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Autalavou leai ni fale ma malutaga saogalemu mo tupulaga talavou ma talavou matutua e le o iai

E eseese numera o fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i ile atunu'u. O lenei itulau e fa'aaoga ai le 911, le numera mo le Iunaite Setete ma Kanata. O le tele o isi atunuu e faʻaaoga le 112, 999, poʻo se isi numera. Su'e le numera mo lou atunuu.

O le fa'amalosi i fafo mai lou fale, sola ese mai sauaga i totonu o aiga po'o fete'ena'iga tuga i totonu o aiga, po'o le matua i fafo mai le tausiga e leai se mea e moe ai, ose fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i fa'aola-ola. O tamaiti e le o fa'atasi (i lalo ifo o le 18 tausaga) ma talavou matutua (18 i le 24 tausaga) o lo'o momoe i luga o le alatele, i nofoaga o femalaga'iga, po'o i totonu o ta'avale e feagai fa'afuase'i ma tagata fa'atauvalea, sauāga fa'aletino, leaga o le tau, ma leiloa a'oga.

Afai o oe o se talavou po o se talavou matua e leai se nofoaga saogalemu e te moe ai i le po nei, e te le moe i fafo ma e te le tau ulufale atu i se fale mo tagata matutua leai ni fale. So'o se atunu'u tetele e fa'atupe tu'ufa'atasia, na'o tupulaga talavou fale fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i, nofoaga e tu'u i totonu, ma feso'ota'iga felauaiga fa'alavelave fa'apitoa mo le 12 i le 24 tausaga. I lalo o le tulafono feterale i le Iunaite Setete (le McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act) ma tulafono fa'atusa mo a'oa'oga a le autalavou i le lalolagi, e iai fo'i lau aia tatau e nofo ai e aunoa ma lau a'oga tuto'atasi i le a'oga ma maua fua se mea'ai i lau a'oga i le kolisi ma maua fua se mea'ai i lau a'oga i le kolisi. saini a matua.

O le iloaina o le fa'agaoioia o se ** Nofoaga Saogalemu** pikiapu i lalo ifo o le 30 minute, pe fa'afefea ona fa'ailoa e matua ma tulafono fa'alilolilo e fale talavou, fa'afefea ona iloa maunu fa'atau a tagata i totonu o le 48 itula muamua i luga o le auala, ma le fa'amautu o lau lava tausiga fa'alesoifua maloloina ma fa'amanuiaga o mea'ai e te saogalemu ma pulea ai lou lumana'i.


Fai nei loa

  1. Valaau pe tesi atu i le 24/7 fa'alilolilo mo tupulaga talavou i le taimi nei:
  2. United States: Valaau po'o feau tusitusia 1-800-786-2929 (1-800-RUNAWAY / National Runaway Safeline), pe tusi le upu SAFE ma lou tuatusi auala o iai nei, aai, ma le setete i 44357 (4HELP) e maua ai le nofoaga e latalata ane i le Nofoaga Saogalemu ma se ti'eti'e fua i se malutaga a le autalavou i totonu o minute.
  3. Kanata: Valaau 1-800-668-6868 po o tusitusiga 686868 (Telefoni Fesoasoani a Tamaiti, 24/7), pe telefoni 211.
  4. United Kingdom: Valaau po'o feau tusitusia 116 000 (Rawayy Helpline, free 24/7), telefoni 0800 1111 (Childline mo lalo ifo o le 19), pe valaau 0808 800 4444 (Centrepoint Helpline mo le 16 i le 25 tausaga).
  5. Iuni Europa: vili 116 000 (Laina o Tamaiti ua misi ma ua sola) po o le 116 111 (Child Helpline) saoloto mai so'o se telefoni fe'avea'i.
  6. Ausetalia: Valaau 1800 55 1800 (Laina Fesoasoani mo Tamaiti mo le 5 i le 25 tausaga, leai se totogi 24/7) pe vala'au i lau setete o tupulaga talavou e leai ni fale.
  7. Afai o lo'o e i ai i se tulaga lamatia fa'aletino mai se tagata fa'atautala po'o se fa'atau fefa'ataua'iga i so'o se mea o le lalolagi, vala'au lau numera fa'afuase'i i le lotoifale (911 i le Iunaite Setete ma Kanata, 112 i le isi itu o le Iuni a Europa, 999 i Peretania, po'o le 000 i Ausetalia) pe siaki le matou numera fa'afuase'i fa'atonuga.
  8. Savali i totonu o so'o se nofoaga samasama-ma-uliuli "Safe Nofoaga" (fale afi, faletusi, pasi pasi, po'o se faleoloa paaga): Va'ai mo le taimane samasama ** Nofoaga Saogalemu** i so'o se fale tineimu, faletusi a le malo, pasi pasi a le taulaga, YMCA, po'o le fa'atauga/faleoloa o lo'o auai. Savali atu i so'o se tagata faigaluega po'o se tagata fuimu ma fai atu: "Ou te mana'omia se Nofoaga Saogalemu." O le a latou aumaia oe i totonu o se nofoaga tumaoti ma valaau se tagata faigaluega malutaga talavou laiseneina e piki oe i totonu o le 20 i le 30 minute.
  9. Aua ne'i talia se tietiega, potu faletalimalo, tupe, po'o se moega mai se tagata ese i se fale pasi po'o luga ole laiga: O tagata fa'atauvalea ma tagata fa'atauva'a tagata o lo'o fa'agasolo malosi i nofoaga fa'amau pasi, nofoaafi, fale'aiga vave, ma fa'asalalauga fa'aagafesootai e su'e ai tupulaga talavou o lo'o tauaveina ato fa'afafa. Aua lava nei e alu i totonu o le taavale a se tagata ese pe alu i se fale e le masani ai e sui ai se mea e moe ai.
  10. ** Taofi lou ID, pepa fanau, telefoni, ma lau uta e nana i lou tino**: Tuu lau ID setete, pepa ID aoga, pepa fanau, pepa saogalemu, pepa inisiua soifua maloloina, vailaau, ma le telefoni i totonu o se taga peleue pito i totonu po o se taga sipi e ofuina i lalo o ou lavalava ina ia le mafai ona gaoia a o e malolo.
  11. Alu i le aoga taeao ma fai atu e te talanoa na o oe ma lau "McKinney-Vento Liaison": Tusa lava pe leai sau tuatusi ma leai se matua faatasi ma oe, alu i lou faleaoga i le taeao. O itumalo uma o aoga a le malo i le Iunaite Setete e manaomia e le tulafono feterale ia i ai se McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison e mafai ona avatu vave ia te oe le taeao ma le aoauli e leai se totogi, pasi pasi, sapalai o le tumama, lavalava, se loka mo au ato, ma faasino atu i fale o talavou e aunoa ma le faasalaina o oe pe a misi saini matua.
  12. Filifili se Falepuipui mo Tupulaga Talavou (12 i le 17 po o le 18 i le 24 tausaga), ae le o se malutaga lautele a tagata matutua: Pe a valaau i le 211 po o se laina telefoni mo faalavelave, ta'u sa'o lou matua ina ia latou agai atu ai i se nofoaga tuuto Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) poo le Young Adult Drop-In Center ua mamanuina faapitoa mo tupulaga talavou.

