Providers say lack of Nevada data hampered grants and program development

Aug 21, 2026

A direct-service manager said federal grant applications were hurt by missing statewide data; she described an internal shared spreadsheet that has improved local coordination and urged centralized reporting to support trend analysis and funding applications.

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A direct-service leader said her team could not pursue federal grants because statewide data were unavailable and unreliable. "Our grant writer was like, I can't even put these forward cuz you guys don't have enough data. Like it was I was completely disheartened," Jennifer McCann said, describing barriers to scaling a CESC program.

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