What happens to children when taken away from their families?

if you are ready to leave now there is probably an emergency shelter for minors in your area. you should google to find the closest shelter to you or call a local crisis hotline and ask for the information. 2-1-1 is a crisis and referral hotline in most areas of country, if there is a 2-1-1 in your area they will have the answers. counselors on the hotline and at an emergency shelter can work with you on what the next best step is for you.

I think what you'd be classified as is a runaway instead of really being someone taken from their parents. Get in contact with some shelters, and you will be able to get away from your family. But, be wary because sometimes there are some really shady people in those shelters. And the last thing you want is to be mixed up in drugs.I think as far as foster homes are concerned, the can sometimes be REALLY bad. Given the fact that if you foster children, you get money from the government to do it. So, basically it's a situation where the children are almost like little money factories and they just don't care what happens. I read a news article a couple weeks back where a couple had their child taken away because they got busted for pot, and then like two weeks later the foster family killed the kid or something horrible like that. You mostly hear about the horror stories on the news and stuff and not the good things. My sister was in foster care when she was a baby. And the foster family she was with was very nice and let my parents visit while my mom got herself back on track psychologically (She had some pretty severe post pardem). And they were able to get her back before my sister even remembered being in foster care. This was before I was born, so yeah, I have no firsthand account of this knowledge.Dora

I have spoken to a therapist regarding this situation and she said that if you call the cops and tell them your situation, they will personally take you to a shelter. I don't know how old you are but I'm going to assume that you are under 16. They will personally help you if you are a minor. Shelters aren't always the greatest place to stay but if you are contemplating suicide, any place is better than your environment.If it makes a difference, you can call helplines that are 24 hours and you can just sit and talk to them to help your mental state. But if you really need to leave, leave.

You need to get out of your home. CPS usually handles these things and you would go into a foster home. You would only go into a foster home though if there weren't any safe family members to live with. But I highly suggest talking to someone at school like a teacher or therapist or just going to the police. Everyone should feel safe in their homes.