About
The Nevada Values Coalition formed in January 2011 in response to dire financial problems impacting Nevada’s budget and the funding of core public services.
The coalition grew to include dozens of organizations, social service providers, labor unions and non-profits, and spoke with a common voice about the need for additional sources of revenue in Nevada. Together we represent hundreds of thousands of Nevadans.
Our voices were heard and seen in huge public rallies, in personal letters to decision-makers and in hundreds of media appearances in 2011.
While the Nevada Legislature still hasn’t addressed the overarching financial problem facing the state, the Nevada Values Coalition remains committed to progress.
Coalition members will Caucus for Progress, submitting platform ideas at Democratic and Republican caucuses. And we plan to take an active role in 2012 ballot initiatives.
We share a common vision for Nevada and will continue to keep moving forward.
Nevada’s government provides essential state services for all Nevadans through state and local employees, including teachers, police officers, and social service workers. Prior to the economic turn down in 2007, in comparison to other states, Nevada already had the smallest number of state employees per capita and ranked near the bottom of many indicators of health/well-being. Since 2007 our state government has experienced four rounds of budget cuts. We believe it is time to stop cutting essential services and start on the path to economic recovery through thoughtful, responsible management.
The current crises that Nevada faces will impact us for decades, and as a result we need to answer some fundamental questions: What kind of a state do we want to live in? Do we want a healthy, functioning community and well-supported public systems and services? How can we improve our fiscal system?
Well-educated students, well-trained workers, a healthy environment and functioning infrastructure are the foundations of a strong economy. Now more than ever we need our public systems and structures to respond to the economic situation, to provide support and protection to those hardest hit by the economic downturn, and to pave the way for a robust recovery. This is no time to dismantle the tools we need to move our state forward. Any responsible approach to addressing the current budget shortfall requires a hard and balanced look at both how we spend money and how we bring it in. Revenue needs to be part of the equation.
Learn more about our shared goals for Nevada’s healthy future.
Nevada Values is a diverse statewide coalition of organizations and private citizens seeking balanced solutions to the state’s budget crisis. Together we represent or provide services for more than 700,000 Nevadans.
Current coalition supporters include:
- AARP Nevada
- AFSCME Local 4041
- American Cancer Action Network
- C*A*R*E Chest of Sierra Nevada
- Catholic Charities (of Northern Nevada)
- Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts
- Children and Family Counseling
- Children’s Cabinet
- Clark County Democratic Black Caucus
- Community Chest
- Consumer Direct Care
- Dayton Food Bank
- Dayton Food Pantry
- Dayton Task Force
- Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Southern Nevada
- Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada
- Down Syndrome of Northern Nevada
- E.S.L. Dayton
- Equality Nevada
- Every Child Matters in Nevada
- Families for Effective Autism Treatment
- Family Ties of Nevada
- Family Voices
- Food Bank of Northern Nevada
- Grant Sawyer Center for Justice Studies
- Great Basin Resource Watch
- HAWC Inc.
- Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties
- Hearthstone of Northern Nevada
- High Sierra Industries WARC & Fallon
- HOPE Nevada
- Lyon Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Lyon County Sheriff
- Mineral County CHN
- MoveOn.org of Southern Nevada
- My Mindful Change
- National Association of Social Workers (Nevada Chapter)
- Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood
- Nevada Association of Health Underwriters
- Nevada Conservation League
- Nevada Hispanic Services
- Nevada Institute for Children’s Research & Policy
- Nevada Lawyers for Progressive Policy
- Nevada Legal Services
- Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence
- Nevada PEP
- Nevada Senior Services
- Nevada State Education Association
- Nevada Statewide Coalition Partnership
- Nevada Women’s Lobby
- Nevada Youth Coalition
- Northern Nevada Immunization Center
- Organized Karma
- Partners in Parenting
- People First of Nevada
- Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
- Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada
- ProgressNow Nevada
- Public Resource Associates
- Rebuilding All Goals Effectively (RAGE)
- ReStart
- Safe Embrace
- Sensible Nevada
- Senior Spectrum Newspaper
- Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter
- Sierra Interfaith Action for Peace
- Stagecoach Hospital District
- Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada
- The Continuum
- The Life Change Center
- The Note-Ables
- Turning Point, Inc.
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada
- UNR School of Social Work
- UUFNN/Social Justice Council
- Women & Children’s Center of the Sierra
- Youth Transition Project
- Deborah Achtenberg (Chair of Philosophy, Chair of Religious Studies, UNR)
- Jill B. Jones (Emeritus Associate Professor, UNR)
- Diana Haberland, private citizen
- Ryan Brewer, private citizen
- Sally Dutton, private citizen
- Erik Schoen, private citizen
- Nicole Schomberg, private citizen
- Kari, Horn, private citizen
- Tom Durante, private citizen, past president of NASW (Nevada Chapter)
- Richard L. Siegel, private citizen
- Mary Lee Fulkerson, private citizen
- Russ Rougeau, private citizen
- Karen Picus, EdD, occupational therapist
- Stephanie Schoen, OTR/L, development disability advocate
- Edna Meza, UNR student senator
- Helen L. Nolte, private citizen
- Jan Crandy, private citizen
- Patti Meals, private citizen
- Misty Vaughan Allen, private citizen, Human Services Network
