Resources for Young People and Parents:

Parent Watch:
2790 Broadway, Suite 9, New York, New York 10025
Phone: 917.579.4641
A nonprofit organization which has a hotline for information and complaints about specific companies which hire traveling sales crews. Parent Watch will also help young people return home should they be stranded by a sales crew.

Traveler's Aid Society.
Travelers Aid is a national network which provides shelter and transportation to people who are stranded. You can also email Traveler's Aid International for help.

The Better Business Bureau where the company is located. Operation Home Free: managed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), provides free bus tickets to runaways who want to return home. A young person simply identifies himself as a runaway to a police officer and is given a free bus ticket.

Other Resources