Fa'ai'uga fa'ai'uga saogalemu e fa'atatau ile vaitausaga

Mulimuli i lea laasaga ma lea laasaga ala e o'o atu ai i se malutaga saogalemu ua fa'ata'ita'iina, talafeagai le matua i le po nei e aunoa ma le fa'ailoaina o oe lava i tagata faomea i auala.

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    Youth["Talavou po'o le Talavou Matutua e aunoa ma se Fale Saogalemu Nanei"] --> Danger{"Po o tuliloa, fa'ao'olima, po'o le taofia ea i lou loto i le taimi nei?"}
    Danger -->|Yes: Immediate Danger| Call911["Valaau 911 / 112 / 999 Vave loa pe Tamomoe i totonu o le Fale Tinei Mu lata ane, Falemai ER, po'o le Ofisa o Leoleo."]
    Danger -->|No Immediate Violence| AgeSplit{"O le a lou tausaga o iai nei?"}
    AgeSplit -->|Under Age 18 (Unaccompanied Minor)| MinorPath["Filifiliga A: Tusi 'SAFE' + Tulaga i le 44357 po'o le Valaau 1-800-786-2929 (US) / 116 000 (UK/EU) / 1-800-668-6868 (CA)"]
    MinorPath --> SafePlace["Filifiliga B: Savali i totonu o so'o se Fale Tineimu, Faletusi, Pasi A'ai, po'o Faleoloa ma se Fa'ailoga Samasama 'Saogalemu'"]
    SafePlace --> RHY["Su'e Oe e le Aufaigaluega Shelter a le Autalavou mo le Nofoaga Autu Autalavou (12 i le 17 tausaga): Moega Saogalemu, Mea'ai vevela, ma le Tagata Faigaluega Fa'alilolilo."]
    AgeSplit -->|Ages 18 to 24 (Transition-Age Youth)| TAYPath["Valaau le 1-800-786-2929 po'o le 211 ma Talosaga 'Youth-Only Shelter po'o le TAY Drop-In Center (18 i le 24 tausaga)'"]
    TAYPath --> TAYOptions["Avanoa i Falepuipui mo Tamaiti Matutua mo Faalavelave Tutupu Faafuasei, Polokalama Nofo Transitional (TLP), Fale Vaega o Tina, po o Fale Talimalo"]
    RHY --> SchoolNext["O le taeao e sosoo ai: Feiloai i le School McKinney-Vento Liaison ma talosaga mo Tutoatasi SNAP/Medicaid ma Fesoasoani Tautupe"]
    TAYOptions --> SchoolNext

E fa'afefea ona galue le "Nofo Saogalemu" ma fale fa'alavelave mo talavou

O le tele o tupulaga talavou e nonofo i luga o le auala i tulaga malulu pe mataʻutia ona o lo latou fefefe o le savavali atu i totonu o se fale o talavou o lona uiga o le a vave ona saisai lima e leoleo, loka i totonu o le falepuipui a tamaiti, pe toe faamalosia i lima o se matua saua i totonu o le itula. O le malamalama i tulafono moni e pulea ai polokalame Rawayy and Homeless Youth (RHY) e aveesea ai lena fefe.

