA. Formerly known as the Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center, the facility was renamed in 2007 in honor of Florence McClure and her contributions to improving conditions for incarcerated women. FMWCC houses all custody levels of female inmates in Nevada. The facility's capacity increased in 2008 with the addition of a 240-bed dorm and in 2009 with a 300-bed addition to the main facility. FMWCC has several various religious programs available to all inmates. Clark County School District offers High School Diplomas as well as Hi Set certificates. FMWCC has a substance abuse therapeutic community that offers long term substance abuse treatment. It also offers mental health treatment programs, re-entry program that prepares inmates for the reintegration into society, and the Pups on Parole Program that trains inmates to be certified dog handlers. In addition, FMWCC offers the New Path Cosmetology program that is designed to master the art and sciences of the cosmetology industry resulting in their Cosmetology license. FMWCC has one Prison Industry program which can employ over 70 inmates and is geared towards salvaging and re-packaging overstock products/merchandise. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: High Desert State Prison (HDSP) is a male medium institution that is part of a correctional complex located in Indian Springs approximately 40 miles north of Las Vegas. HDSP was opened in 2000. HDSP houses medium custody inmates and provides segregation housing and protective segregation housing. HDSP also serves as the Southern Nevada intake center for male inmates. The maximum capacity is 4,070 inmates. HDSP provides educational and vocational programs through Clark County School District and Prison Industries. Educational opportunities include High School Diploma or General Education Diploma. The vocational program is auto maintenance. Prison Industries also performs card sorting operations on decks previously used in Nevada casinos. HDSP has Mental Health staff that provides therapeutic classes such as anger management, victim empathy, and Commitment to Change I, II and III. HDSP also has a re-entry program to assist paroling or discharging inmates. These programs are available to provide education and program opportunities that will allow participants to improve their lives while incarcerated and upon release into the communities. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.

Synopsis: The Inmate Welfare Account (IWA) is a fiduciary fund that is supplemented by profits transferred from the Offender's Store Fund (OSF), budget account 3708. The IWA provides funding for the welfare and benefit of all inmates such as the law libraries, recreational programs, satellite television, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, and educational programs as well as on behalf of indigent inmates such as postage, release funds, and costs associated with the Medical Division and the Director's Office. Statutory Authority: NRS 209.221.

Synopsis: The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) establishes and regulates the minimum qualifications, training, and standards for all peace officers in the State of Nevada. POST oversees and tracks the employment, behavior, basic and professional certification, course certification, and training for Nevada's officers. Regularly scheduled public meetings are held around the state to discuss and revise laws and regulations, hear issues regarding the law enforcement community, and render judgment regarding officer behavior, which may result in denial, suspension or revocation of POST certification. In addition, POST is responsible for establishing the standardized performance objectives for all basic training academies. POST also develops and delivers exemplary training (both classroom and online), conducts its own basic training academy, and provides professional courses for the officers throughout the state. POST performs statewide audits of all 139 agencies and 35 academies, providing guidance and oversight while monitoring their compliance with the standards set forth in the NRS and NAC. Statutory Authority: NRS 289.

Synopsis: The Nevada Department of Public Safety Training Division is established to develop, deliver, and facilitate training that promotes the highest level of professionalism and competency within the ranks of the Nevada's public safety agencies, thereby enhancing the individual and collective ability to provide quality, expedient and respectful public safety service to the citizens of the State of Nevada and its visitors. Statutory Authority: NRS 480.130 and NRS 480.140.

Synopsis: The mission of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners is to conduct prompt, fair, and impartial hearings on parole applications and parole violation matters and take appropriate action. Statutory Authority: NRS 213.

Synopsis: Financial Institutions Division Investigations accounts for the fees and costs of licensing financial institutions, the investigation of persons associated with those institutions, conducting special investigations relating to financial institutions and persons associated with those institutions, and the costs associated with mergers, consolidations, conversions, receiverships and liquidations of financial institutions. The account also acts as a contingency for costs associated with unexpected events. Statutory Authority: NRS 232.545 and NRS/NAC 604A, 628B, 645G, 649, 657-668, 669, 669A, 671, 673, 675, 676A, 677 and 678.

Synopsis: The Division of Insurance (DOI) is charged with protecting the rights of the consumer and the public's interest in dealings with the insurance industry. The DOI regulates and licenses insurance producers and other professionals, sets market and financial standards for insurance companies and reviews forms and rates. The DOI also reviews programs operated by self-insured employers for workers' compensation. Statutory Authority: NRS 232.805 - 232.840, 449, 452, 616A-616D, 617 and Title 57.

