<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance. If this is the wrong place for this, let me know and I will post it somewhere else. Like the title says, my 17 year old sister just got kicked out. Our step father is violent and has anger management problems, and we both dealt with it differently. I put as much effort into future planning as I could and kept my head down. I left home on my 18th birthday and have worked hard since then to stay in school and keep my job. I havent spoken to my parents since then. My sister was a lot more impulsive and rebellious, and ended up having some problems with drugs. She went to a camp to get clean last year and was successful in getting off drugs, but unfortunately she started drinking as soon as she got back. She just messaged me saying that she got caught sneaking back into the house while drunk and woke up to a note on her pillow from our mother saying that she needs to leave and should get emancipated. My sister is staying with a friend until I can go get her. We live in San Diego and as much as I would like to be able to support her, I just dont have the means to. I dont know where to look for advice. I know she needs therapy and she has one year of high school left. She doesnt want to go back to our parents because of how they treat her. What can we do?  <response>: I believe you can try calling CPS I think theyre the people as parents are required to take care of their children if theyre under 18 