Registration for the 8th annual conference
bringing together stakeholders to address Nevada's growing youth homelessness crisis
opens Aug. 5.
LAS
VEGAS, July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevada
Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:
LVS) today 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. In preparation, this year's Summit
will coalesce efforts currently being pursued across Nevada and explore concrete steps for uniting
stakeholders to achieve statewide change.
This ground work will culminate in Nevada's plan to end youth homelessness after
the June 2025 completion of the
statewide Youth Experiencing Homelessness Study, which is being
conducted to provide an accurate representation of youth
experiencing homelessness in Nevada.
Summit 2024 aims to build lasting and comprehensive solutions by
incorporating the viewpoints and voices of a broad group of
stakeholders, including young people with lived experience, social
service providers, educators, policymakers, federal partners, local
and state government representatives, business leaders,
philanthropists, concerned community members and more. This year's
Summit will explore the statewide work already being pursued
through the Movement and share a bold vision for its future,
delving into action steps for how Nevada can come together to achieve
transformative change now and over the next few years.
To register for Summit 2024, visit nphy.org/summit24 beginning
August 5. Conference registration is
$100 through September 30 and $175 starting on October
1. Information on the Summit 2024 agenda and speakers will
begin posting at nphy.org/summit24 when registration opens.
About Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
NPHY is
the most comprehensive service provider for the thousands of
homeless youth in Southern Nevada,
serving hundreds of youth through core programs and touching the
lives of thousands more through outreach each year. NPHY's programs
stabilize homeless teens' lives, meeting their immediate needs and
providing a safe, supportive environment and a path to
self-sufficiency. Through work with homeless youth, NPHY creates
productive, healthy adults who contribute to society. Strengthening
and complementing the high-quality direct services for homeless
youth, NPHY is dedicated to advocating with and for the Las Vegas
Valley's homeless youth population and serves as a leader in
systems-level efforts to eliminate homelessness among Nevada's youth. For more information or to
support our life-changing work for homeless youth, please visit
www.nphy.org.
About Sands (NYSE: LVS)
Sands is the
leading global developer and operator of integrated resorts.
Our iconic properties drive valuable leisure and business
tourism and deliver significant economic benefits, sustained job
creation, financial opportunities for local businesses and
community investment to help make our host regions ideal places to
live, work and visit.
Sands' portfolio of properties includes Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and The Venetian Macao, The
Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza and Four
Seasons Hotel Macao, and Sands Macao in Macao SAR, China, through majority ownership in Sands
China Ltd.
Sands is dedicated to being a leader in corporate
responsibility, anchored by our core tenets of serving people,
planet and communities. Our ESG leadership has led to inclusion on
the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for World and North America. To learn more, visit
www.sands.com.
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