1. Fa'afefea ona galue le upegatafa'ilagi a le National Safe Place (United States)

** Nofoaga Saogalemu** (nationalsafeplace.org) ose feso'ota'iga i totonu o le atunu'u e silia ma le 20,000 nofoaga fa'alaua'itele o lo'o fa'ailogaina i se fa'ailoga taimane samasama-ma-uliuli e faitaulia ** NOFOAGA SA'OMU**:

  • O fea e maua ai: Toeitiiti lava o le municipal Fire Stations, Public Libraries, City Transit Buses, YMCAs, ma le faitau afe o paaga fale talavai, faleoloa faigofie (e pei o QuikTrip), ma faleaiga.
  • Fa'afefea ona fa'aoga Txt 4 FESOASOANI: Tusi le upu SAFE ma lou nofoaga o iai nei (tuatusi auala, aai, setete, poʻo le zip code) ia 44357. I totonu o ni nai sekone, o le a e mauaina ai se tusitusiga otometi ma le tuatusi sa'o ma le numera o le telefoni o le nofoaga sili ona latalata i le Nofoaga Saogalemu ma le malutaga a le autalavou i le lotoifale, ma se filifiliga e te text 2CHAT e fe'au ola ta'ito'atasi ma se faufautua ua a'oa'oina.
  • O le a le mea e tupu pe a e savali i totonu: E te le tau faamatala atu lou tala o lou olaga i se teutupe o le faleoloa po o se avepasi. Fa'apea lava, "Ou te mana'omia se fesoasoani, ua ou iinei mo le Nofoaga Saogalemu." O le a tu'u oe e le tagata faigaluega e nofo i totonu o se potu malolo saogalemu po'o se faleta'i afi, ofo atu ia te oe le vai, ma valaau le fale talavou ua laiseneina. Ose faufautua talavou ua mae'a su'esu'eina (e le o se ta'avale leoleo, i totonu o le Safe Place pickups masani) o le a alu i le nofoaga i totonu o le 20 i le 30 minute e aumai oe i le malutaga a le autalavou.

2. O le a le mea e tupu pe a ulufale se tamaititi i lalo ifo o le 18 tausaga i totonu o le fale o talavou? (O le Tulafono e 72-itula)

I totonu o le Iunaite Setete, e fa'atupeina e le feterale Basic Center Program (BCP) fale talavou e tautuaina tamaiti laiti e le'i fa'atasia mai le 12 i le 17 tausaga. O mea nei e mana'omia moni e le tulafono pe a e savali atu i le faitoto'a:

  • E LE'I saisaitia oe: O le leai o se fale pe tuli ese mai lou fale ("talavou lafoa'i / lokaina") e le o se solitulafono, ma o fale o talavou e tatalaina, o nofoaga e nofo ai mo faalavelave faʻafuaseʻi ma moega, taʻele, meaʻai vevela, tagamea, ma faufautua, ae le o falepuipui.
  • O le 24-i-72-itula tulafono fa'ailoaina a matua MA le Fa'asaunoa: I lalo o le feterale Runaway and Homeless Youth Act regulations (ma le setete o malutaga laisene), e masani ona maua e fale talavou le 24 i le 72 itula e fa'afeso'ota'i ai le matua o se tamaititi, tausi tulafono, po'o le ofisa uelefea a le setete e ta'u atu ia i latou o lo'o saogalemu le talavou i totonu.
  • TULAFONO FAAMATALAGA AFAI O E SOLA FA'ABUSE: Ta'u le mea sa'o i le faufautua o le malutaga i le taimi o lau siaki tumaoti pe afai na e tuua le fale ona o se matua, matua fai, po o se tagata o tausia ** na sasaina oe i le tino, sauaina oe, fefaatauai oe, matelaina oe, pe tuli oe ona o lou faasinomaga LGBTQ+**. Pe a e lipotia le sauaina po o se tulaga lamatia i le fale, E LE toe faafoi atu oe e le fale o talavou i le tagata saua; nai lo lena, latou te le faalauaiteleina le nofoaga tonu o lou potu, faila se lipoti tau puipuiga i Child Protective Services (CPS) poo se fautua mo talavou, ma faatulaga saogalemu mo le tausiaina o faalavelave faafuasei, tausiga o aiga ma se aiga saogalemu, po o se fale o tupulaga talavou.

