Sisolak: PETS program delivers more than $100 million to nearly 9,400 organizations

Gov. Steve Sisolak speaks at a roundtable discussion with reporters about the 2021 session in Carson City on June 1, 2021. Photo: David Calvert / The Nevada Independent

by Sean Golonka

Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday that a pandemic-related grant program aimed at assisting small businesses and nonprofits has administered more than $100 million to nearly 9,400 Nevada businesses and organizations.

Sisolak, joined by fellow Democrat and Treasurer Zach Conine, delivered the announcement about the Pandemic Emergency Technical Support Program (PETS) at a news conference and roundtable discussion with business owners in Las Vegas.

“Almost 9,400 small businesses and nonprofit organizations were able to receive assistance under this program, which helped them to make their payroll, pay their rent and utilities [and] keep their doors open throughout the pandemic,” Sisolak said. “Simply put, this was the largest small business program in Nevada history.”

The PETS program launched on Oct. 19 after an earlier state effort to administer commercial rent assistance awarded less than half of its approved funds. The program offered broad eligibility, and in the four days the program was open for applications, the state received more than 13,500 submissions — about 10 times the amount the rent program received.

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