I have to admit that it bothers me when the Republiban talks about how Nevada would be better off without Harry Reid.
Why?
You may ask?
Well. Duh.
Before Harry Reid, Nevada wasn't even on the radar screen of the pointy heads in D.C.. As far as they were concerned, we were that place they flew over on their way to L.A. to beg for moola.
Harry changed all that.
With the election of President Obama (which Harry plaid a HUGE role in), and it's moving up to the front of the pack in the primary system (wonder who had a hand in that?), Nevada finally is recognized as a power player. EVERYONE knows who Harry Reid is and where he comes from.
NEVADA!
Now.
Please explain to me why we would want to replace one of the most powerful men in the world with Snow White or her mental dwarfs?
I hate to be mean, but. a football coaches son? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but, that's his main qualification.
Really.
I swear.
Hut One!
Hut two!
With this bill, what am I supposed to do?
Please.
Occasionally, a Republiban will say, "what has Reid ever done for Nevada!?"
Idiot.
Well, this little list just came across my desk and while it doesn't probably register with those who get their info from Glenn "I don't believe any of this, I'm just making money" Beck, I think this partial list of what The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has done for Nevada more than gives good reason why we should make sure he is reelected.
What do you think?
Eh?
Funding for projects will help put Nevadans back to work
Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid today secured nearly $100 million for projects in the Silver State that will create jobs and put Nevadans back to work. Reid, the Majority Leader of the Senate, secured these funds in the Transportation Omnibus Appropriations Act, which passed the Senate today. This bill is a combination of the following appropriations bills: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; Commerce, Justice and Science; Financial Services; Military Construction; Labor, Health and Human Services; and Foreign Operations.
“This is an important bill for Nevada because it delivers much-needed funding to the state for projects that will strengthen our communities and create jobs,” Reid said. Every bill that is passed, every project that is funded and every job that is created helps Nevada take another step forward on the road of economic recovery.”
From funding for law enforcement equipment and military personnel to public health initiatives, this bill makes strong investments in Nevada communities. Senator Reid has views appropriations as a way to supplement state and local funding and bring home Nevadan’s hard earned tax dollars for deserving projects that create jobs, provide services, and improve the quality of life for all Nevadans.
Senator Reid delivered funds to nearly every area of the state – from Boulder City and Las Vegas to West Wendover, Reno, and Elko. The list of projects receiving funding in Nevada is included below.
Military Construction: $54,897,000
Project: NV Air National Guard Fire Station Replacement
Requestor: Air National Guard
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $10,800,000
Description: This request funds the construction of a new Fire Station at the base located at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. The existing fire station, built in 1955, provides only 25% of the total authorized space of 17,575 square feet. This is already requested by the Department of Defense in the 2014 Future Year’s Defense Plan.
Project: Warrior Physical Training Facility
Requestor: Navy
Location: Fallon, NV
Amount: $10,670,000
Description: This request funds the construction of a combined gymnasium/fitness center facility consisting of 23,713 square feet. The facility includes an indoor fitness area; basketball/volleyball court; aerobics area; two racquetball courts; locker rooms; multipurpose activity room; combative/martial arts room, and administrative offices. This is already requested by the Department of Defense in the 2014 Future Year’s Defense Plan.
Project: NV National Guard Add/Alt for Clark County Armory
Requestor: Army National Guard
Location: Clark County, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: This request funds the creation of new unit administration areas for Add/Alt of the Clark County Armory. The transformation of the 221st Cavalry into an ARS (Armored Reconnaissance Squadron) has increased the requirements of storage and administration space due to increased equipment and personnel.
Project: NV National Guard Renewable Energy Sustainable Projects
Requestor: Army National Guard
Location: NV National Guard, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: This request funds the design and construction of renewable energy projects. Nevada Army National Guard Construction and Facilities Management Officer is planning wind, solar, and geothermal projects at six facilities and training sites by calendar end of 2010.
Project: North Las Vegas Readiness Center
Requestor: Nevada Army National Guard
Location: North Las Vegas
Amount: $26,000,000
Description: With the Guard experiencing rapid growth from several overseas mobilizations, many existing readiness centers are reaching capacity. The facility will serve the peace time missions of the assigned units and improve the units’ readiness posture. The Readiness Center will provide administrative, training, supply, classrooms and storage areas required to ensure units are prepared for mobilizations.
