I'm a couple months away from being 18. I have an unbearable abusive home setting and I have been planning my leaving home for a while now. I will be running to Texas where I have a safe place to go where I'll be given a place to stay and the opportunity to finish my education once I'm of legal age. I'm not posting here to be told to find another way to deal or to talk to my parents so honestly please don't waste your time with the repeating what I say in your words and inconspicuous trying to talk me out of what I'm planning. Nor do I want to hear how whoever is giving me somewhere to go might be in trouble for the harboring thing, I'm aware of this. I just have a few questions. You seem like a nice organization and I'm really grateful for any help you can give me.
1. The mckinney veto act, does it only help people under 18? Or can I use it to help me once I'm 18? And while on the subject of school, I can enroll in school and finish up high school without my parents permission/signatures when I'm 18, right? Finishing high school is very important to me; I would rather a diploma than a ged but if ged is the only option I'll have left that won't stop me from running, sorry. But I would like to ensure the best options for my education after I'm on the run if that's possible.
2. How traceable are plane tickets? This will most likely be my get-away transportation and I do know ticketing and passenger information are absolutely kept track of I just am wondering how traceable. I know you don't know exactly, thats ok I would just like your estimate. What I'm meaning is how long do you think it would take for the police to find my trail. (And yes, my parents will definitly report me as a runaway.) And what action might be taken if this information is found in your opinion? I'd like to know the cause-effect of what will happen if I'm traced.
3. How do I clear my runaway status offense once I turn 18? Is it as simple as going into a police station and showing my ID?
4. Again, you might not know this but I'd appreciate any estimates. What is the protocol for obtaining a social security card and birth certificate once I'm 18? I will have neither, I have no clue where they are but these are crucially important documents which I'll need to be successful once I'm of age and on my own. There has to be a way to obtain them without either of them. I'd appreciate if you could tell me what the process is.
5. This last question surrounds your hotline. Can I use to message system just to inform my parents of my safety? Or must there be big promises of wanting to come home to take advantage of this nice system. Also, can I only use generic or general messages in this system or could I leave things like the location of notes? If I call while on the run you will record and/or report my information/area/number/any other info you get? I saw on another thread that you are mandated reporters. This makes me uneasy to call. Do you report all of your caller information to the police? Are you recording and/or reporting my ip address right now? Sorry to be paranoid, but I am curius and would really like to know for my own caution.
Thank you and sorry this inquery has turned out to be long and irksome. I look forward to your reply, it will be an incredible help. Hopefully it will give me some peace of mind to know some of these things, thank you again.
1. The mckinney veto act, does it only help people under 18? Or can I use it to help me once I'm 18? And while on the subject of school, I can enroll in school and finish up high school without my parents permission/signatures when I'm 18, right? Finishing high school is very important to me; I would rather a diploma than a ged but if ged is the only option I'll have left that won't stop me from running, sorry. But I would like to ensure the best options for my education after I'm on the run if that's possible.
2. How traceable are plane tickets? This will most likely be my get-away transportation and I do know ticketing and passenger information are absolutely kept track of I just am wondering how traceable. I know you don't know exactly, thats ok I would just like your estimate. What I'm meaning is how long do you think it would take for the police to find my trail. (And yes, my parents will definitly report me as a runaway.) And what action might be taken if this information is found in your opinion? I'd like to know the cause-effect of what will happen if I'm traced.
3. How do I clear my runaway status offense once I turn 18? Is it as simple as going into a police station and showing my ID?
4. Again, you might not know this but I'd appreciate any estimates. What is the protocol for obtaining a social security card and birth certificate once I'm 18? I will have neither, I have no clue where they are but these are crucially important documents which I'll need to be successful once I'm of age and on my own. There has to be a way to obtain them without either of them. I'd appreciate if you could tell me what the process is.
5. This last question surrounds your hotline. Can I use to message system just to inform my parents of my safety? Or must there be big promises of wanting to come home to take advantage of this nice system. Also, can I only use generic or general messages in this system or could I leave things like the location of notes? If I call while on the run you will record and/or report my information/area/number/any other info you get? I saw on another thread that you are mandated reporters. This makes me uneasy to call. Do you report all of your caller information to the police? Are you recording and/or reporting my ip address right now? Sorry to be paranoid, but I am curius and would really like to know for my own caution.
Thank you and sorry this inquery has turned out to be long and irksome. I look forward to your reply, it will be an incredible help. Hopefully it will give me some peace of mind to know some of these things, thank you again.

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