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Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Job Fair
February 22, 2012
Come to the SNRHA Job Fair! All residents 18+ are welcome!

Thursday, March 29th SNRHA Commission Chambers 340 N. 11th Street Las Vegas, NV 89101 Resume Prep & Assistance for Residents: 8:30am to 12noon Employer Fair: 10am to 12noon

Archie Grant Educational Resource Center
December 21, 2011
We are pleased to announce that Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority has opened a new educational resource center at the Archie Grant Housing Development across from Rancho High School. The opening for the The Yolanda McKinney-Arrington Center for Academic Excellence was held on December 8, 2011 and will serve students who reside in any SNRHA housing program that attend Rancho and other area schools. The Center was developed in partnership with CCSD, Communities In Schools and Sierra Nevada College. Communities In Schools will staff the site with tutoring services offered by Sierra Nevada College. Services available to our students include academic resources and supplies, online credit retrieval and community resource support to meet basic needs to help students succeed in school.

Please contact Al Conklin, SNRHA Supportive Service Manager at 451-8041, ext #1661 with any questions on this new venture.

The SNRHA has a football team!
September 23, 2011
We have sponsored the Goshen Warriors through the Southern Nevada Youth Sports Association's Middle School Football League. The team has 31 players, including youth from our Sherman Gardens, Marble Manor and Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) communities. They won their first game, 19-0! Come out and cheer along with us as we support them at their games. The season schedule is as follows:

The Goshen Warriors!!

Stop the Violence!
August 05, 2011
In June 2007 the former Housing of the City of Las Vegas and Safe Nest (temporary assistance for domestic violence crisis) came together to provide domestic violence awareness training to the residents of the housing authority through the "Promotora" Training curriculum. The partnership continued to grow each year providing the housing authority residents with safety planning, one-on-one counseling, advocacy, emergency shelter and most importantly prevention. The partnership cultivated through one of the largest mergers ever taken place by a housing authority. The three housing authorities in Las Vegas; Clark County Housing Authority, Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas, and North Las Vegas Housing Authority merged to become the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority.

The number of domestic violence cases continues to grow throughout the state of Nevada. Unfortunately, in the last ten years we have been in the top five as well as number one for the past three years running. Safe Nest and SNRHA have conducted many discussions over the past four years on ways to create a comprehensive DV training for SNRHA staff; establishing housings very own advocate, as well as continued preventative training for SNRHA residents all with the objective of reducing the number of domestic violence incidents occurring on SHRHA property.

"Stop the Violence Don't Be Silent"
Unfortunately, during the later part of 2010 housing experienced several disturbing and tragic incidents which brought ever more attention to domestic violence. SNRHA decided a strong stand needed to be demonstrated. In November, 2010 SNRHA asked community leaders, police departments, community advocacy organizations, non-profits and residents to come together and form a team in response to several tragic incidents. Through this collaborative effort our Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative was born. Since then The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority and Safe Nest have applied for the Nevada Office of the Attorney General 2010 Stop Program Sub-Grant and received funding for a community outreach advocate specifically for SNRHA residents; SNRHA Board of Commissioners, staff, resident councils, security, and volunteers have received DV training; two (2) PSA's have been made to educate the public; posters in both English and Spanish have been made and distributed presenting the collaboration of Safe Nest, Safe House, Safe Village Initiative, Metropolitan PD, Henderson PD, North Las Vegas PD, Mesquite PD, Boulder PD, Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence, and SNRHA.

Our goal is to reduce the number of domestic violence crimes and increase the awareness of preventative measures which can possibly save lives.

Domestic Violence Resources

• Safe Nest
  • Coaching boys into men
• Safe House
• State of Nevada - Department of Administration Victims of Crime Program
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Victim Services
• Henderson Police Department
• Southern Nevada Domestic Violence Task Force
• Additional Resources

Public Service Announcements

• Domestic Violence PSA - Help
• Domestic Violence PSA - Resources

SNRHA Welcomes new Key Staff Members
July 20, 2011
We are very pleased to annouce the newest members of our management team here at the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority!! Dwayne Alexander, our new Deputy Executive Director came aboard March of this year and Steven Silverman, our new Public Housing Operations Director, enjoyed his first day Monday of this week. Welcome aboard gentlemen, we are delighted to have you with us and we wish you a long tenure..

Father’s Day Celebration
June 9, 2011
Join us at the Father's Day 2011 Celebration With Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority and Special Master of Ceremonies, Commissioner Lawrence Weekly at the Pearson Community Center, 1625 W. Carey, North Las Vegas, Nevada on SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2011---10:30am to 3:00pm. Click here for more..

Marble Manor Teen Gets Full Ride Scholarship
May 9, 2011
Our very own Marble Manor Resident and West Prep Academy eighth-grader Lazaro Cesar has been awarded a full ride scholarship to the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire! Lazaro currenly lives in Marble Manor, one of our Conventional Public Housing Properties here in Las Vegas. See full story in the Las Vegas Review Journal.. Click here for more..

Safe Nest
January 24, 2011
Domestic violence takes multiple forms, including physical, sexual, emotional and verbal abuse, destruction of property, abuse of pets, social isolation and economic dependency. Anyone can be a victim of domestic violence regardless of age, gender, race, social status or sexual orientation. Safe Nest Outreach can help. See video. Call the 24-Hour Hotline at 646-4981.

Bed Bug Awareness
January 6, 2011
Unfortunately, bed bugs are on the rise across North America, Europe, and Australia. Las Vegas is no exception, however, the SNRHA is very proactive in the fight against bed bugs and one of the ways to help prevent them is through a little bit of knowledge and awareness. For more information see: Bed Bug Brochure - English or Chinche de las camas - Español.