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Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Las Vegas Sands Announce the 2024 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit on Nov. 8
LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / August 8, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands: Registration for the 8th annua...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Las Vegas Sands Announce the 2024 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit on Nov. 8LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / August 8, 2024 / Las Vegas Sands:Registration for the 8th annual conference bringing together stakeholders to address Nevada's growing youth homelessness crisis opens Aug. 5.Published by Las Vegas Sands on July 23rd, 2024Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) announced the 2024 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit will take place Friday, Nov. 8, at Las Vegas City Hall. Registration for the state's premier youth homelessness advocacy event opens Aug. 5 at nphy.org/Summit24.With support from the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the eighth annual Summit will continue igniting the statewide Movement to End Youth Homelessness by charting the path to build the state's first standalone plan to end youth homelessness.\"We've seen an uptick in the number of youth experiencing homelessness, and we know that youth homelessness affects every corner of Nevada,\" Arash Ghafoori, CEO of NPHY, said. \"In year two of our expanded statewide lens, Summit 2024 continues to be a critical community convening to address the urgent need for action in Nevada and build on the significant systemic work and progress made over the past year. The Movement to End Youth Homelessness is joining communities throughout the state to leverage collective efforts for driving greater change. Summit 2024 will lead the charge in further uniting so that we can create a brighter, safer future for our vulnerable youth.\"According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the number of young people experiencing homelessness in Nevada increased by 14% from 2022 to 2023. In addition, homelessness risk factors have accelerated as Nevada is facing the most extreme shortage of affordable housing in the nation, with only 14 affordable rentals available for every 100 extremely low-income rental households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.Development of a statewide plan to end youth homelessness is targeted to begin in 2025 and will model creation of the Southern Nevada Plan to End Youth Homelessness, which included more than 40 local and national cross-sector stakeholder partner groups and was introduced at the 2018 Summit. I...