Nearly 3,000 youth experiencing homelessness in Nevada reached out to various social service providers for help last year, a number that more than likely falls orders of magnitude short of the actual number of youths who lack stable housing.

Yet infrastructure and funding to prevent and end homelessness among youth is sorely lacking, a recent statewide report found.

Youth-serving nonprofits and advocacy groups, state and local agencies, homeless service providers, youth who have experienced homelessness, and social workers all collaborated on the two-year study, according to Nevada Current . The findings were released in August in the Youth Experiencing Homelessness Statewide Report.

The report showed there were 2,834 youth ages 12 to 24 who were identified in 2024 through the Homeles

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