Project: Creech Air Force Base UAS AT/FP Security Upgrades
Requestor: United States Air Force
Location: Creech AFB
Amount: $2,700,000
Description: Unmanned Aircraft Systems are playing an invaluable role on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan. The project will provide for improved anti-terrorism and force protection security measures for the headquarters for Predator and Reaper operations worldwide. Protecting UAS assets is a top priority to ensure support for our security efforts abroad.
Project: Las Vegas Civil Support Team Ready Building
Requestor: Nevada Army National Guard
Location: Las Vegas
Amount: $727,000
Description: The project will provide funding for the planning and design of the Ready Building. When completed, it will provide immediate response capability to support the State of Nevada first responders in the event of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack. The facility will support 24 full time personnel and is critical to the greater Las Vegas area’s preparation for a possible terrorist attack.
Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development: $20,233,300
Project: Approach Surveillance Radar
Requestor: Reno-Tahoe International Airport
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $263,000
Description: The Reno-Tahoe International Airport and five other airports in the region are all served by an existing ASR-8 that has been in place for 16 years and is two generations old in terms of technology. Funding would provide for an updated ASR-11 that will provide the most technologically advanced radar capabilities.
Project: Starr Road Interchange
Requestor: City of Henderson
Location: Henderson, NV
Amount: $2,922,000
Description: Constructing an interchange at I-15 and Starr Road will improve access to a growing part of Henderson and relieve congestion on Eastern Avenue and other approaches to McCarran International Airport. Funding will be used for construction, and will supplement the $1,187,500 Senator Reid secured for this project in FY2009.
Project: Meadowood Interchange
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: The Meadowood Interchange is in one of the primary commercial retail districts in the Reno/Sparks Metropolitan area. Construction of a split diamond interchange will more effectively distribute traffic on surface arterial streets, and reduce overall levels of traffic congestion. Senator Reid secured $1,254,000 for this project last year. Funding will supplement more than $27 million in ARRA stimulus funding that local officials have decided to invest in the interchange.
Project: US 50 Stateline Realignment
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: The Lake Tahoe basin is an area of regional and national significance, but congestion around the Nevada casinos reduces mobility in the area. Funding would pay to provide operational improvements and pedestrian and transit improvements in the heavily congested Stateline corridor.
Project: I-15 Corridor of the Future
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $974,000
Description: Because the US Department of Transportation designed I-15 as a "Corridor of the Future," this interstate is eligible to participate in new federal programs to reduce congestion. Federal funding would supplement these efforts. More than 9 million people drive from Southern California to Las Vegas on I-15, and making road improvements protects the main routes for tourists to enter Las Vegas.
Project: Expanding SR-160 Las Vegas to Pahrump
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $2,217,500
Description: This roadway is the major connection between the growing bedroom community of Pahrump and the metropolitan core of Las Vegas, NV. Unfortunately, this two-lane road is one of the most deadly in the state. Funding would pay for increased widening that would reduce congestion and improve safety. Senators Reid and Ensign secured $2,612,500 for this project last year.
Project: Boulder City Bypass
Requestor: City of Boulder City
Location: Boulder City, NV
Amount: $981,000
Description: According to published estimates, an additional 2000-2500 trucks will drive through Boulder City once the new Hoover Dam bridge is completed in 2010. A 17 mile bypass road will alleviate congestion and remove truck traffic from downtown Boulder City.
Project: Southern Nevada Beltway Interchanges
Requestor: Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $3,302,250
Description: Federal funding will supplement a 20 percent state match to construct additional interchanges to improve mobility on the Clark County Beltway. The Clark County Beltway is one of the busiest roads in Nevada, and funding will expand capacity. Last year, Senator Reid and Senator Ensign secured $2,850,000 for this project.
Project: Carson City Freeway Phase II
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $779,200
Description: The project will improve capacity by adding 3 miles of controlled access freeway from Fairview Drive to the southern connection at the existing US 50 West - Tahoe Juncture / Carson Street intersection. Expanding the freeway will relieve traffic congestion in addition to offering flood control protection. It is estimated that this project will create 150 jobs locally.
Project: Washoe County Bus and Bus Facility
Requestor: Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $615,250
Description: This project involves the construction of satellite transfer centers and additional Park and Ride facilities to expand the ridership of the RTC bus system. Additional funds will replace aging buses in the fleet with cleaner fuel technologies.