3. Tulaga eseese o fale fa'apitoa mo tupulaga talavou (12 i le 24 tausaga)

Ituaiga Polokalama Vasega Tausaga na Auauna Umi ole Nofo & Auaunaga Tuuina atu
** Nofoaga Autu mo Autalavou (Day Centers)** E masani lava ** Tausaga 12 i le 24** Avanoa saogalemu i le ao e mana'omia ai le se'i fa'afeso'ota'i matua e savali i totonu ma fai mea'ai vevela, ta'ele patino, masini tagamea, lavalava mama, pusa tumama, Wi-Fi, totogi telefoni, su'ega STI/HIV, ma le puleaina o mataupu.
Basic Center Program (BCP) Nofoaga mo Tupulaga Fa'afuase'i ** Tausaga 12 i le 17** (Laiti) E o'o atu i le 21 aso o le potu fa'alavelave fa'afuase'i e leai se totogi, fautuaga mo fa'alavelave, femalagaiga a le a'oga, ma fefa'asoa'iga a le aiga (pe a saogalemu) po'o le suiga i se isi nofoaga saogalemu.
Solo mo Talavou Matutua (TAY Shelters) Tausaga 18 i le 24 (Tagata Matutua Fa'aletulafono) 100% fa'alilolilo (e le vala'au matua ona ua 18+ ou tausaga); tuueseese le 18-i-24-tausaga le matutua mai fale matutua matutua; e maua ai moega, loka, avanoa faigaluega, ma pepa fa'atauva'a vave.
Polokalame mo le Ola Fa'asolosolo (TLPs) & Fale Talimalo ** Tausaga 16 i le 22 ** Fale umi mo e o'o atu i le 18 i le 21 masina (i fale fa'apotopotoga, fale e vaavaaia, po'o fale talimalo fa'alaua'itele) a'o e mae'a a'oga maualuga, maua se GED, alu i le kolisi, pe fa'asaoina totogi mai se galuega.
Maternity Group Homes (MGH) ** 16 i le 22 tausaga** (Taletalavou maitaga po'o matua) E o'o atu i le 18 i le 21 masina o fale mautotogi saogalemu po'o fale fa'apotopotoga fa'apitoa mo tupulaga ma'itaga/talavou matutua ma matua talavou ma a latou pepe/tamaiti, e aofia ai vasega fa'amatua, moega pepe, napekini, ma le tausiga o tamaiti.

Puipuiga mai tagata fa'atau oloa ma tagata fa'atauva'a i auala (O le 48 Itula Muamua)

O su'esu'ega a le atunu'u ua fa'ailoa mai ai e toeitiiti atoa le 1 i le 3 o talavou solasola po'o le leai o ni fale e fa'afeiloa'i e se tagata fa'atau oloa po'o se tagata fa'atauva'a i totonu ole 48 itula talu ona tu'ua le fale. Ua iloa e le au fai pisinisi o se talavou malulu, fiaai, vaivai e nofo i se nofoaga faatali pasi, nofoaga o nofoaafi, faleaiga e 24 itula, po o se faleoloa faatau ma se ato faafafa ua tumu e faigofie ona afaina.

E fa'afefea ona iloa maunu a se tagata fa'atau a tagata ae e te le'i maileia

E seasea ona ave'esea e le au fai pisinisi tagata talavou mai le auala i totonu o se veni. Nai lo lena, latou te faafoliga o se uo fou alofa, o se uo tama matua / uo teine ​​​​alofa ("romeo pimp"), o se faʻataʻitaʻiga masani / musika sikau, poʻo se isi talavou e te tupulaga na auina atu e faʻafaigaluega oe. Savali ese vave ma alu i totonu o se pisinisi faigaluega poʻo se fale tineimu pe afai e faʻaaogaina e se tasi nei maunu masani e lima:

