Greyhound Bus Lines Is Offering Free Rides Home For Runaway Kids.

Greyhound Bus Lines is teaming with the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) to offer runaway kids a free ticket home to get back with their families or guardians, if they choose to do so.

Every year, around 400 kids and teens who have run away get a free ride home with Greyhound — anywhere in the U.S. — it’s called the “Home Free” program.

Here’s how the eligibility works:

• The child, or teen, calls the NRS helpline.
• Must be between the ages of 12 and 21.
• Be named on a runaway report and be willing to be reunited with their family (and vice versa).
• Home Free can be used two times by the same person.
• A free ticket is provided for the parent, or legal guardian, if the person is 15 or younger.

The NRS phone hotline operates 24-hours a day 365 days a year.