Assemblymember Danielle Monroe Moreno presented Assembly Bill 366 to expand and stabilize Nevada’s nascent supportive‑housing grant program. The bill would redesignate the Nevada Supportive Housing Development Fund as an account within the State General Fund so balances do not revert each year, and—as amended on the sponsor’s desk—would appropriate $25 million from the general fund to support grant awards, services and evaluation.

Supporters framed the bill as an extension of AB 310 (the prior session’s pilot), which created the fund and provided initial appropriations. Brooke Page, director for Nevada at the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), described supportive housing as an evidence‑based intervention pairing deeply affordable housing with tenancy‑support services for people with complex needs. "Supportive housing is the most cost effective solution to support their needs," Page said, citing data comparing health‑care and jail costs to the cost of supportive housing.

Joanna Grant, deputy administrator for programs at the Nevada Housing Division, provided an administrative update. The division launched the program, hired staff, issued pre‑applications and a first round of applications and selected five awards (four in Northern Nevada and one in Southern Nevada) totaling roughly $13–14 million to support 82 units of permanent supportive housing in the first cohort. Grant said that the division will sign grant agreements, contract with consultants (CSH and Urban Institute were selected for capacity building and evaluation), and open a second application round in late spring or early summer with technical assistance to strengthen applicants.

Christine Hess, housing division chief financial officer, said the $32.2 million initially appropriated (AB 310) were the division’s first general‑fund dollars and have catalyzed projects that otherwise would not have proceeded. Supporters including regional housing authorities, Washoe County human services, local governments, developers and service providers urged the committee to fund the program to expand the pipeline. Washoe County officials told the committee the county is short roughly 1,284 supportive housing units and that further state investment is necessary.

No organized opposition testified. Sponsor said the $25 million appropriation matches a proposal from the governor’s office, and the sponsor said she would carry the appropriation on behalf of the administration. The committee did not record a final vote at the hearing.