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11 11 <br />REFERRAL SOURCE <br />Department of Public Welfare <br />76 <br />State Police 3 <br />Self <br />40 <br />Mishawaka. Police Department 2 <br />Parkview <br />25 <br />N.I.D.A.S. 2 <br />South Bend Police Department <br />24 <br />School 2 <br />Hope Rescue <br />13 <br />Legal Aid 1 <br />Friend/Related <br />9 <br />Parent 1 <br />St. Joe County Police <br />8 <br />Family & Childrens Center 1 <br />National Runaway Switchboard 5 <br />AGE <br />Under 11: 1 <br />78 <br />15: 52 <br />11: 3 <br />Ran <br />16: 48 <br />12: 4 <br />6 <br />17: 23 <br />13: 24 <br />Detention <br />18: 11 <br />14: 39 <br />21 <br />Older: 7 <br />5 <br />PRESENTING PROBLEM <br />Parents &/or siblings <br />61 <br />Abuse 7 <br />Problems with placement <br />33 <br />Drugs 5 <br />Mother <br />30 <br />Problem with independent living 5 <br />Need Shelter <br />20 <br />Home Environment 5 <br />Personal & Emotional Problems <br />17 <br />Stepparent 4 <br />Kicked out of home <br />13 <br />Problems with a relative 2 <br />Father <br />10 <br />DISPOSITION TO <br />Home <br />78 <br />Group Home <br />18 <br />Ran <br />30 <br />R.J.C.P. <br />6 <br />Relative <br />24 <br />Detention <br />6 <br />Foster Home <br />21 <br />Institution <br />5 <br />Independent Living <br />21 <br />Removed from shelter <br />3 <br />As can be seen by the statistics a large number of youth run because of pro- <br />blems with parents. Of that number most return home. While the national profile <br />of a runaway is a white, fifteen year old female, the shelter has housed slightly <br />more males than females. Fifteen and sixteen year olds were seen more frequently <br />than any other age group. The overwhelming majority of runaways and youth in <br />crisis were caucasion. <br />The shelter received more referrals from the Department of Public Welfare <br />than from any other single source. Self referrals were the next highest source. <br />Reasons listed for the runaway or crisis are onlZ the problems initially pre- <br />sented. Often underlying problems are discovered as a youth is being worked with. <br />