  1. O le "Free Place to Crash / Party Apartment" Lure: O se tagata ese po o se tagata masani i luga ole laiga lata mai na te vaʻaia oe i se nofoaga feʻaveaʻi poʻo se faleoloa ma fai mai, "E te popole, aua e te momoe iinei i le malulu, sau i luga o loʻu moega i le po nei, leai ni manoa, o le a ou faʻatau oe meaʻai ma lavalava fou." A e i ai i totonu o le latou potu fale poʻo se telefoni feaveaʻi, ave i totonu o lou fale telefoni poʻo se fale telefoni. fai mai ua e "aitalafu" ia i latou le faitau afe o tala mo lisi, meaai, ma lavalava.
  2. O le "Fake Boyfriend / Love-Bombing" Lure: E sasaa oe e se tama po o se teine ​​matua i upu faamalo, meaai taugata e ave i fafo, peni vape, tofiga o lauulu/fao, po o ni meaalofa mo aso e tolu, fai atu ia te oe e te nofo faatasi ma i latou, ona fai mai lea ua faafuasei ona latou faaletonu tau tupe ma e manaomia oe e "fesoasoani i le au" e ala i le faia o feusuaiga faapisinisi po o fualaau faasaina.
  3. ** Le "Too-Good-To-Be-True Cash Job" Lure**: Ofo i luga o le Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Discord, poʻo le Craigslist e folafola atu le 500 i le 1,000 tala i le aso i tinoitupe vave + fale e leai se totogi mo "vaʻa faʻatau femalagaaʻi" (faitotoa-i-faitotoa" mekasini / lole lole, "poʻo le faʻaogaina o le faʻataʻitaʻiga o le aai," "faʻafeiloaʻi.
  4. Survival Sex Mailei ("Couch-Surfing With Conditions"): Ua ofo mai e se tagata matua e te masani e tuu oe e moe i luga o lona sofa po o totonu o lo latou potu avanoa, ona manaʻomia lea o ni faiga faʻafeusuaiga i le vaeluapo e ala i le faʻafefe e togi oe i fafo i le auala i le timu pe a e fai atu leai. I lalo o le tulafono a le feterale (18 U.S.C. § 1591), soo se tasi e tuuina atu i se tamaitiiti i lalo ifo o le 18 tausaga se malutaga, meaai, tupe, po o se moega e faafesuiai mo se faiga aiga ua faia se solitulafono tau feusuaiga a tamaiti, tusa lava pe leai se malosi faaletino na faaaogaina.
  5. Tuuesea mai lau telefoni ma uo: So'o se tagata e fai mai e uu lau ID card, fa'anaunau e iloa lau passcode o lau telefoni, ta'u atu ia te oe e tape lou aiga po'o numera o uo mamae, pe tuli oe i fafo mai le setete mai tagata uma e te iloa o lo'o fa'aesea oe mo le fa'aleagaina.
  • 24/7 Human Trafficking Faalavelave Laveai Laina: I Amerika, valaau 1-888-373-7888, tusitusiga INFO po o HELP ia 233733 (BE FREE), pe talanoa i humantraffickinghotline.org. I Kanata, valaau 1-833-900-1010. I Peretania, valaau 08000 121 700 (Laina Fesoasoani Fa'apologa Fa'aonaponei).

Auala e malu puipuia ai lau telefoni pe a su'e se fesoasoani

Afai e totogi e se tagata saua o lou aiga, paaga, po'o se tagata fai fefa'ataua'iga lau fuafuaga telefoni fe'avea'i pe na te iloa lau Apple ID po'o le fa'aigoa Google, e mafai ona latou va'ai i lou nofoaga o lo'o ola ai le fa'afanua GPS pe faitau fe'au tusitusia. A'o le'i su'eina ni malutaga i lau telefoni, tape le Fetufa'aiga a Aiga / Su'e lo'u fa'asoa nofoaga mo lena fa'afeso'ota'iga, fa'aoga se fa'amalama o le su'esu'ega tuto'atasi/fa'amatagofie, pe savali i totonu o se faletusi a le malo, ofisa o faufautua a'oga, po'o le ** Nofoaga Saogalemu** fale afi e vili ai 1-800-786-2929 mai la latou telefoni feavea'i ina ia leai ni fa'amaumauga o telefoni e aliali mai i luga o se pili fa'atasi a le aiga.


LGBTQ+ talavou leai ni fale: fa'amaoni fa'amaonia nofoaga saogalemu

LGBTQ+ talavou ma talavou matutua e tusa ma le 28 i le 40 pasene o talavou uma e le'i nofoia, e masani lava pe a uma ona tuliese pe sauaina pe a o atu i tagata o le aiga. Afai o oe o se talavou LGBTQ+, e iai sau aia tatau e saogalemu ai, fa'amaonia se malutaga lea e fa'aaloalogia ai lou fa'asinomaga ma suinauna:

  • The Trevor Project (24/7 LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Intervention, United States): Valaau 1-866-488-7386 po o tusitusiga START ia 678-678 (saoloto, 100 pasene fa'alilolilo, 24/7). E tuʻuina atu e le au faufautua fesoasoani faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi ma e mafai ona faʻafesoʻotaʻi oe ma LGBTQ + -faʻamaonia fale talavou ma nofoaga e faʻafefe ai (e pei o Ali Forney Center, Los Angeles LGBT Centre Youth Center, Ruth Ellis Center, poʻo paʻaga True Colors United i le lotoifale).
  • LGBT National Youth Talkline (Seʻia oʻo i le 25 tausaga): Valaau 1-800-246-7743.
  • Trans Lifeline: Valaau 1-877-565-8860 (United States) or 1-877-330-6366 (Canada).
  • akt (formerly The Albert Kennedy Trust, United Kingdom): Supports LGBTQ+ young people aged 16 to 25 facing homelessness across the UK (akt.org.uk).
  • HUD Equal Access Rule (United States): Under federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, every shelter and housing program that receives federal HUD funding is legally prohibited from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity and must place transgender and non-binary youth in accordance with their self-identified gender (without demanding medical documentation or invasive physical exams).

