1-800-RUNAWAY | NATIONAL RUNAWAY SAFELINE
Provides a confidential crisis hotline and online services to call, chat, or email. Offers solution-focused crisis intervention, referrals to local resources, education, and prevention assistance for youth and families. Services include youth-initiated Conference Calls, which facilitates a call between the youth and their family or a helping agency; Home Free, which offers a free bus ticket home or to an alternate living arrangement; and Message Service, which takes messages from parents that the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) will deliver to the youth if they choose to call the hotline to check for messages. Individuals may also post on the online forum. For Home Free, youth under age 18 can only return to a parent or legal guardian, which may include a non-custodial parent, sibling age 21 or older, or an extended family member, such as aunt or uncle. If parents call asking for help in finding their kids, National Runaway Safeline can refer them to local police departments and national organizations such as National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for additional support.
Categories
Last Assured
12/23/2024
Physical Address
3141b North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
Hours
24hours/365days
Voice
Fax
(773) 929-5150
Application process
By Chat; By Email; By Telephone; By Website; Information On Website
Eligibility
Runaway, Homeless, or At-Risk Youth Ages 12-24; Family Members/Legal Guardians; Home Free: Youth Ages 12-21
Service area
Vermont
Agency info
NATIONAL RUNAWAY SAFELINE
The National Runaway Safeline (NRS) is a national non-profit organization that operates a confidential hotline and online crisis service to help keep America’s runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth safe and off the streets. NRS serves as the federally designated national communication system for runaway and homeless youth.