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Why she ran away from her N.S. group home more than 20 times

Why she ran away from her N.S. group home more than 20 times8 oct23 min

Children in foster care and group homes are among society's most vulnerable, but their stories are rarely told. Ashley Coggins-Comeau lived in a group home as a youth and estimates she ran away 20 to 30 times. She says the experience continues to impact her life —when she looks up her name on the internet, she still finds pages of results with media stories and missing person reports from more than a decade ago, some with a photo attached.