- 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.
- Teens in Trouble: Runaways - http://www.lv.psu.edu/jkl1/teens/runaways.html
Listing of runaway related links maintained by a parent for other parents from the site "Teens in Trouble: A Survival Page for Parents".
- 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.
- 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.
- Missing Son - http://hometown.aol.com/dustwaits/lovewaits.html
Parents of missing children share their experiences through this site, which also offers helpful hotlines and links.
- Precious Heart: Archives: Runaway Children - http://www.preciousheart.net/Main_Archives/Crisis-Grief_Archive/12--Runaway%20Children.htm
The site provides bibliographies of publications related to the runaway experience in various categories such as "international works", "bibliographies and resource books", "shelters, law enforcement and psychology", and "legal, congresses and legislation".
- 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.
- When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide - http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/childismissing/contents.html
Written by others who have experienced the trauma of a missing child, this excellent site offers a wealth of practical information and advice, as well as words of hope and encouragement, to parents of missing children.
- Home Free Bus Service - http://www.nrscrisisline.org/kids_homefree.asp
Greyhound Lines, in conjunction with the National Runaway Switchboard, provides free one way transportation for runaway children returning home.
- 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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