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Rescuing Runaways

Rescuing Runaways

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Published: June 4, 2017 by RHJ Producer

More than two million youth may run away from home each year. More than 100,000 of them are forced into the sex trade each year to survive. One young woman who overcame such a life describes how she beat the odds and what runaways need to have a chance to succeed.


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  • Carissa Phelps, author of Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time

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  •  More about Carissa Phelps on Wikipedia
Program #: 17-23Segment Type: Feature StoriesTopics: Children and Parenting| Children and Youth at Risk| Vulnerable PopulationsGuests: Carissa PhelpsPublications: Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets One Helping Hand at a Time
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