Federal education funding freeze impacts Las Vegas valley non-profits

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Several non-profits in the Las Vegas valley are adjusting to losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in education funding after the Trump Administration put a freeze on some funding.

The White House announced earlier this month that it was reviewing $6.8 billion in education funding for some after-school and English language learning programs.

There are 13 Boys & Girls Club locations across the Las Vegas valley and they offer before-and-after-school programming for children from ages 5 to 18. Yet, a federal funding freeze has left them flatfooted. 

The Trump Administration over the weekend unfroze $1.3 billion for after-school programs, which could be good news for After-School All-Stars Greater Las Vegas.

The non-profit’s executive director Jodi Manzella said $1.5 million is being withheld, impacting programs at 13 Clark County School District schools.

U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nevada, held a press conference last Friday at After-School All-Stars, a non-profit she founded.

“This type of uncertainty. Are the funds there? Are they not there? It’s incredibly disruptive. It’s not a way to run our country and it’s certainly not a way to run an organization,” Lee said.