"My parents have kicked me out of the house and I have no place to go. Where can I stay?" - 15 year old

If you or a friend are determined to run away, and talking it out with someone you trust doesn’t seem to help, please run to a safe place. Even the most street-wise people can get ripped off, harassed, arrested or seriously hurt while trying to make it on their own. Several agencies in the Los Angeles area provide free services for those without shelter. These services include help in finding shelter, food, medical care, employment, and education.

RESOURCES

310-379-36201736 Family Crisis Center Dating Violence Hotline and Shelter

24 hours
Website: www.1736familycrisiscenter.org
Individual, group, family counseling & case management for ages 10-17, two week stay, substance abuse awareness, 12-step program, schooling, job search and placement. Outpatient facility with 6 beds. Parent consent required.

800-833-2499Angel’s Flight

24 hours
Website: www.catholiccharitiesLa.org
Additional phone: (213) 413-2311 ext. 22
Emergency shelter for ages 10-17 and voluntary shelter for runaways, homeless, and at-risk youths. Family & child counseling, case management, therapy, LAUSD education, outreach program. Main goal is family reunification. Bilingiual. All services are free.

800-843-5200California Youth Crisis Line

24 hours
Website: www.youthcrisisline.org
Crisis phone counseling, information, and referrals for all problems ages 12-24. Bilingual when available. Can connect without charge to parent/guardian or other agency. Message relay service.

800-914-2272CASA Youth Shelter

Shelter is open 24 hours
Website: www.casayouthshelter.org
Additional phone: (562) 594-6825
Provides temporary shelter and counseling services to runaways and youth in crisis.

213-388-8693Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

M-F 9am-5:30pm.
Website: www.centerforhumanrights.org
Emergency shelter for males under 18 years open 24 hours.
Transitional Living Program and variety of programs for homeless youth ages 15-21 available.

800-551-1300Children of the Night

24 hours
Website: www.childrenofthenight.org
90-day-program-shelter-home for runaway prostitutes, ages 11- 17.
In-house school and independent living program for children involved with prostitution. Bilingual.

323-461-3131Covenant House California

24 hours
Website: www.covenanthouseca.org
Hollywood Shelter: (323) 461-3131
Hotline for troubled teens ages 18-20. Shelter, referrals, information, crisis intervention and health clinic. Bilingual. Also provide assistance with employment, counseling and case management services.

800-448-3000Girls and Boys Town National Hotline

24 hours hotline. Center hours: M-F 8am-5pm
Website: www.girlsandboystown.org
Crisis and resource referral services. Specialize in family reunification of runaways and homeless adolescents ages 11-17. Counseling and placement. Long-term residential care. Bilingual.

323-957-7757Los Angeles Youth Network

Shelter open 24 hours; Drop-in M-Sun 9am-5pm
Website: www.layn.org
Office phone: 323-467-8466; Emergency shelter: 323-957-7364
Shelter, drop-in center for youths age 17 and under. Free transportation to shelter, meals provided two times a day at 9am and 12pm. Van Outreach on M-Th nights.

323-969-8726Los Angeles Youth Supportive Services

24 hours
Website: www.la-youth.org
24-hour Toll Free Crisis Line: (877) 465-2977
Phone counseling, referrals, education, and recovery support (no street outreach).

626-251-2226Masonic Homes of California at Covina

Office hours: M-F 8am-5:30pm
Website: www.masonichome.org
A short-term residential treatment facility/group home for children ages 4 to 17. Children cannot be involved with DCFS or probation and should be LA County residents.

800-222-3463Missing Children Hotline

24 hours
Provides monthly "Missing Child" posters and quarterly bulletins. Deals mainly with parents of missing/runaway kids. Spanish, English, Cantonese, and Tagalog (on call). Hotline mainly for "sightings".

323-908-0011My Friend’s Place

7 days a week 9am-5pm
Website: www.myfriendsplace.org
Additional phone: 1-800-YOUTH-50 or 1-800-968-8450
Assistance with California IDs, birth certificates. Legal clinic, mobile health, lunch (12-1), food & clothes offered. Workshops offered: art & computers. HIV testing. Drop-in resource center for runaways ages 12-24.

800-621-4000National Runaway Switchboard

24 hours
Website: www.1800runaway.org
Crisis intervention and referrals for runaways, homeless and other teens, provides youth-parents reunification with conference calls and bus tickets; provides message service for parents and youth.

310-264-6646Ocean Park Community Center

M-F 9am- 5pm. Also variable at service center.
Website: www.opcc.net
Services to homeless youth. Street youth outreach. Offers emergency services, food, clothing, showers, medical care, referrals and transportation to shelters, and case management.

951-351-4418Operation SafeHouse - (RIVERSIDE)

24 hours
Website: www.operationsafehouse.org
Additional phone: 1-800-561-6944
Emergency shelter for runaway, throwaway, and homeless teens. 14 days immediate placement, food, counseling, on site schooling, counseling for parents, respite care and long term placement assistance. Transitional long term housing for 18-24 year olds.

323-466-7776Runaway Adolescent Project (RAP) DCFS

For runaway or homeless teens ages 14-17yrs, help with finding shelter and permanent placement in foster home or group home, returning home or emancipating. Also provide food, clothing and brief counseling.

323-467-8466Taft House (Los Angeles Youth Network)

24 hours
Website: www.LAYN.org
Shelter for teens ages 12-17. Counseling, residential placement referrals and transitional living component.

323-468-2500Teen Canteen

M-F 8:30am-5pm, closed 12pm-1pm
Website: www.tasla.org
Drop-in center for homeless runaways ages 12-23. Food, showers, laundry, clothes, counseling services, case management, crisis intervention, HIV testing, legal clinic, job assistance, shelter referrals, substance abuse counseling and medical. Bilingual.

323-469-2946The Way In

24 hours
Male Only Hotline: (800) 843-9294
FREE. Drop-in center, co-ed 7-11pm. Shelter services, male only, ages 12-17 years old.

800-722-9760Youth Link of America

24 hours
Website: www.youthlinkofamerica.org
Outreach and referrals. Resource center for runaways and homeless youth.

MORE LINKS

• www.casayouthshelter.org - Organization to provide temporary shelter for runaways and youth in crisis.