Your school and college rights: The McKinney-Vento Act and FAFSA

If you are unhoused, couch-surfing at a friend's house, sleeping in a car, or staying in a shelter or motel, your school is your safest daytime anchor. You do not need a permanent address or a parent with you to go to school.

1. K-12 Public School Rights under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (US)

Under the federal McKinney-Vento Act (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.), an "unaccompanied homeless youth" includes any student who is not in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian and who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (including couch-surfing / "doubled-up" on a friend's or relative's floor, sleeping in a shelter, motel, car, or campground).

Walk into the main office or guidance counselor's office of your school and ask to speak privately with your district's McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison. By federal law, the liaison must guarantee you these six immediate rights:

Statutory McKinney-Vento Right What the School Must Do for You Immediately
1. Right to Stay in Your "School of Origin" + Free Transportation Even if you are couch-surfing or staying in a shelter across town in a different school district, you have the legal right to stay enrolled in your current school (School of Origin), and the school district must provide you with free transportation (bus passes, cab/van rides, or gas cards) to get you to and from school every day.
2. Immediate Enrollment With Zero Paperwork or Parent Signatures If you move to a new town and need to enroll in a new public school, the school must enroll you and put you in class on the very same day, even if you have no parent or guardian with you, no birth certificate, no immunization records, no prior school transcripts, and no proof of address.
3. Automatic Free School Breakfast and Lunch The moment the McKinney-Vento liaison adds your name to the list, you automatically qualify for 100% free school breakfast and lunch every day with no application form or parent income tax forms required.
4. Waiver of All School, Lab, Cap-and-Gown, and Exam Fees The liaison can provide free backpacks, notebooks, gym clothes, winter coats, hygiene supplies, SAT/ACT/AP exam fee waivers, and senior graduation fees, and help you get partial credit for classes interrupted by housing instability.
5. Self-Signing for School Activities and Field Trips As an unaccompanied youth, your McKinney-Vento liaison or designated school adult can help you participate in sports, clubs, and school activities without a parent's signature.
6. Strict Privacy Protection By federal law, your housing situation is treated as a protected student education record under FERPA; teachers and staff cannot announce your status in front of classmates.

2. Going to college without parent tax info (FAFSA Dependency Override)

Normally, students under age 24 applying for college financial aid in the United States on the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) are required to provide their parents' tax returns. However, if you are an unaccompanied youth who is homeless or at risk of homelessness and self-supporting, you are legally classified as an Independent Student on the FAFSA.

  • How it works: Check "Yes" to the unaccompanied homeless youth question on the FAFSA form. Your high school McKinney-Vento Liaison, your Runaway and Homeless Youth shelter director, or your college financial aid administrator can sign a simple verification letter confirming your status.
  • What you receive: You do not need a single signature or tax document from your parents, you qualify for the maximum Federal Pell Grant and state aid grants based solely on your own zero/low income, and you receive priority access to year-round on-campus dormitory housing (including over Thanksgiving, winter, and summer breaks) and campus food pantries.

Can minors get medical care, birth control, or food stamps without parents?

A major worry for 15-to-17-year-olds on their own is how to see a doctor, get a prescription refilled, or buy groceries without a parent present.

Minor medical consent and food benefit rules

  1. Emergency medical care (All ages): Under federal law (EMTALA in the United States, and universal NHS/public healthcare laws globally), any hospital Emergency Department must examine and treat any minor for an emergency medical condition without waiting for parental consent and regardless of ability to pay.
  2. Au'aunaga fa'alilolilo fa'alesoifua maloloina mo tamaiti (12 i le 17 tausaga): Toeitiiti lava o setete uma o le US, itumalo o Kanata (i lalo o le Mature Minor Doctrine), UK (Gillick Competence / Fraser Guidelines), ma Ausetalia, e mafai e tamaiti laiti ona ioeina faaletulafono e i latou lava, e aunoa ma se faatagaga po o se fa'amatalaga a matua, e su'ega mai i le ma'itaga ma fa'ama'i fa'ama'i ma togafitiga ole ma'i ma'i, ma'itaga ma le HIV. faufautua ile soifua maloloina ole mafaufau, ma le fa'aaogaina o vaila'au. E silia ma le 30 setete o Amerika ua fa'atulafonoina fo'i le Unaccompanied Homeless Minor Healthcare Consent Statutes e fa'ataga ai se talavou e 14, 15, po'o le 16+ tausaga e nonofo fa'atasi mai matua e fa'atagaina le tausiga fa'alesoifua maloloina muamua, nifo, ma le va'ai i so'o se Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) po o **Youth Drop-In Clinic.
  3. SNAP Food Stamps for Uncompanied Youth: I le Iunaite Setete, e leai se la'ititi o tausaga e mana'omia e talosaga ai mo le SNAP (EBT Food Stamps) pe afai e te nofo tuto'atasi e ese mai ou matua ma fa'atau ma saunia au lava mea'ai. Tusa lava pe 16 pe 17 ou tausaga (po o le 18 i le 24) ma e leai se tuatusi tumau, e mafai ona e talosaga mo Faamanuiaga SNAP Faavave (tuuina atu i totonu o le 7 aso) i le ofisa o auaunaga faaagafesootai a lou itumalo pe ala mai foi i se tagata faigaluega a le autalavou, e faaaoga ai le tuatusi auala o le drop-in centre e maua ai lau pepa EBT.

