Since 2002, National Runaway Safeline and Runaway and Homeless Youth programs across the country have come together to support National Runaway Prevention Month (NRPM) in November. The goals are to raise awareness of the runaway and homeless youth crisis and to educate the public about solutions to ending youth homelessness. The theme of NRPM 2017 was “Friends Helping Friends” and focused on recognizing the role key people play in the lives of at-risk youth. The goal is to continue to unite communities together to help support youth as they navigate their world. Thanks to the help and support of individuals and agencies across the country, the 2017 NRPM campaign continued to raise awareness of the issues runaway and homeless youth face and how communities can support these young people and work towards the goal of ending youth homelessness. (Take a look at the NRPM 2017 infographic to see how people got involved!) By supporting NRPM, agencies and individuals are showing America’s runaway and homeless youth that they are not invisible and they are not alone. Thanks to everyone for their support of NRPM 2017!

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National Runaway
Prevention Month
#NRPM2017
2017
Thank you to everyone
for making NRPM 2017
a success! We could not
have done it without
the help and support of
so many great
organizations and
individuals.
Here are a
few
highlights:
130 people participated in Facebook
Profile Day and #NRPM2017 reached
23,000 Facebook accounts
Facebook
Instagram posts with
#NRPM2017 reached 11,600
accounts and received 25,000
impressions
Instagram
Twitter posts with #NRPM2017 reached 3.6
million potential impressions and 546,000 Twitter
users
Twitter
Candle light
vigil &
Robey Hotel
in Chicago
lit green!
Greyhound supported
NRPM by promoting
"Greenhound Week" and
encouraged staff and
passengers to wear green
Greenhound Wear
Green!
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With everyone's support we were able to raise awareness of
the runaway and homeless youth crisis and educate the
public about solutions to help end youth homelessness
Agencies all over the country
wore green to support NRPM