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  1. #1
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    Default What Happens if You Run Away from a Foster Home

    okay so i live in a foster home, i’m 16 and i want to go home. If i pack my stuff up and go back to my moms without my fos parents consent will i be considered a runaway? And will they make me go back? or will cys or something do something else?

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    Default Re: What Would Happen if I “ran” from My Foster Home

    You cannot go home until CPS and the Judge says you can.

    If you runaway. You will be picked up. You will either be returned to your foster parents, new foster parents or put in a group home.

    Your foster parents have no say about if and when you can return home. If you want to see your mom. You need to talk to your foster care worker.

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    Default Re: What Would Happen if I “ran” from My Foster Home

    Hi Cat1275;

    If you're in foster care, it's because it was determined that your Mom was unable to care for you. If you run away, you may be sent back the same fosters, moved to another foster family, or be sent to a juvie detention facility.

    If you're having troubles with your current fosters, please reach out to your case worker or a trusted adult. What State are you currently in?

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    Default Re: What Would Happen if I “ran” from My Foster Home

    my state is pa, i wasn’t living with my mom when i was placed in foster care i was living with my father.

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    Default Re: What Would Happen if I “ran” from My Foster Home

    Quote Quoting cat1275
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    my state is pa, i wasn’t living with my mom when i was placed in foster care i was living with my father.
    Yes, but the foster care system did not place you with your mother, they placed you with a foster family. You will only get both yourself and your mother (and it will be even worse for your mother) in a great deal of trouble if you run away to her house.

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