National Runaway Switchboard -- http://www.nrscrisisline.org/
This 24-hour hotline service for U.S. parents and youth offers crisis intervention, message service, educational information, referrals, and runaway searches.
Missing Indian Kids -- http://www.missingindiankids.com/missing/
Site designed to help locate missing children in India.
Child CyberSEARCH Canada -- http://www.childcybersearch.org
Maintains a database of missing Canadian children and offers educational information related to runaways and abducted children.
Understanding and Preventing Teenage Runaways -- http://www.education-options.com/articles/runawayprevention.htm
Practical advice for parents and professionals including the motivations of teenage runaways, problems that increase the risk, warning signs, effective communication and steps to reduce the risk.
Runaway Lives: Personal Stories and Reflections by Runaways and Their Families -- http://www.lv.psu.edu/jkl1/runawaylives
Forum for runaways and their family members to share their experiences through writings or images.
Covenant House -- http://www.covenanthouse.org/en/standard/index.htm
One of the largest privately-funded childcare agencies in the U.S., Covenant House provides services to homeless and runaway youth. The website addresses both youth considering running away and their parents, and offers information and confidential hotlines.
StandUp For Kids On-Line -- http://www.standupforkids.org/
Recipient of national (U.S.) awards and recognition, StandUp For Kids is an all volunteer organization working on the streets to help runaway and homeless youth.
4thekids Missing Child Alert Services -- http://fourthekids.org
Contains files of missing child reports, news, resources for families and details of the investigative team.
Yahoo! : Investigative Services: Missing Persons -- http://au.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/business_to_business/investigative_services/missing_persons/
Yahoo! directory list of commercial agencies which offer missing person location services.
Focus Adolescent Services: Runaways and Missing Children: Resources -- http://www.focusas.com
Focus Adolescent Services's site on teenage problems includes a listing of helpful online runaway resources.
Helping Runaway and Homeless Youth Grow up Safe and Secure -- http://www.hhs.gov/news/speeches/990208a.html
In this 1999 speech, Sec. of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala emphasizes the importance of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
Youth Link of America -- http://www.youthlinkofamerica.org/
Nonprofit organization devoted to helping runaway and homeless youth find the resources needed. Contains events and newsletter.
The Runaway Game -- http://therunawaygame.com/
This "choose-your-own-adventure" style hypertext novel with 20 different endings was created to help teenagers understand the realities of life as a runaway. At the end of each chapter, readers make choices which lead to different scenarios.
Missing Child Search -- http://www.missingchildsearch.net
Site listing organizations to search for a missing child.
Project i - study of homeless young people -- http://www.kcwh.unimelb.edu.au/projecti/
Homesite of a five year study and services funded by the National Institute of Mental Health focusing on homeless youth in Los Angeles, USA and Melbourne, Australia.
Texas Runaway Hotline -- http://www.tdprs.state.tx.us/runaway_hotline/
This nonprofit hotline service provides crisis intervention and telephone counseling, information and referrals for callers seeking food, shelter and transportation home, and confidential conference calls between runaways and their families.
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