The bill's backers insisted that runaways are a social rather than criminal problem, and that receiving
homes, crisis centers and mental health agencies are better prepared to
handle abandoned children than punishment - oriented law - enforcement agencies.
If you have to
abandon your retreat to
handle an emergency back
home, you will lose not only your pre-paid retreat costs, which are now certain to be non-refundable, but also have to pay extra in airline change fees and other unexpected transportation costs.