NATIONAL RUNAWAY SWITCHBOARD

Contact: Volunteers

Address: 3080 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60657

Phone: (800) 621-4000

Ages of Users: 18 years and under and their families

Hours and Days of Operation: 24 hours hotline, 7 days a week

Program Description: 24 hour hotline for runaway/homeless youth and their families providing crisis intervention, information, referral, message delivery and conferencing services and free bus rides home.

Mission Statement: To provide crisis intervention and referrals for youth and families through national and local telephone switchboards, as well as advocacy and education services on the problems of youth.

Notes: Hotline providing crisis intervention, information, and referrals, message delivery, conferences services, free bus rides, homes for qualified runaways, via Greyhound bus and home free programs.

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