Nevada Department of Veterans Services

The Nevada State Department of Veteran Services is a Nevada state agency focused on providing veteran services for people who reside in Nevada.[1] The department is headquartered in Reno and maintains an additional office in Las Vegas.[2]  

History and structure

The department was created in 2013 – prior to that, it was known as the Office of Veteran Services.[3] Since its year of establishment, the Interagency Council on Veteran Affairs plays a large part in determining policies related to the department. The following positions make up part of the council:[4]

  1. The Director of the Department of Business and Industry
  2. The Director of the Department of Corrections
  3. The Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation
  4. The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services
  5. The Director of the Department of Public Safety
  6. The Director of the Department of Veterans Services
  7. The Adjutant General
  8. The Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education
  9. The Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development
  10. The Executive Director of the Nevada Indian Commission
  11. The Administrator of the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration

The department's structure consists mostly of commissions and committees, which happened to include the following: Cemetery Advisory Committees, Southern Nevada State Veterans Home (SNSVH) Independent Review Panel (IRP), and Veterans Services Commission.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Mission and Vision". Nevada Department of Veterans Services. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. "Contact Us". Nevada Department of Veterans Services. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  3. "2013 Statutes of Nevada, Pages 2369-2530". www.leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  4. "NRS: CHAPTER 417 - VETERANS' SERVICES AND HONORARY RECOGNITION RELATED TO MILITARY SERVICE". www.leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. "Commissions and Committees". Nevada Department of Veterans Services. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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