Las Vegas Sands Corp., Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Announce First Annual Youth Homelessness Summit

While many other communities across the nation have developed coordinated plans to end youth homelessness, Southern Nevada must band together to create systemic and lasting change for this exceptionally vulnerable population. Southern Nevada is also in direct competition with other communities for very limited federal government and national foundation dollars for homeless youth programs, making it even harder for our community to create and offer critical services.

"Our city's homeless youth get lost in a system that is currently better at addressing the outcomes of their situation – for example, crime, substance abuse, trafficking, pregnancy and truancy – instead of the root cause of not having the fundamental support system of a reliable home," said Arash Ghafoori, executive director of Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth. "We can impact many of these issues if we solve the underlying problem of getting kids off the streets. Our theme of 'Intersections' underscores the need to address all of the facets that contribute to youth homelessness and exacerbate the impact on our community."

For more information about Intersections: The 2017 Southern Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit, please visit http://www.nphy.org/summit17/ .

About Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the world's pre-eminent developer and operator of world-class Integrated Resorts that feature luxury hotels; best-in-class gaming; retail; dining and entertainment; Meetings, Incentives, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) facilities; and many other business and leisure amenities.  LVS pioneered the MICE-driven Integrated Resort, a unique, industry-leading and extremely successful model that serves both the business and leisure tourism markets.

LVS properties include The Venetian and The Palazzo resorts and Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Sands Bethlehem in Eastern Pennsylvania, and the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Through majority ownership in Sands China Ltd., LVS owns a portfolio of properties on the Cotai Strip in Macao, including The Venetian Macao, The Plaza and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Sands Cotai Central and The Parisian Macao, as well as the Sands Macao on the Macao Peninsula.

LVS is dedicated to being a good corporate citizen, anchored by the core tenets of delivering a great working environment for our more than 50,000 team members worldwide, driving impact through its Sands Cares corporate giving program and leading innovation with the company's award-winning Sands ECO360° global sustainability program. To learn more, please visit www.sands.com.

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 our 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 our work with homeless youth, NPHY creates productive, healthy adults who contribute to society. For more information or to support our life-changing work for homeless youth, please visit www.nphy.org. 

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