Addressing the full scope of Nevada's youth homelessness crisis, the
seventh annual Summit moves to a statewide focus and sets the stage
for the state's first comprehensive plan to address the
issue.
LAS
VEGAS, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nevada
Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:
LVS) today announced the expanded Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit
will take place Nov. 8 at The Smith
Center for the Performing Arts.
With support from the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the seventh annual Summit
shifts to a statewide focus, recognizing the imperative to attack
the youth homelessness issue with a broader movement that can more
effectively address state-level policy initiatives and create
collaborations for innovative solutions.
This year's Summit will provide the foundation to build the
state's first plan to end youth homelessness, modeling the effort
to build the Southern Nevada Plan to End Youth Homelessness that
had been curated through previous Summits.
"The scope of the youth homelessness crisis extends throughout
the state of Nevada, and we know
that we can no longer focus just on Southern Nevada to create lasting change,"
Arash Ghafoori, CEO, NPHY, said. "We
must join forces with the host of great organizations throughout
Nevada to aid vulnerable young
people and youth in crisis. Youth homelessness is bigger than any
one sector and any region."
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, in 2022 roughly 12% of youth experiencing homelessness
across the United States were
residing in Nevada. In addition,
homelessness risk factors have accelerated as the state of
Nevada is facing an estimated
shortage of more than 80,000 affordable rentals for extremely
low-income tenants, according to the National Low Income Housing
Coalition.
To expand The Movement to End Youth Homelessness
statewide, a steering committee is spearheading content planning
and participant engagement for Summit 2023. Members include
representatives from University of Nevada,
Reno; Eddy House; ACLU
Nevada; Nevada Department of Education; Nevada Homeless Alliance;
Nevada Housing Coalition; Clark
County School District; St. Jude's Ranch for Children;
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las
Vegas Sands; Clark County Social Service; Help Hope Home; Southern
Nevada Regional Housing Authority; and NPHY, with collaboration
from the Northern Nevada Continuum of Care and Balance of State
Continuum of Care.
Registration for Summit 2023 opens on August 24, and conference tickets are
$100. Information about the Summit
2023 agenda and speakers will be posted in August at
https://nphy.org/summit23.
About Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth
(NPHY)
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 world's
preeminent developer and operator of world-class 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 Plaza
and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, The Londoner Macao, The Parisian
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 the 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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