Toe fo'i ma le saogalemu i le fale: E leai se totogi o pepa pasi ("Home Free") ma le soalaupulega

Afai na e sola ese ina ua uma se misa pe saisaitia i se isi aai ma filifili e te manao e te toe foi i lou aiga (po o se aiga saogalemu, faamaonia e pei o se matua matua, uso o le tina, po o se uso matua), e te le tau sopo pe aisi mo se pasese pasi.

  • ** Le Polokalama "Home Free" (National Runaway Safeline + Greyhound)**: Valaau 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929). E ala i se faigapa'aga ua leva ma Greyhound Lines, ua maua ai e le National Runaway Safeline le 100% e leai se totogi o femalaga'iga pasi i le fale (po'o se isi nofoaga saogalemu e nonofo ai po'o se malutaga a le autalavou) mo tupulaga ua sola ma pa'ulia 12 i le 21 i le Iunaite Setete atoa.
  • Fa'afefea ona puipuia oe: A'o le'i tu'uina atu le pepa e maua fua, e talanoa fa'atasi se faufautua mo fa'alavelave fa'atasi ma oe e fa'amautinoa e te *mana'o moni lava e te alu i ai ma o lo'o saogalemu le fale mai sauaga, fa'atautaia se feso'ota'iga fa'a-tolu-auala ma lou matua po'o le tagata o lo'o tausia ina ia nofo filemu tagata uma pe a taunu'u, ma e o'o lava i le tu'uina atu o se pepa pasi e leai se totogi mo se matua po'o se tausi tulafono e malaga fa'atasi ma oe pe afai o oe o se 12 tausaga.

Fa'atonuga fa'alelalolagi o 24/7 talavou leai ni fale ma fa'alavelave fa'alavelave

Atunu'u / Itulagi Igoa o le Faalapotopotoga 24/7 Telefoni / Text / Feso'ota'iga i luga ole laiga Tausaga & Auaunaga Tuuina atu
Amerika National Runaway Safeline (NRS) Valaau pe Tusi: 1-800-786-2929
Talanoaga i luga ole laiga: 1800runaway.org
Vaitausaga 12 i le 21: 24/7 fa'alilolilo fa'alavelave fa'alavelave, su'e malutaga, telefoni fa'atalanoaga o konafesi, ma pepa fe'avea'i Home Free fua.
Amerika ** Nofoaga Saogalemu a le Atunuu (Txt 4 FESOASOANI)** Tusi SAFE + Tuatusi o iai nei/Aai/Setete ia 44357 I lalo ifo o le 18: Tali vave i tusitusiga ma feso'ota'iga a le Safe Place pito lata ane ma feso'ota'iga feso'ota'iga a le faufautua (2CHAT).
Amerika Fale o le Feagaiga Valaau: 1-800-388-3888
Upega tafa'ilagi: covenanthouse.org
Ages 16 to 24: Immediate 24/7 youth sanctuaries, beds, meals, medical clinics, and transitional living in over 30 cities across the US, Canada, and Latin America.
United States & Canada 211 Community Resource Network Dial 211 from any phone
Upega tafa'ilagi: 211.org / 211.ca
All ages: Ask the operator specifically for "Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) shelters or Youth Drop-In Centers."
Kanata Kids Help Phone Valaau: 1-800-668-6868
Text: CONNECT ia 686868
Ages 5 to 29: 24/7 free, bilingual confidential crisis counseling and direct directory to Canadian youth shelters (such as Covenant House Toronto/Vancouver, Youth Without Shelter, and Chez Doris).
** Malo Tele** Runaway Helpline (Missing People) Valaau pe Tusi: 116 000 (Free 24/7)
Email: 116000@missingpeople.org.uk
Under 18 & young adults: Free, confidential 24/7 support if you have run away or been forced out; works even with zero phone credit.
** Malo Tele** Centrepoint Helpline & Nightstop Valaau: 0808 800 4444
Upega tafa'ilagi: centrepoint.org.uk / depaul.org.uk
Ages 16 to 25: Emergency youth housing advice, local council Housing Act advocacy, and Nightstop same-night vetted emergency host accommodation.
Iuni Europa 116 000 & 116 111 European Hotlines Dial 116 000 (Runaway Youth) or 116 111 (Fesoasoani Tamaiti) I lalo ole 18: Laina fesoasoani fa'afuase'i pan-European e leai se totogi e feso'ota'i atu i le puipuiga o talavou a le atunu'u ma 'au'aunaga malu i luga ole 27+ atunu'u Europa.
Ausetalia Kids Helpline & State Youth Intake Valaau: 1800 55 1800 (24/7 free)
NSW Link2home Youth: 1800 152 152
Victoria Opening Doors: 1800 825 955
Ages 5 to 25: 24/7 crisis counseling and direct referral to funded Youth Foyers, crisis refuges, and headspace youth mental health centers (headspace.org.au).