Project: ACE Boulder Highway Rapid Transit Project
Requestor: Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Location: Boulder City, NV
Amount: $750,000
Description: This transit project will be comprised of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system operating along a 17-mile corridor with exclusive transit lanes, vehicles, stations, and related infrastructure. The specific segment would travel Boulder Highway from the Central City Intermodal Transportation Terminal to Horizon Drive in Henderson, Nevada.
Project: Nevada Pacific Parkway
Requestor: City of Fernley
Location: Fernley, NV
Amount: $535,700
Description: Funding will pay for the construction of an additional four lane roadway connecting I-80 Exit 50 Interchange to US50A at Nevada Pacific Parkway in the eastern portion of Fernley. The expansion will be necessary for future growth in the Fernley region.
Project: Bonneville-Clark Couplet
Requestor: The City of Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $487,000
Description: This project will improve traffic flow and reduce congestion by converting Bonneville Ave. and Clark Ave. roadways to an east/west one-way couplet system between Main Street and Las Vegas Boulevard. This project is part of the City's master plans for land use and will make the corridor more pedestrian-friendly. It will create 71 jobs locally.
Project: US-395 from Moana to Stead
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $681,800
Description: This project would widen the Northbound lanes on US-395 and relieve heavy peak hour congestion and related crashes. Widening would substantially reduce Northbound travel time in peak hour from Moana to I-80 saving time for thousands of Nevadans each day. This project is estimated to create 150 jobs locally.
Project: Pyramid Highway Corridor
Requestor: Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $1,084,400
Description: Pyramid Highway (SR-445) is one of the most congested corridors in Northern Nevada, particularly at the intersection of SR-445 and McCarran Blvd. Funding would pay for environmental studies and project development improvements to increase capacity and reduce congestion within the corridor.
Project: Freeways and Arterial System of Transportation (FAST)
Requestor: Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $681,800
Description: To help facilitate traffic movement and relieve congestion on the Clark County Beltway, NDOT plans to install a fiber-optic cable vehicle detection system with video monitoring cameras, ramp meters and dynamic message signs.
Project: Silver Sky at Deer Springs Affordable Senior Assisted Living
Requester: Nevada HAND
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $681,800
Summary: Nevada HAND plans to build an affordable senior assisted living center with a focus on serving low-income seniors. This facility will allow low-income seniors who can no longer live independently to maintain their dignity at home, and avoid costly and premature nursing home placement.
Project: Foreclosure Prevention and Intervention Partnership Program
Requester: City of Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $200,000
Summary: The City of Las Vegas will continue their housing outreach and foreclosure prevention education efforts. The City will offer mortgage modification assistance to homeowners in addition to helping transition families who can no longer afford their mortgage into affordable rental housing.
Project: Stabilizing Nevada Neighborhoods
Requester: Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Nevada
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $487,000
Summary: Hundreds of foreclosed homes throughout Southern Nevada sit empty and blight neighborhoods. Consumer Credit Counseling Service plans to turn many of these foreclosed properties into long-term affordable rental properties that will be sold to low and moderate income families.
Project: Storey County Youth and Community Resource Center
Requester: Community Chest of Storey County
Location: Virginia City, NV
Amount: $194,800
Summary: Storey County currently does not have a community center, childcare center, youth program facilities, or public gathering sites. With the support of the local government, Community Chest and other volunteer organizations have been working for 13 years to design and construct a community resource center. Local residents will supplement any federal support with additional donations and grants.
Project: Silver Stage Youth Community Center
Requester: Silver Stage Youth Organization
Location: Stagecoach, NV
Amount: $194,800
Summary: Like many rural counties, Silver Springs does not have a community center or public meeting space. Community residents have been working for several years to design a center, and have completed a feasibility study for a mixed-use community center. Federal, state and local funding will be used to construct the center.
Project: Acquisition of Equipment and Vehicles
Requestor: Three Square Food Bank
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $200,000
Description: With the economic downturn, Three Square is working to close Southern Nevada’s hunger gap by bringing all available food and financial resources into their regional food bank. Additions to their vehicle fleet will allow the agency to expand their food assistance to people in need in the Las Vegas Valley.
Labor-HHS: $13,095,000
Project: Youth Internet Safety Education Project
Requestor: Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $175,000
Description: Federal funds would be used to allow the Boys & Girls Clubs of Truckee-Meadows to implement Internet safety programs in schools serving students in grades 6 through 9 in order to protect children from online dangers including child predators.
