Runaway teens don't qualify for foster care. So she created a solution.

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Nearly 1.3 million young people in the US are classified as 'unaccompanied youths' and can't get foster care because they chose to leave a situation rather than be removed. So Vicki Sokolik, who works with teens in Tampa, worked to create a solution.

Tampa, Florida Jahiem Morgan knew he was too young to be living on his own at 15 years old, but he didn't have much of a choice.

His mother died when he was 12, his father was incarcerated the following year, and he lacked a reliable home. So, he crashed with friends or slept on the streets."It was dangerous and scary ... but I did what I had to do in order to survive," said Morgan, now 19.Morgan found himself among the nearly 1.

How Sokolik's 'Starting Right, Now!' helps teens 02:29Jahiem Morgan -- who's been with the group since last year -- will soon graduate high school and head to college this fall. "Thank God for Miss Vicki," Morgan said."I did not have anywhere to go but for this program."He has big ideas for his future, with the hopes of being an elementary school teacher, entrepreneur and hair stylist.

 

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