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IFC approves contingency allocations to cover personnel shortfalls at Southern Nevada adult mental health services
Summary
The Department of Human Services requested multiple transfers and IFC contingency allocations totaling several million dollars to reconcile personnel shortfalls at Southern Nevada adult mental health services and the Lakes Crossing Center; officials cited overtime, one‑to‑one staffing and challenges recruiting permanent staff.
The Interim Finance Committee approved a package of transfers and contingency allocations to cover personnel shortfalls in Southern Nevada adult mental health services (SNAMHS) and Lakes Crossing Center.
Deputy Administrator Andrea Rivers summarized four items: two modest transfers (G31 and G34) totaling roughly $389,534 to cover FY2025 personnel and operating adjustments, and two contingency account requests (I3A and I3B) totaling $4,552,786 (approximately $3.56 million for SNAMHS and $991,147 for Lakes Crossing) to fund personnel shortfalls. Rivers and Drew Cross, statewide forensic director, told the committee that increased census and intensive one‑to‑one observation requirements drive overtime and staffing needs, and that SNAMHS has an expanded forensic census (number cited as 264 beds statewide) that increased costs.
Cross explained one‑to‑one staffing and other safety practices are necessary for clients with serious mental illness, and that expanded census and recruiting difficulties increased overtime. Andrea Rivers and committee members discussed the possibility of building overtime projections into future biennial budgets to improve forecasting.
The committee approved the requests; members thanked LCB and GFO staff for reconciliation work and asked agencies to pursue structural budgeting improvements to better anticipate overtime and personnel needs.