Project: Charter School Development Foundation Early Childhood Education Center
Requestor: Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Amount: $400,000
Description: Early-childhood education has long been a federal priority because studies show that a child's success ultimately depends on what happens in their early years. In partnership with the United Way, the Agassi Academy plans to expand their comprehensive early childhood education services to more families in Southern Nevada. Funds will be used to develop an early childhood education program that would include family access to health care and immunizations and parent education.
Project: School for the Highly Gifted
Requestor: Clark County School District
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Amount: $600,000
Description: The Clark County School District, home to nearly three-quarters of the students in Nevada, will, in partnership with the Nevada System of Higher Education, create an academy for the highly gifted in grades 9-12. Nearly 200 students in the district have been identified as highly-gifted. Recognizing that gifted children learn differently, this project will be committed to providing an academically appropriate learning environment that is challenging and meaningful.
Project: Support for English-Language Learners
Requestor: Clark County School District
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Amount: $600,000
Description: Roughly 20 percent of the students in the Clark County School District are English-language learners. The district's ELL program provides professional development training for administrators and teachers to help improve instruction for English-language learners. Funding will use used to provide additional specialists for up to 50 schools with a high population of ELL students.
Project: Career and Technical Education Equipment
Requestor: Lyon County School District
Location: Yerington, Nevada
Amount: $350,000
Description: Because of the rural nature of the Lyon County School District, distance learning is an important educational component for both students and teachers. This distance learning technology will allow the district to offer educational programming at a greater number of schools and improve education in rural Nevada.
Project: Middle School Science Lab and Curriculum
Requestor: Nye County School District
Location: Pahrump, Nevada
Amount: $425,000
Description: Nye County is the largest, rural school district in Nevada, covering over 18,000 square miles. Funding will be used to purchase interactive science curriculum and equipment for several rural middle schools in the district. This funding would enhance the curriculum for several thousand middle school students.
Project: Nevada Rural Literacy Program
Requestor: Save the Children
Location: Washoe and Elko County, Nevada
Amount: $250,000
Description: Save the Children operates a highly-effective afterschool rural literacy program in five rural schools in Washoe and Elko counties. These programs provide supplemental educational services with a proven track record of improving children's reading skills. Federal funding will be used for curriculum and assessment materials, technological equipment, and ongoing training and technical assistance.
Project: New Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program
Requestor: Washoe County School District
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $500,000
Description: The district's Induction and Mentoring Program provides mentors to guide and support the work of novice teachers by observing them in the classroom, offering feedback, assisting with lesson plans, and demonstrating effective teaching methods. Mentors meet with new teachers at least once a week. Federal funding will be used to expand this effective program.
Project: K-12 Instructional Coaches
Requestor: Washoe County School District
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $500,000
Description: The district, Nevada's second largest, will use these funds for instructional coaches for K-12 teachers. These coaches will serve as on-site professional developers who will collaborate with teachers to help them use proven practices and strategies to align teaching with district and state standards and improve student achievement.
Project: Online Degree Program
Requestor: Truckee Meadows Community College
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $600,000
Description: TMCC has established a highly successful distance learning program with eleven online degrees, more than 300 courses, and serving more than 6,500 students. To build on this success, TMCC will use these funds to establish a new fast-track online degree program targeting nontraditional (ages 25-62) students. Many of these students have previously attended college and earned credits and, for a variety of reasons, have dropped out and never returned. Others opted to go straight into the workforce after high school and now realize the value of earning a college degree.
Project: RSVP Home Companion Senior Respite Care Program
Requestor: Washoe County Senior Services
Location: Carson City, Nevada
Amount: $195,000
Description: The RSVP Home Companion Senior Respite Care Program addresses a critical need in the community -- that of free or affordable, non-medical in-home respite care for those suffering from dementia, Alzheimer's, and a host of other ailments and disorders. The senior population in Nevada is among the fastest growing in the nation, so the number of caregivers and the demand for this program continues to increase. This community service program supports caregivers, and in turn, helps to prevent the institutionalization of their loved ones.