Synopsis: The Nevada Unclaimed Property Division reunites property owners with their unclaimed property that has been turned over to the state. The program ensures that businesses and government entities report and remit unclaimed property in a timely manner. Statutory Authority: NRS 120A.025 and NRS 120A.620.

Synopsis: The mission of the State Fire Marshal Division is to protect life, property, and the environment from fires and hazardous materials in the State of Nevada. This is accomplished through the development and application of fire codes and standards, fire prevention education, fire service training, fire protection engineering, licensing and permitting, and investigative/enforcement services delivered directly, or in coordination with, the public safety community. Statutory Authority: NRS 477.

Synopsis: A captive insurer is an insurance company established and owned by a parent firm in order to insure its loss exposures while reducing premium costs, providing easier access to a reinsurer and perhaps easing tax burdens. Risk retention groups and risk purchasing groups are similar insurers, owned by their members or to purchase insurance as a group, respectively, by virtue of federal law. The captive insurer section's budget was established by the 1999 Legislative Session. All fees and assessments received by the Division of Insurance pursuant to NRS 694C must be credited to the account. In addition, 25 percent of the premium tax imposed under NRS 694C.450 must be deposited for the regulation and supervision of captive insurers. At the end of each fiscal year the portion of the balance in the account that exceeds $500,000 must be transferred to the state General Fund. Statutory Authority: NRS 694C and 695E.

Synopsis: The Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Fund is a special revenue fund established within the Division of the State Fire Marshal for the purpose of supporting fire safety and fire prevention programs. The fund was created through Assembly Bill 229 of the 2009 Legislative Session and authorizes the State Fire Marshal to develop and enforce regulations concerning the standards for fire-safe cigarettes. All such cigarettes sold in Nevada must be certified by the State Fire Marshal. The division may expend money in the fund to support fire safety and fire prevention programs. Statutory Authority: NRS 477.172 through 477.250

Synopsis: The Office of the Ombudsman for Owners in Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels assists in processing claims submitted to mediation or arbitration pursuant to NRS 38.300 to 38.360, inclusive. The Office also assists owners in common-interest communities to understand their rights and responsibilities and the governing documents of their associations, including, publishing materials related to those rights and responsibilities. The Office investigates disputes involving NRS 116, NRS 116B, or the governing documents of an association, and assists in resolving such disputes. The Office also aids persons appointed or elected to serve on executive boards of associations to carry out their duties, and compiles and maintains a registration of each association organized within the state. The seven-member Commission for Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels was created in 2003 to conduct disciplinary hearings, adopt regulations, and act in an advisory capacity for the program. Statutory Authority: NRS 38.300 through 38.360; NRS 116.600 through NRS 116.795; NRS 116A.200 through NRS 116A.470; NRS 116B.870 through NRS 116B.915.

Synopsis: The Insurance Recovery Fund was created to provide a means of partially satisfying claims against persons licensed under NRS 683A (Persons Involved in Sale or Administration of Insurance), 684A (Adjusters), 685A (Nonadmitted Insurance) and 692A (Title Insurance), by replacing the bonding requirements for brokers, surplus lines brokers and adjusters. Statutory Authority: NRS679B.305

Synopsis: The Nevada Real Estate Division safeguards and promotes the public interest in real estate transactions by developing a professional real estate industry and an informed public. The division carries out the statutory duties of administration and enforcement of laws and regulations governing real estate licensees, appraisers of real estate, appraisal management companies, community managers for homeowner associations, timeshare agents and representatives, property managers, asset management companies, asset managers, inspectors of structures, energy auditors, and business brokers. In addition, the division registers and regulates the sale of subdivided land, timeshare development and sales, campground sales, reserve study specialists, and common-interest communities and condominium hotels. Statutory Authority: NRS 119.114; NRS119A.652 and .660; NRS119B.380; NRS116.615; NRS 116A.200; NRS 116B.805; NRS 645.045; NRS 645C.170; NRS 645D.110, and 645H.280.

Synopsis: The Real Estate Education and Research Program (program) promotes and ensures awareness of relevant laws and practices required of real estate licensees, and provides information to the public regarding laws and requirements of all parties in a real estate transaction. The program also prepares and distributes statutorily mandated disclosure information to both sellers and buyers in residential real estate transactions. The duties and mission of the program are accomplished through publication of printed materials, proactive oversight of real estate education offerings to licensees, the Nevada Real Estate Division website, public information initiatives, contracted education programs, and research contracts. The program also processes pre-licensing, post-licensing, and continuing education courses in order to ensure high quality education for licensees; conducts audits of approved courses; develops educational programs; provides immediate accessibility for licensees and the public to division forms and information through the division website. Statutory Authority: NRS 645.842.

