An Immediate Response to Homelessness: Southern Nevada Regional Action Plan

Improving Administration and Coordination

First Solution: Create a New Mechanism for a Dedicated Funding Source for Homeless Services and Housing (123 points)

Action Step I: Innovative Funding Mechanisms

3-Month Implementation Options

1.
Resume co-administration of homeless program funding such as Emergency Shelter Grant Program funds, and consider including other homeless funds into this funding program.

Action Step II: Strategy to Identify New Funding Mechanisms.

36-Month Implementation Options

1.
Implement a voluntary "tax" collected from hotel restaurants whereby patrons can voluntarily (and easily) donate $1 to homeless services in Las Vegas.

2.
Increase the transient tax on rooms at hotels and motels, and dedicate these funds to support homeless services.

Second Solution: Charge a Regional Body with Administering Funds (102 points)

Action Step I: Charge a Regional Body with Administering the Funds.

3-Month Implementation Options

1.
Reconsider having the Community Housing Resources Advisory Committee (CHRAC) make recommendations on both the county's and the city's ESG funds, HOPWA funds and other contributions to homeless service agencies.

2.
Coordinate requirements and outcomes of government agencies currently funded so that the same minimum criteria are used consistently.

3.
Create a regional Homeless Services Commission to administer all of Southern Nevada's private, local and federal resources that can be used for homeless services. The funds will be distributed through an RFP process. Representatives of each jurisdiction would be appointed to the Commission.

4.
Charge a local jurisdiction to administer all of Southern Nevada's federal funding, as well as bonds and tax credits used for homeless services.

5.
Further develop the Southern Nevada Homeless Coalition as an inclusive collaboration on homelessness. Use the Coalition's efforts to identify gaps in services and use it as the advisory body for creating new programs.

6.
Enter into interlocal agreement to develop standardized program outcome reporting for all agencies receiving public funding.

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1.	Implement a voluntary "tax" collected from hotel restaurants whereby patrons can voluntarily (and easily) donate $1 to homeless services in Las Vegas.
2.	Increase the transient tax on rooms at hotels and motels, and dedicate these funds to support homeless services.

1.	Reconsider having the Community Housing Resources Advisory Committee (CHRAC) make recommendations on both the county's and the city's ESG funds, HOPWA funds and other contributions to homeless service agencies.
2.	Coordinate requirements and outcomes of government agencies currently funded so that the same minimum criteria are used consistently.
3.	Create a regional Homeless Services Commission to administer all of Southern Nevada's private, local and federal resources that can be used for homeless services. The funds will be distributed through an RFP process. Representatives of each jurisdiction would be appointed to the Commission.
4.	Charge a local jurisdiction to administer all of Southern Nevada's federal funding, as well as bonds and tax credits used for homeless services.
5.	Further develop the Southern Nevada Homeless Coalition as an inclusive collaboration on homelessness. Use the Coalition's efforts to identify gaps in services and use it as the advisory body for creating new programs.
6.	Enter into interlocal agreement to develop standardized program outcome reporting for all agencies receiving public funding.