LAS VEGAS—Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY) and Las Vegas Sands announced the 2025 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit will take place Friday, November 14, at the Historic Fifth Street School in Downtown Las Vegas. Registration for the state’s premier youth homelessness advocacy event opened August 11 at nphy.org/Summit25.
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.
“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.”
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, youth homelessness in Clark County increased 34 percent from 2023 to 2024. Statewide, the number of young people experiencing homelessness increased by 27 percent 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.
Important Planning After the Summit
Following the Summit in November 2025, development of the state’s first standalone plan to end youth homelessness will begin in 2026. Plan development will model the Southern Nevada Plan to End Youth Homelessness, introduced in 2018, for which more than 40 local and national cross-sector stakeholder groups came together to create the blueprint for action.
In preparation for 2026 plan development, this year’s Summit will debut findings of the statewide Youth Experiencing Homelessness Study, which serves as the Movement’s statewide needs assessment and provides a robust evaluation of the landscape of youth experiencing homelessness in Nevada.
Summit 2025 will convene young people with lived experience of homelessness, service providers, government agencies, civic and political leaders and members of the private sector for a day of inspirational sessions. Elements will include an update on progress made in the Movement to End Youth Homelessness as a foundation for next steps, along with informative presentations and group discussions on intersectional issues, trends impacting vulnerable young people and youth insights.
To register for Summit 2025, visit nphy.org/summit25. Conference registration is $100 through September 19 and $175 starting on September 20. Information on the Summit 2025 agenda and speakers will begin posting at nphy.org/summit25 in September.