Project: Cancer Education, Outreach and Support Services for Nevadans
Requestor: Nevada Cancer Institute
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Amount: $600,000
Description: Cancer is a leading cause of death in Nevada. Nevadans with cancer and their caregivers face a number of geographic and other challenges accessing care and other cancer-related resources, including education and prevention. The Nevada Cancer Institute, which has been recognized by the state Legislature as the official cancer institute for the State of Nevada, supports education and outreach services, including cancer navigation, to Nevadans. These funds would allow the Nevada Cancer Institute to expand these efforts to meet needs across the state of Nevada including rural frontier communities, Indian reservations and urban areas.
Project: University of Nevada School of Medicine- Nevada Diabetes Center
Requestor: University of Nevada, Reno
Location Reno, Nevada
Amount: $800,000
Description: In recent years, the prevalence of diabetes in Nevada has increased by 32 percent. This is a significant health problem for Nevadans, as diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease, non-traumatic amputation and blindness. The Las Vegas area has a population of diabetes patients with complications that is more than 20 percent higher than the national average. A University of Nevada Diabetes Center will create a regional center of excellence where patients with uncontrolled diabetes can receive state-of-the-art management directed by a team of appropriately trained specialists. It will reduce diabetes related complication rates, helping to control costs associated with diabetes management and to improve quality of life for patients living with diabetes.
Project: Boulder City Hospital Construction
Requestor: Boulder City Hospital
Location: Boulder City, NV
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: The Boulder City Hospital serves as a community safety net for Boulder city and the surrounding rural areas. With the anticipated opening of the Hoover Dam Bypass, increased commuter, business and tourist traffic is expected to move in and around Boulder City. These funds will support construction that will expand the hospital's preparedness for handling this community's emergency medical cases.
Project: West Wendover Medical Clinic Equipment
Requestor: City of West Wendover
Location: West Wendover, Nevada
Amount: $310,000
Description: These funds would allow the City of West Wendover to purchase new equipment, including a digital x-ray machine for the West Wendover Medical Clinic. The new machine would replace old technology which uses x-ray film that must be sent out to radiology for review which results in a ten day waiting period. The new machine will increase efficiency and patient care through the use of digital x-rays which allow for more timely review by radiology and the diagnosis by attending physicians in this rural community.
Project: Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Requestor: Lou Ruvo Brain Institute
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $1,300,000
Description: The Lou Ruvo Institute recently announced a new partnership with the world renowned Cleveland Clinic. These funds will support the purchase of equipment to help support the Institute's goal of becoming a national resource for the most current research and scientific information for the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases, as well as focusing on prevention, early detection, and education.
Project: Helping Kids Clinic: Health Access without Walls
Requestor: Helping Kids Clinic
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Amount: $200,000
Description: The Helping Kids Clinic provides free health care and immunizations to children without insurance or financial resources. This organization eliminates access barriers by working in a number of different environments in southern Nevada where children are at-risk. These funds would allow the Helping Kids Clinic to secure needed medical supplies and equipment and hire first-language Spanish translators. This would enable the clinic to expand its mission and provide health care and immunizations to a larger number of at-risk children in Southern Nevada.
Project: Nevada State College Nursing Program
Requestor: Nevada State College
Location: Henderson, Nevada
Amount: $900,000
Description: Nevada faces a tremendous nursing shortfall. If left unaddressed, the quality and availability of care could suffer. Nevada State College is developing a program that aims to increase expertise of new nurses while decreasing burnout of under-prepared nurses. Funding would help develop the educational program and purchase research equipment for the nursing program.
Project: Nursing Retention Support Program
Requestor: Renown Health
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $390,000
Description: Studies show that nurses beginning their careers in the acute hospital setting often leave their first job, and sometimes the nursing profession entirely, during their first six to twelve months on the job. This situation has only exacerbated the nursing shortage in Nevada. These funds would support a formalized nursing retention and support program for nurses' first six months to a year on the job. This program would help to improve nursing retention and the quality of patient care in Nevada.
Project: Touro University Gerontology Center
Requestor: Touro University, Nevada
Location: Henderson, Nevada
Amount: $750,000
Description: Nevada has one of the fastest growing senior populations in the country but has few gerontologists and geriatricians. These funds would support the construction of a gerontology center that would conduct research into the aging process, educate health professionals in geriatric issues, and provide health care services to older adults. The Gerontology Center will provide medical and preventive health services to Nevada's older adult population, along with education for seniors and their families about nutrition, exercise and long-term health. The Center will also train and educate doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals on the multi-disciplinary aspects of gerontology and geriatrics.
