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We run services across the country that try to understand why children go missing and then give them the support to stop them running. We also work closely with families and the police to make sure children who do go missing are properly supported when they are found.
The Let’s Talk: Runaway Prevention Curriculum is a free, interactive tool designed to help youth build life skills, increase knowledge about runaway resources, educate about alternatives to running away and encourage youth to access and seek help from trusted community members.
- (773) 880-9860
- communications@1800runaway.org
The National Runaway Safeline (NRS), a service funded by the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families, provides crisis intervention services to young people.
- What Is A Runaway Youth Shelter?
- Services Provided by Runaway Youth Shelters
- How Runaway Shelters Can Help
- How to Locate A Shelter For Youth in Your Area
Runaway shelters for youth provide temporary housing, food, and specialized counseling for teens who run away from home. They offer a safe place for these youth to live as they work to face and confront their individual issues and concerns. Youth shelters also help families plan out the next steps necessary for dealing with the circumstances they f...
One potential goal of a shelter for youth runaways is to reunite the family. They might do this by identifying the issues the family faces, then helping to resolve them. In cases where it isn't safe for the youth to return home, runaway shelters can work with the teen to find a safer and more permanent living arrangement. Runaway shelters for yout...
When a teen goes to a youth shelter, this can be a healthy decision to seek support and start resolving the issues they are experiencing. Shelters for youth are established and run by staff that is trained to understand, work with, and advocate for teens who run from difficult family relationshipsand troubling situations. Shelters can assist a teen...
Youth can contact Safe Place to help find the location of local youth shelters. Its TXT 4 HELP programallows youth to text the word SAFE and their current location (address, city, and state) to 44357 to be connected to a Safe Place site. Another option is to call the National Runaway Safelineat 1-800-RUNAWAY as this helpline is available any time o...
Runaway Helpline is a service for 11-17 year olds run by the charity Missing People a: PO Box 28908, London, SW14 7ZU t: 020 8392 4590 e: supporters@missingpeople.org.uk
We are here to listen and advise you if: someone runs away or goes missing from your care. you are worried about a young person and would like some advice. you are concerned about a problem in...
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If you are feeling like running away or are away from home, we are here to listen. Call or Text 116 000 or email 116000@www.runawayhelpline.org.uk. For free and in confidence. For info about 1-2-1 chat times or to chat live, click the pink chat button below.
