Nevada’s only shelter for Native American youth will remain open through the end of the year thanks to a quarter-million dollar donation from the NV Energy Foundation.
to close in mid-September amid a budgetary disagreement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs that led to a loss of funding.
Ryan Bellows, the vice president of government and external relations at NV Energy, has served as a judge overseeing juvenile and family services cases for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe since 2009.
Mori said the foundation’s support will help the shelter rehire staff and bring back children who were sent away because of limited staffing. She said the timeline for when children will be able to return to the shelter will depend on how soon she can hire more staff members once the money arrives. “We wanted to make sure that this bridge funding that we’re providing through this grant wasn’t just going to postpone the eventual demise of the shelter at the year’s end,” Bellows said.
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