National Runaway Safeline

Last month, Chicago's National Runaway Switchboard became the National Runaway Safeline. For nearly 40 years, the Family and Youth Services Bureau has funded the organization to be the federally designated national communication system for runaway and homeless youth.
As of January 15, 2013, the National Runaway Switchboard begins doing business as the National Runaway Safeline.
Hundreds of organizations around the country work hard every day to give shelter, food, counseling and support to young people who have run away or become homeless. The Family and Youth Services Bureau funds many of those programs. It also provides a network of support services: a national hotline for runaway youth, a training and technical assistance center, and us—the National...
For ten years, the Family and Youth Services Bureau, the National Runaway Switchboard – a federally funded crisis hotline for at-risk youth and their families – and a range of national and local organizations have marked November as National Runaway Prevention Month. Each year, FYSB, NRS and their partners spend November raising awareness about the issues facing runaway youth and...
As part of the tenth annual National Runaway Prevention Month this November, the National Runaway Switchboard will hold a Social Media Day of Action on November 1. Here's what they recommend you do on that day if you want to take part:
The executive director of the National Runaway Switchboard answers our questions about "Why They Run: An In-depth Look at America’s Runaway Youth."  
The executive director of the National Runaway Switchboard answers our questions about "Why They Run: An In-depth Look at America’s Runaway Youth." Time: 2:44 | Size: 1.6 MB | Transcript
Social networking—a term that encompasses websites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Friendster and LinkedIn—is all the rage, and youth-serving organizations have jumped on the bandwagon. "Social networks are a free and simple way to connect to whatever audience you are trying to target," says Lashawnda Carter, outreach coordinator for the National Runaway Switchboard, or...
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