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After an emotional evening, Ashley has cried herself to sleep. In their van, she sleeps in the backseat while her parents sleep in the rear and little Tommy dozes in the front. Her parents promise her that tomorrow will be a better day.

Ashley sometimes has difficulty dealing with her homeless predicament. Mom and Dad try to calm her, but the young girl remains pensive and sad.

Both the Silver children do well at school. Ashley, who is in third grade, does her homework from the back of their van. She must complete her homework everyday before playing or watching TV.

Kim Silver is despondent as she visits the local public housing office. She finds that they are much further down the list for Section 8 housing than she thought. They must continue to live in the van.

Kim Silver, the mother, cooks a chicken dinner from the front seat of their van. She makes a few dollars working for the local church, but spends most of her time running the family because of Tom's disability.

The Silver family came to San Francisco from Vermont two years ago with little money. Like many homeless families, they live out of their vehicle. They cook and sleep in their van, and take showers at a nearby truck stop. While their two children,…

Jill rests in a hotel room she received from outreach workers...but she will soon return to the streets. A strong heroin and crack addiction keeps Jill from making good decisions and she and Ricky are still on the street.

Jill, a homeless woman, is very proud of her legs. She has supported herself through prostitution for years. Although she is aging, she still has some regular customers.

Longtime homeless partners Ricky and Jill argue on Jones Street in San Francisco. Most of their fights are about money...Jill is an aging prostitute who has a bad crack habit.

Georgia has just received her new motorized wheelchair which makes getting up and down the steep hills in the Tenderloin and downtown areas easier. Despite attempts to help her walk again, she has given up and left the hospital for her familiar…