Recognize the Signs . . .

• Experiences a family crisis, such as divorce, death in the family etc., and has no one to talk to. 

• Copes with conflict or stress by fleeing. 

• Feels he/she is a burden to friends/family. 

• Friends have run away. 

• Friends live away from home. 

• Repeated truancy. 

• Threatens to run away.

Dangers of Running . . .

• Loss of family aid. 

• Lack of money, food, clothing, and a place to live. 

• Loss of friends. 

• Being robbed, assaulted, or raped. 

• Incarceration, if criminal acts are committed to survive.