Vegas homeless youth drop-in center expands (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)

Las Vegas Review-Journal
(8/13/2014 4:39 PM, Yesenia Amaro)

An organization that helps homeless youth in Southern Nevada is expanding to be able to provide more services for the vulnerable population. The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth will expand its drop-in center thanks to a $350, 000 grant from Nevada Women’s Philanthropy and a construction donation of a minimum of $175,000 from HomeAid Southern Nevada. The expansion consists of 6,200 square feet, which used to be the house next door to the drop-in center. State Sen. Ruben Kihuen, D-Las Vegas, Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow and Arash Ghafoori, executive director of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, among others, spoke during the groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning. Many people don’t realize how severe youth homelessness is in the community, Ghafoori said. The organization provides services such as food, clothes and transitional housing to get the youth off the streets. “Getting them off the streets today before they become tomorrow’s homeless adults,” he said.