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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
From mentoring to volunteering, practical ways to make a difference for young people.
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.
How a single caring adult can change the trajectory of a young person's life.