Synopsis: The Real Estate Recovery Fund is statutorily authorized in NRS 645.841 as a special revenue fund. A special fee of $40 is assessed to each real estate salesman and broker upon each application and renewal of a license. The fund is to be used for satisfying claims against persons licensed under NRS 645.

Synopsis: The Financial Institutions Division maintains a financial institution system for the citizens of Nevada that is safe and sound, protects consumers and defends the overall public interest, and promotes economic development through the efficient, effective and equitable licensing, examination and supervision of depository, fiduciary and non-depository financial institutions. Statutory Authority: NRS 604A, 628B, 645G, 649, 657-668, 669, 669A, 671, 673, 675, 676A, 677 and 678.

Synopsis: The Low Income Housing Trust Fund assists and encourages the private sector and other governmental entities in creating and maintaining affordable housing throughout the state and serves as the main source of matching funds for federal housing programs. This program supports brick and mortar initiatives or rental assistance for families whose income falls at or below 60 percent of median income. Additionally, the fund provides down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. Statutory Authority: NRS 319.500.

Synopsis: This account purchases foreclosed or abandoned homes and rehabilitates, resells, or redevelops these homes in order to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of house values of neighboring homes.

Synopsis: The Housing Division assists and encourages the private sector and governmental entities in the financing, creation, and maintenance of affordable housing throughout the state. Statutory Authority: NRS 319.

Synopsis: The Housing Inspection and Compliance group is a consolidation of compliance and enforcement personnel from both the former Housing and Manufactured Housing Divisions, as well as front-line service personnel, in order to effectively utilize staffing resources to address low-income housing needs for all Nevadans.

Synopsis: Financial Institutions Audit employs a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) to ensure the financial viability and stability of financial institutions operating in Nevada by reviewing financial statement information provided by applicants for new licenses and annually by existing licensees. The CPA also ensures that examinations of licensees are conducted with Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP). Statutory Authority NRS 658.055 and NRS/NAC 604A, 628B, 645G, 649, 657-668, 669, 669A, 671, 673, 675, 676A, 677 and 678.

Synopsis: The Office of the Labor Commissioner is the principal wage and hour and labor regulatory agency for the State of Nevada and resolves labor-related problems including educating employers and employees regarding their rights and responsibilities under the law and taking enforcement action when necessary to ensure that Nevada's workers are treated fairly and compensated for all time worked. Statutory Authority: NRS 607, 608, 609, 611, 613, 614, and 338.

Synopsis: The Division of Mortgage Lending licenses and regulates non-depository mortgage brokers, agents, bankers, escrow agencies, mortgage servicers and covered service providers. Through examinations of licensees, investigations of consumer complaints, and actions taken to prevent unlicensed activity, the division safeguards public interests and promotes growth, professionalism, education and ethics in the mortgage lending industries. NRS 645A, 645B, 645E, 645F.

Synopsis: The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) regulates public companies engaged in: electric, natural gas, telephone, water, and sewer services; gas and electric master meter service at mobile home parks; and some propane systems. In addition, PUCN monitors gas pipeline and railroad safety. Statutory Authority: NRS 703-705, 704A, 705B, 707-710.

Synopsis: The Nevada Transportation Authority (NTA) provides fair and impartial regulation of motor carriers to promote safe, adequate, economical and efficient service, and to foster sound economic conditions in motor transportation. Pursuant to NRS 706 and NRS 712, the NTA has statewide regulatory authority for the household goods industry, tow car industry, bus industry and limousine industry. In addition, the NTA has regulatory authority over the taxicab industry throughout the state, except in Clark County. Pursuant to NRS 706A, the NTA has statewide regulatory authority for the operation of transportation network companies and their driver partners. Pursuant to NRS 706B the NTA has statewide regulatory authority for the operation of autonomous vehicle network companies.

Synopsis: In 1997, a special fund for use of the Nevada Transportation Authority was established pursuant to NRS 706.771, which requires that all administrative fines imposed and collected by the Nevada Transportation Authority are credited to a separate account to be used by the Authority to enforce the statutory provisions. Statutory Authority NRS 706.

Synopsis: The Nevada State Athletic Commission (Commission) regulates all contests or exhibitions of unarmed combat, including the licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, mixed martial artists, kick boxers, seconds, ring officials, managers and matchmakers. The Nevada Athletic Commission was established by an act of the Nevada Legislature in 1941. Since that time, the Commission has regulated professional unarmed combat (e.g., boxing, kick boxing and mixed martial arts) in Nevada. The conduct and regulation of unarmed combat in Nevada are governed by NRS Chapter 467 and Chapter 467 of the Nevada Administrative Code. The Commission administers the state laws and regulations governing unarmed combat for the protection of the public and to ensure the health and safety of the contestants.