A limited-time price break on annual membership is meant to get more Las Vegas Valley kids into structured before and after school programming before the new year starts.
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Camp RennerVation's teen session brought foster and at-risk youth from Las Vegas to the Lake Tahoe wilderness this month, pairing firefighters, hockey players and hot air balloons with a bigger goal: building confidence at no cost to families.
Construction has started on the first of twelve planned youth sports fields in downtown Reno, a project organizers say is the region's first new flat-field build since 2010 and a chance to widen access for young athletes across northern Nevada.
Facing a jump in demand from young families, the City of Henderson has added five new preschool classes for 2026-27 and broken ground on a second early childhood center in the Cadence community, opening more seats for the youngest Nevadans.
From mentoring to volunteering, practical ways to make a difference for young people.
A $120,000 community grant will fund a purpose-built outreach depot for a Las Vegas youth-serving nonprofit, giving outreach workers a secure home base to store and distribute the food, hygiene items, and first-aid supplies that keep vulnerable young people connected to help.
A yearly folding-and-flying contest at Terminal 3 gave dozens of Southern Nevada kids a hands-on look at the many jobs that keep an airport running.
New federal grant funding is more than doubling the city's AmeriCorps corps, sending fresh members into literacy tutoring, mobile pre-K outreach, and youth mentorship work across the valley this fall.
A law-enforcement-led mentoring initiative has graduated hundreds of Las Vegas Valley youth since 2021, pairing officers with teens for twelve weeks of trust-building, leadership skills and career exploration.
A free day camp at Grand Prix Plaza put 160 Southern Nevada teens behind the wheel this month, mixing go-kart racing with hands-on STEM lessons and a reminder that motorsports careers stretch far beyond driving.
A competitive youth soccer club in Las Vegas recently converted from a for-profit academy to nonprofit status, with one goal driving the change: make sure a family's income never determines whether a young athlete gets to play at a competitive level.
A community-based tutoring and mentorship program serving Las Vegas Valley children posted a full year of reading gains, a reminder that consistent, caring adult support can change a child's academic path.
An illegal Fourth of July firework tore a hole in the roof of a southwest Las Vegas youth sports complex, displacing thousands of young athletes while repairs and an investigation get underway.
From structured resume workshops to real-world job placements paired with adult mentor support, Southern Nevada's youth employment programs are giving teenagers their first professional experience at exactly the moment when it matters most. Here is what families and community supporters should know.
From archery ranges and rock climbing walls at a 72-acre Mojave Desert property to teen leadership retreats at Lake Tahoe, Nevada's 4-H summer camps offer youth a hands-on experience that builds skills and confidence at once.
With 41,000-plus youth enrolled in Nevada 4-H programs and two overnight summer camps to staff, the University of Nevada Extension program is actively recruiting adult and teen volunteers across the state.
A free, volunteer-led camp in Minden is pairing horseback riding and rope work with mentorship from working cowboys, rodeo athletes, and first responders, and it is a model worth watching for youth programs statewide.
On March 11, 2026, Nevada's education leadership released a new strategic plan organized around five core priorities. The goals address everything from early literacy to career-connected learning, and they set the direction for how Nevada schools will serve young people in the coming years.
Nevada's high school athletic association has cleared the way for varsity lacrosse statewide, and while the Las Vegas area's largest school district is taking an extra year to prepare, summer clinics around the valley are already putting sticks in kids' hands.
Two significant developments in Nevada's youth support network took shape this summer: a statewide merger that unifies financial literacy programs for K-12 students, and a renewed corporate commitment to ending youth homelessness.
The University of Nevada, Reno's Learn, Empower, Achieve, Dream Week brought Tribal high school students from across the region to campus this June for hands-on learning, career exploration, and connections to Nevada's growing clean energy and technology workforce.
Starting July 1, Nevada families can fill out a single application to view and apply to 99 participating pre-K programs statewide. The new system, available at First5Nevada.org, simplifies a process that previously required separate applications for each provider.
With Nevada ranked last in the nation for youth mental health access, a Las Vegas nonprofit built a short, school-based curriculum to hand teens practical coping skills. It started in three campuses and is already reaching more, including a recent run for eighth graders.
The state has opened the second round of the Youth Outdoor Growth and Innovation Grant Program, backed by the governor's office and run through the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreation, with schools, nonprofits and community groups statewide able to apply for funding through October 5.
More than 107,000 students in Clark County School District alone participate in music, performing arts, and visual arts programs. The scope of Nevada's youth creative education is larger than most people realize, and the community impact is measurable.
Nevada's youth leadership landscape saw meaningful developments in 2026, from student delegates representing the state in Washington, D.C. through the U.S. Senate Youth Program to a state mentoring commission distributing $25,000 in micro-grants to local programs. Here is a look at what is available for young Nevadans and how communities can support youth civic development this year.
Registration opens July 14 for the 2026 Nevada Youth Homelessness Summit, a gathering of service providers, government agencies, advocates, and young people with lived experience of homelessness. The summit marks ten years of organized effort to build lasting solutions for the estimated 3,000 unaccompanied youth who access homeless services across Nevada in any given year.
An award-winning adventure program in Douglas County has served 313 youth since 2023, and Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada reached 26,007 students last school year. The picture of youth development in Nevada in 2026 is active, outdoor, and growing.
A North Las Vegas graduation ceremony last week put a spotlight on what modern workforce-readiness programs are doing differently: pairing hands-on construction and safety training with digital credentials including AI prompting and drone operation, preparing young people for a labor market that needs both.
A Southern Nevada nonprofit built around mentorship, structure, and second chances has quietly become one of the valley's steadiest resources for at-risk youth. Here's how the program works, and why year-round consistency matters more than any single event.
A phased build-out along the Truckee River corridor is putting tournament-ready soccer and lacrosse fields within walking distance of downtown Reno, with a nonprofit partner working to make sure the opportunity reaches more than just travel-team families.
With the Clark County School District calendar set to open August 10, a coalition of police, cities, businesses and volunteers spent the past two weeks handing out backpacks, health screenings and free haircuts to get local kids ready.
After a long day of practices, games, and youth programs, families need an easy, affordable place to eat together. Here's one our community keeps recommending.
Sixteen local nonprofits have been selected for a new round of Community Impact Grant funding, with youth opportunity work anchoring a broader push to strengthen families across four Southern Nevada counties.
For nearly three decades, the University of Nevada, Reno has spent summer filling its halls with kids instead of undergrads. This year's lineup of 27 weeklong camps adds guitar lessons, a spy-themed detective track and a golf clinic to a roster built to make ages seven through fourteen feel like campus regulars.
A record round of 2026 grants from the two hockey club foundations is flowing to more than 45 Las Vegas Valley nonprofits, with youth sports and education programs among the biggest winners.
How a single caring adult can change the trajectory of a young person's life.
Sixteen young people in North Las Vegas completed workforce training and earned industry-recognized credentials through Chicanos Por La Causa's YouthBuild and Growth Opportunity programs, making the class of 2026 a meaningful milestone for Nevada's youth development sector.