New Hours for Nevada’s DMV

Since March 20, 2020, I’ve been unemployed, because of the state shutting down for a two-week  period to ‘flatten the curve’ on COVID-19. That is 150 days ago.

During this time, the company I worked for permanently closed its facility, and I’ve been unable to collect any unemployment benefits because I can’t get through either the online system or by phone.  I’ve even emailed Senator’s Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, as well Congressman Mark Amodei’s offices for help with this, but they can’t be bothered to respond.

On August 6, I wrote a letter to the Department of Training, Education and Rehabilitation (DETR) and as of yet, have received no response. Then yesterday morning, it was announced that Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicle’s is increasing their hours of operation Monday through Friday’s.

Here’s the final rub: when called, DETR’s automated telephone recording states that they can only help callers with claims on “Monday’s and Wednesday’s.” Furthermore, they state that the remaining workdays are dedicated to “providing ‘information.”