Project: University Women's Care and Birth Center
Requestor: University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Location Las Vegas, Nevada
Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The University Women's Care and Birth Center will help to address the current crisis of access to women's health and maternal-child care in Clark County. Specifically, the requested funds would support the renovation of a space that would house services for women's healthcare and maternal-child care (birthing center) at the University Medical Center in a separate freestanding facility. This would allow for the consolidation of women's health and maternal-child care services and with family resource services in a freestanding facility owned by UMC to be operated in collaboration with professional medical providers.
Project: The Center for Molecular Medicine
Requestor: The University of Nevada School of Medicine
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $750,000
Description: Chronic neuro-immune diseases have been steadily on the rise in the U.S. in recent years, resulting in serious disability and enormous financial burdens to families, communities and to our health care system. These funds would support construction and the purchase of equipment so the Center for Molecular Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine may pursue its goal of facilitating the immediate transfer of new knowledge to effective patient treatment and physician education, through the combined efforts of researchers, clinicians and educators at the University.
Commerce-Justice-Science: $8,525,000
Project: Heavy Duty Command Post and Patrol Safety System
Requestor: The Washoe County Sheriff's Office
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: As the largest law enforcement agency in Northern Nevada, the Washoe County Sheriff's office must patrol many rural areas of the state. Unfortunately, their patrol cruisers lack standard equipment such as In-Car Video Systems or a centralized Mobile Command Trailer. These technology upgrades will allow our law enforcement officers to better respond to threats and gather evidence.
Project: Justice Information Sharing Program
Requestor: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: Nearly every law enforcement agency in the greater Las Vegas Valley uses the Shared Computer Operations for Protection and Enforcement (SCOPE) database. Unfortunately the current database is more than 40 years old and can no longer meet the requirements of a modern 21st century law enforcement operation. Federal funds would be used in conjunction with local funds to upgrade this project.
Project: Law Enforcement Technology
Requestor: The City of Henderson
Location: Henderson, NV
Amount: $600,000
Description: The City of Henderson is establishing a joint public safety training facility with the City of Boulder City. The training facility will host firearm training and certification courses at their shooting range and in their classrooms. The City has committed more than $1 million in local funding to this effort, and federal funds would help purchase equipment for the law enforcement facility.
Project: Tactical SWAT Vehicle
Requestor: City of North Las Vegas
Location: North Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $200,000
Description: The North Las Vegas SWAT Team deploys a team of tactical medical personnel that are specially trained in life-saving techniques. Unfortunately, the medics and SWAT personnel are currently riding in an outdated SWAT vehicle that lacks several essential capabilities, including a lack of secure storage for mission-critical life saving gear. Funds would be used to equip a new Tactical Vehicle for use by the tactical medics and the SWAT Team.
Project: Regional Law Enforcement Training Facility
Requestor: The City of Boulder City
Location: Boulder City, NV
Amount: $250,000
Description: Boulder City has partnered with the City of Henderson to equip a law enforcement training facility that will be jointly used by law enforcement agencies throughout Southern Nevada. Boulder City has donated 240 acres to the project, but they lack the funds to purchase equipment for a proposed gun range and other training facilities. Funds would provide equipment for the Regional Law Enforcement Training Facility.
Project: Security Upgrades at the Pahrump Government Building
Requestor: Nye County
Location: Pahrump, NV
Amount: $175,000
Description: Funds would be used to install additional metal detectors and cameras to secure the building from threats. After the court violence in Reno several years ago, securing our judicial buildings remains an important priority that the federal government can help address.
Project: Justice Education Efforts
Requestor: National Judicial College
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $500,000
Description: The National Judicial College in Reno educates more than 3,000 judges annually from all 50 states. The NJC is vital resource for Nevada and the country as a whole. Funds will be used to continue the development or improvement of existing curriculum to be used by NJC or the states in the training of judges. (Reid, Ensign)
Project: Judicial Training, Research and Technical Assistance Project
Requestor: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $600,000
Description: For over twenty years, the Technical Assistance to the Juvenile Court Project has provided the best available information and assistance to juvenile courts, probation, and justice professionals nationally. This information is particularly crucial to the over 3,000 juvenile court jurisdictions nationally that, typically, do not have research and development departments.
Project: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program
Requestor: Chabad of Southern Nevada
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $250,000
Description: Recovering addicts and certified drug counselors will visit local area schools to discuss the dangers of substance abuse with youth. With one of the highest drop-out rates in the nation and possible links to substance abuse, Southern Nevada needs qualified drug education efforts.
