Synopsis: The Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation was initially established in accordance with Executive Order 2016-08, which established the Office of Workforce Innovation (OWINN) within the Office of the Governor to provide continued alignment within the workforce ecosystem and create a seamless workforce system that helps job seekers access employment, education, training, and other supportive services. Sections 18-21 of Senate Bill 516, during the 2017 Legislative session, codified OWINN into Nevada Revised Statutes. Section 20 established the powers and duties of the Executive Director of OWINN. Sections 14, 20, and 23 moved responsibilities for the oversight of the state's statewide longitudinal data system linking data relating to early childhood education programs and K-12 public education with data relating to postsecondary education and the workforce in Nevada from the P-20 Workforce Advisory Council to the Executive Director of OWINN. Statutory Authority: NRS 232.965.

Synopsis: Public Employees Benefits Program administers a group health and life insurance program which offers comprehensive medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance. The agency is responsible for designing and managing a quality health care program for approximately 45,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 72,000 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 45,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 72,000 lives. Statutory Authority: NRS 287.046.

Synopsis: Public Employees Benefits Program 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 45,000 primary participants and 27,000 covered dependents totaling over 72,000 lives. Statutory Authority: NRS 287.044.

Synopsis: The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange was established pursuant to NRS 695I and the federal Affordable Care Act. The Silver State Health Insurance 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 to reasonably seek, obtain, and hold employment and housing 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 Blind Business Enterprise of Nevada Program provides 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 referred to the program through the Bureau of Services to Persons who are Blind or Visually Impaired and receive individualized training and mentoring such as 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 Bureau of Services to Blind or Visually Impaired, provides a full range of services to persons who are blind, deaf/blind, and/or severely visually impaired to assist them in preparing for and achieving competitive, integrated employment and self-sufficiency. Additionally, under the Randolph-Sheppard Act, the Bureau serves as the State Licensing Agent for the Blind Business Enterprise of Nevada Program statewide.

Synopsis: The Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation provides vocationally motivated services to eligible individuals with disabilities to assist them in preparing for and obtaining competitive, integrated employment. The services available under this program are tailored to meet the individual needs of the consumer and may include a broad variety of vocational assessments, career counseling, training, education, job development, job placement, work readiness training, medical treatment/restoration, transportation, and assistive technology to help the individual to prepare for or achieve employment.

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% federally funded by the Social Security Administration and administered by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitations, Rehabilitation Division. The BDA 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 Nevada P-20 Workforce Reporting system links the various data systems, automating the exchange of data and facilitating the assignment of unique identifiers that will de-identify the data and enable the participating agencies and stakeholders (e.g. Executive Office, Nevada Legislature, Nevada policy makers) to augment their access, research, and reporting capabilities. Legislation enacted during the 2011 Legislative session of the Nevada State Legislature requires linking data for workplace purposes (Senate Bill 449, NRS 397). NRS 612.265 defines the circumstances under which the Administrator of Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, Employment Security Division may share employment information. Statutory Authority: NRS 386.650.

Synopsis: The Administrative Services Division consists of the Director's Office, Financial Management, Operations Management, and Human Resources, which supports five divisions: Employment Security, Rehabilitation, Information Development and Processing, Research and Analysis, and the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. The division 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 ongoing 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 U.S. 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 support Nevada's employers and job seekers. Each week, DETR's workforce applications process hundreds 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 businesses. WD programs include Wagner Peyser/Labor Exchange, Career Enhancement Program (CEP), Re-employment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA), 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 businesses and job seekers. These programs are designed to assist businesses in meeting their workforce needs and aid job seekers in returning to work through job referrals, short-term skill enhancement training, and career guidance. Workforce Development is also responsible for the administration and oversight of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title 1-Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth funds. Statutory Authority: NRS Chapter 612; U.S. IRC Code, Title 26, Subtitle C (Employment Taxes); Chapter 23 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act); Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933; Trade Act of 1974/2021 (Public Law 93-618/114-27); U.S. Code, Title 38, Chapter 41 (Veterans Programs); Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 1996 (42 USC 653/Public Law 116-260) (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, cover costs to administer employment security laws that may not be charged against federal grants and pay for technological enhancements to programs for which federal funds are not available. The revenue sources for this fund are interest bearing and forfeitures collected from employers for non or late payment of unemployment taxes. All monies in the fund are continuously available to the Employment Security Division Administrator and do not lapse at any time. Statutory Authority: NRS 612.615.

Synopsis: The mission of the Unemployment Insurance Program is to promptly provide temporary financial assistance to eligible workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own; improve the well-being of Nevada's workforce and families; and promote equitable access to unemployment insurance benefits for economic stability and to administer an efficient, effective tax system. Statutory Authority: NRS 612.

Synopsis: The Employment Security Division provides support services. Staff includes the ESD Administrator, two administrative staff, staff attorney and supporting staff, the Management and Administration Support Services, the mailroom clerk, and the members of the Employment Security Counsel. Statutory Authority: NRS 612.

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 and 353.210.