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Sands' 2023 Support for Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Targets the Immediate Needs and Emotional Well-Being of Youth in Crisis, While Aiming to Build Lasting Solutions
Published by Las Vegas Sands on July 18, 2023 LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2023 /...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Sands’ 2023 Support for Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Targets the Immediate Needs and Emotional Well-Being of Youth in Crisis, While Aiming to Build Lasting SolutionsPublished by Las Vegas Sands on July 18, 2023LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2023 / Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) announced it has contributed $300,000 to its long-time partner Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY), bringing the company's total contributions to the fight to end youth homelessness with NPHY to more than $2.3 million since 2014.The multi-faceted engagement is fueling NPHY's work in three areas: assisting the nonprofit in providing immediate relief to youth in crisis, helping create lasting solutions that build NPHY's capacity to address youth homelessness, and powering The Movement to End Youth Homelessness as co-presenter of the Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit and through support for NPHY's ongoing advocacy efforts.Specifically, funding in the areas of immediate relief and lasting solutions is targeting the social and emotional well-being of youth experiencing homelessness with direct support for classes and activities at the NPHY Drop-In Center as well as in-house and contracted mental health services. Sands' investment in these areas recognizes the vital need to address the impact of the situations NPHY's clients face, build self-esteem and confidence, and put youth on a course not just to survive, but to thrive.Sands' contribution also is assisting NPHY in addressing its youth clients' immediate needs for food, hygiene items, clothing, transportation, health care and educational materials, while providing general support for NPHY's emergency services touch points including the Safe Place program, the NPHY Drop-In Center, the Emergency Shelter program and ongoing youth outreach efforts. Integral to these operations is funding to support an additional staff person to enhance program delivery.Finally, Sands and NPHY recently announced their continued partnership to co-present the Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit, which NPHY and Sands have hosted annually since 2017. Sands' support is enabling NPHY to expand the Summit and The Movement to End Youth Homelessness statewide and continue holding advocacy trainings through The Movement Institute, which was launched at Summit 2022.\"For nearly 10 years, Sands has been on...