November is National Runaway Prevention Month.  It is spearheaded by National Runaway Safeline (NRS) and National Network for Youth (NN4Y). 

Studies Have Shown That:

-One in seven young people between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away>

-Youth age 12 to 17 are more at risk of homelessness than adults

-75 percent of runaways are female

-Estimates of the number of pregnant homeless girls are between 6 and 22 percent

-Between 20 and 40 percent of homeless youth identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or Questioning (GLBTQ)

-46 percent of runaway and homeless youth reported being physically abused, 38 percent reported being emotionally abused , and 17 percent reported being forced into unwanted sexual activity by a family or household member

-75 percent percent of homeless or runaway youth have dropped out or will drop out of school

To support prevention NRS offer free materials, including posters, bookmarks and brochures that you can download or have mailed to you.  http://www.1800runaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Storytelling-toolkit.pdf

They also have a list of suggested media http://www.1800runaway.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Storytelling-toolkit.pdf

The True Colors Fund has a list of 10 things you can do personally to support National Runaway Prevention Month:

https://truecolorsfund.org/2016/11/01/november-is-national-runaway-prevention-month/?utm_source=True+Colors+Fund&utm_campaign=3c36b44d43-Email_2016_November_FTNN11_2_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6bf9fb21b7-3c36b44d43-61591929

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