Las Vegas Sands Tuesday announced a contribution of $300,000 to its long-time partner, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. Since 2014, Sands has contributed more than $2.3 million to the non-profit organization.
“For nearly 10 years, Sands has been one of our most committed partners, profoundly impacting the trajectory of our organization and enabling us to expand the care and advocacy we provide for our youth,” said NPHY CEO Arash Ghafoori in a statement. “The 2023 partnership is reflective of our ongoing strategic planning with Sands and its commitment to deeply understanding the youth homelessness issue and what is needed to give youth in crisis a pathway to sustainable independence and a bright future.”
The contribution helps NPHY in three areas: 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.
Sands contributions fund classes at the NPHY Drop-In Center; in-house and contracted mental health services: and necessities including food, hygiene items, clothing, transportation, health care and educational materials. Funding also supports the NPHY Drop-In Center, its emergency shelter program and ongoing youth outreach efforts.
Sands and NPHY recently announced a continued partnership to co-present the Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit, which NPHY and Sands have hosted annually since 2017.
“Our commitment to ending youth homelessness in Southern Nevada is one of the cornerstones of our Sands Cares program in Las Vegas because of the tremendous need in our region – and because we greatly value and believe in the capability of NPHY to uplift young people facing these circumstances,” said Sand Senior Vice President of Global and Corporate Affairs Ron Reese. “Whether it’s delivering programs and services to youth in crisis, building ultimate solutions or leading The Movement to End Youth Homelessness, NPHY has a vision and model that we believe can drastically reduce the impact on young lives and the incidence of youth homelessness in our state.”
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, roughly 12% of youth experiencing homelessness across the United States were residing in Nevada in 2022, with 81% concentrated in Southern Nevada.
