1. National Runaway Safeline
If you want to look at other options so that you don't have to run away, you can ask them about other resources in a live chat. If you need to say something to your parents without being tracked after you've run, you can use their messaging service or their conference call option, both of which you can also ask about in the live chat. If you are a runaway and you need to know about food near you or a place to sleep, have a chat with them. If you want to go home but don't know how, ask them about the home free program to get runaways home.
2. Try reading articles from VeryWellMind, like this one.
Now, although I don't think this website is exactly a runaway resource, it does have some good articles about runaways. You can find out statistics, what runaway life is really like, and how to reconnect with your family after coming back, in a few articles. Of course, the NRS is more of the swiss army knife of runaways, but VeryWellMind does at least deserve paperclip status.
3. 211
This is like the swiss army knife of the needy. See that random guy across from you on a bus? He just got laid off and he doesn't know how to feed his family. If only he knew what you knew. 211 can come in and help him feed his family. Basically anything that's a crisis but not an emergency, 211 helps with so that your local police don't get 400 calls about "oh no I need a place to stay" all the time. Guess the police owe 211 a favor now. I wonder do 211 workers get parking tickets. 🤔
Anyways, 211 might be able to help with a lot of things NRS can as far as after you run goes. Overall though, NRS is more specialized and more useful to runaways, and can provide options and advice before and after. But 211 is worth trying, as NRS mostly suggests resources, and I think 211 provides.
4. Our YouTube channel
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