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Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Las Vegas Sands Announce the 2025 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit on Nov. 14
Registration for the ninth annual conference bringing together stakeholders to address Nevada's growing youth homelessness crisis opens Aug. 11. Published by Las Vegas Sands on August 5, 2025 LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESS Newswire / September 18, 2025 / ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Registration for the ninth annual conference bringing together stakeholders to address Nevada's growing youth homelessness crisis opens Aug. 11.","length":148,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Published by Las Vegas Sands on August 5, 2025","length":46,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"LAS VEGAS, NV / ACCESS Newswire / September 18, 2025 / Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) today announced the 2025 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit will take place Friday, Nov. 14, at the Historic Fifth Street School in Downtown Las Vegas. Registration for the state's premier youth homelessness advocacy event opens Aug. 11 at nphy.org/Summit25.","length":391,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"With support from the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the ninth 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.","length":286,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""Over the past year, Nevada has made significant strides in the fight to end youth homelessness that are worth celebrating - but new challenges and quickly shifting realities are putting more young people at risk," Arash Ghafoori, CEO of NPHY, said. "Summit 2025 will unite Nevadans to take full ownership of our response to this crisis by creating, funding and driving the solutions we want to see in our state. This year, we're putting an even greater spotlight on youth voices because when we listen to their experiences and follow their vision, we are able to build bold, sustainable strategies that truly work for our young people."","length":661,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, youth homelessness in Clark County increased 34% from 2023 to 2024. Statewide, the number of young people experiencing homelessness increased by 27% from 2023 to 2024. In addition, homelessness risk factors have accelerated as Nevada is facing the most extreme shortage of affordable housing in the nation, with only 17 affordable rentals available for every 100 extremely low-income rental households, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.","length":525,"tagName":"p"},{"ty...