Project: Immigrant Resource Project
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $350,000
Description: With one of the highest immigrant growth rates in the nation, Nevada deals with many legal issues related to immigration. Nevada's communities struggle with the complexity of our immigration system. This funding would assist UNLV's Boyd School of Law in providing information concerning America's immigration laws.
Project: Community-based Re-Entry Program For Ex-Offenders
Requestor: The Ridge House
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $200,000
Description: For more than 27 years, the Ridge House has been providing rehabilitation services to inmates and ex-offenders. Funds would be used to reintegrate more than 200 individuals who are leaving incarceration to productive, tax paying members of society.
Project: CARE Law Program
Requestor: Nevada Rural Counties RSVP Program
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $75,000
Description: RSVP's CARE Law program provides pro-bono legal assistance for low-income and homebound seniors throughout Nevada's 15 rural counties. Attorneys make house-call legal services to seniors in order to provide them with a variety of services including wills, guardianships, and assistance with estate and probate issues.
Project: Safe House Project
Requestor: Protecting Sexually Exploited Children – Nevada
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $125,000
Description: Since Las Vegas law enforcement began tracking arrest numbers in 1994, 150-200 children have been arrested annually for prostitution. Unfortunately, many untreated children are returning immediately to their commercial sexual exploitation upon release. Funding would provide for the planning and development of the Safe House to treat and care for sexually exploited children.
Project: Gravity Insensitive Climate Control Research and Design
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $750,000
Description: Equipment and facilities destined for use at a proposed NASA lunar base or in low-earth orbit (LEO) require heat dissipation for safe and reliable operation of equipment and the life support of astronauts. This funding will help develop and manufacture a prototype system that NASA can test and utilize in zero-gravity environments.
Project: Child Assault Prevention Education Program
Requestor: The Rape Crisis Center
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $125,000
Description: With more than 35 years of experience in Southern Nevada, the Rape Crisis Center's outreach and education programs have been very successful. The Center has partnered with the Clark County School District to educate children about ways to prevent and identify sexual assault.
Project: Model Courts Program
Requestor: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $1,875,000
Description: Through judicial education, strategic planning, evaluation and technical assistance, this project has resulted in reducing the time in the system for children in foster care and the numbers of children in care in jurisdictions across the country, and has improved the quality of care children receive while under the court's jurisdiction. This project has been federally funded since 1992 and has a national scope.
Project: Parole and Probation Technology Advancement/Improvement
Requester: Nevada Department of Public Safety
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $150,000
Description: Tracking sex offenders is an important priority to keep our communities safe. This funding will provide technical upgrades to the State’s hardware and software databases that are currently used for tracking and monitoring sex offenders.
Project: Information Sharing and Analysis Tools
Requester: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $300,000
Description: LVMPD currently does not have the ability to incorporate external data into their databases. Funding will pay for a technology enhancement to allow LVMPD officers to access real-time data from law enforcement agencies throughout Nevada and the nation.
Financial Services - $704,575
Project: Hispanic Leadership Nevada Program
Requestor: Latin Chamber of Commerce
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $234,858
Description: The Latin Chamber of Commerce will conduct a comprehensive 8-month program that is dedicated to developing community leaders who are adapted to serve the Hispanic community's needs effectively. Hispanic Leadership Nevada will provide participants with an intensive experience that prepares participants to become leaders by interacting with leaders across various sectors of the community.
Project: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Requestor: Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NCET)
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $234,858
Description: NCET helps Nevadans start and grow businesses and to connect them to the resources they need to succeed. Since its inception, NCET has worked with state and local development officials to attract small businesses and high tech industry to Nevada. Funding would connect entrepreneurs with resources necessary for growth and success through workshops and technology education events. Funding would also continue programs to engage Nevada college students in entrepreneurial activities.
Project: Hispanic Business Development Initiative
Requestor: Nevada Small Business Development Center
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $234,859
Description: The NSBDC is working to establish the Imagine 2012: Hispanic Development Initiative which is designed to enhance Hispanic entrepreneurial activities and provide stronger educational opportunities in Nevada. The Initiative will offer five annual training courses and other business related programming to encourage the growth of Hispanic businesses with a focus on Northern and rural Nevada.
Grand Total: $97,454,875