Fesili e fai soo

If I walk into a youth shelter or a Safe Place fire station under age 18, will the police arrest me for running away?

No. Being unhoused, kicked out of your house, or seeking refuge at a Safe Place location or a federally funded Basic Center youth shelter will not result in you being handcuffed or put in jail. Safe Place firefighters, librarians, and youth shelter workers are there to keep you safe indoors, feed you, and protect you from street predators; while shelters normally notify parents or child welfare within 24 to 72 hours that you are safe, if you tell the intake worker that you are fleeing physical, sexual, or emotional abuse at home, they will protect you and contact child protective advocates instead of handing you back to an abusive parent.

How does texting "SAFE" to 44357 work if I have nowhere to go right now?

In the United States, if you text the word SAFE followed by your current street address, intersection, or city and state to 44357 (Txt 4 HELP), you will receive an instant automated text back with the exact street address of the nearest designated Safe Place site (such as a fire station, library, transit bus, or partner convenience store) within walking distance, and you can reply 2CHAT to text live with a youth crisis counselor who can arrange a free pickup ride to the nearest youth shelter.

Can I still go to my high school if I got kicked out of my house and am sleeping on a friend's couch or in a car?

Yes, 100 percent. Under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in the United States, any student who is not living with a parent or guardian and lacks a fixed, adequate nighttime residence (including couch-surfing at a friend's house, staying in a motel, shelter, or car) has the legal right to stay in their current school, receive free daily transportation to and from school, get automatic free school breakfast and lunch, and enroll or participate in school without needing a parent's signature. Go to the school office and ask to speak privately with your school's "McKinney-Vento Liaison."

Why should I go to a Youth Shelter (ages 12 to 24) instead of a regular adult homeless shelter?

General adult congregate shelters are designed for older adults and can be overwhelming or unsafe for teenagers and young adults ages 18 to 24. Youth-specific shelters and Transition-Age Youth (TAY) drop-in centers only admit young people in your peer age bracket (typically 12 to 17 in minor shelters, and 18 to 24 in young adult shelters), offer trauma-informed counselors, help you finish high school or college, and connect you with youth-specific apartment vouchers and host homes.

Can I apply for college financial aid (FAFSA) if my parents kicked me out and refuse to give me their tax information?

Yes. Under federal higher education law, if you are an unaccompanied youth under age 24 who is homeless or self-supporting and at risk of homelessness, you qualify as an Independent Student on the FAFSA. Your high school McKinney-Vento Liaison, a youth shelter director, or your college financial aid officer can verify your status so you do not need any parent tax returns or signatures, allowing you to qualify for the maximum Pell Grant and year-round campus dorm housing.

How can I get food stamps (SNAP/EBT) or see a doctor if I am 16 or 17 and on my own?

In the United States, there is no minimum age rule prohibiting an unaccompanied minor who lives apart from their parents from applying for SNAP (EBT food stamps) on their own, and youth drop-in center caseworkers can help you apply for 7-day Expedited SNAP using the center's mailing address. For medical care, hospital emergency rooms must treat you regardless of age or parental consent, and most states allow unaccompanied minors ages 14 to 17 to consent on their own to confidential STI/HIV care, birth control, mental health counseling, and routine clinic care at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).


Punavai ua siaki

  • Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, United States): Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA, 34 U.S.C. § 11201 et seq.) standards for Basic Center Programs, Transitional Living Programs, Maternity Group Homes, and Street Outreach Programs.
  • Department of Education (ED, United States) and SchoolHouse Connection: McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Subtitle VII-B, 42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.) statutory guidance on unaccompanied homeless youth school enrollment, School of Origin transportation, and FAFSA Independent Student determinations under the FAFSA Simplification Act.
  • National Runaway Safeline (NRS) and National Safe Place Network (United States): Crisis intervention protocols, Txt 4 HELP (44357) operational standards, and Home Free family reunification transit guidelines.
  • Department of Agriculture (USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, United States): SNAP policy memoranda confirming eligibility and no-fixed-address expedited food benefit access for unaccompanied homeless youth.
  • Polaris Project and National Human Trafficking Hotline (United States): Typologies of labor and sex trafficking recruitment targeting runaway and unhoused youth within the first 48 hours of street exposure.
  • Department for Education and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (United Kingdom): Prevention of homelessness and provision of accommodation for 16 and 17 year old young people who may be homeless and/or require accommodation (joint Children Act 1989 Section 20 and Housing Act 1996 statutory guidance).
  • Canadian Observatory on Homelessness / A Way Home Canada and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW, Ausetalia): Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) auivi o taumafa a le autalavou ma Mature Minor / Gillick Competence a'oa'oga fa'ataga soifua maloloina.

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