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NRS In The NewsThis area displays articles written about the National Runaway Switchboard. Click on the link to view the article. For older articles, select a year on the left. Running in the ShadowsA two-part article and video series in the New York Times on the growing number of young runaways in the United States, exploring how they survive and efforts by the authorities to help them.
When No One's Looking: Surviving As A Runaway (video): As an increasing number of runaway children are trying to survive on the streets, a group of teenagers in Medford, Ore., use a number of legal and illegal strategies to get by. When No One's Looking: Runaways, Sex, and Survival (video): How pimps target runaways, luring them into a world of under-age prostitution, and how law enforcement officers try to intervene. For a free hard copy of the New York Times articles and/or videos, please contact Outreach Coordinator Lashawnda Carter.
More Teens Running Away, Citing Family DynamicsWBBM-TV (CBS 2, Chicago) – November 3, 2009 Minors 15-17 Years-Old Can Buy Greyhound TicketKNDO - March 20, 2009 Number of homeless teens increasing in sinking economyNews 8 Austin - March 11, 2009 |
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