LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- Advocates in Central Arkansas say they are seeing a rise in the number of runaway children and teens, and the situations they are running from, and into, are becoming more dangerous.
National estimates vary, but organizations like the National Runaway Safeline report between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away each year in the United States.
Another estimate from the National Conference of State Legislatures places the number at 1.5 million, representing nearly 7 percent of all minors.
Labrador brings comfort to children in crisis at the Children’s Protection Center in Little Rock
Many leave home to escape abuse, neglect, family conflict or trafficking, and Arkansas is no exception…