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I need to make something happen and make something happen fast, you know. i got my diploma. i'm smart. just looking for a chance. >> new friends, anthony and 18-year-old jacksonville native josh, are hanging out in the park with a group of their buddies. anthony is preparing to give josh a stick and poke tattoo. he prepares the rudimentary tools, a staple with the end filed sharp, inserted into a pencil eraser and ink from a ballpoint pen. >> get one cross on your shoulder with a phoenix in the middle. >> the tattoo josh picked out has special meaning for him. >> i'm half irish. i've always ha...

>> a few days later anthony and 18-year-old runaway josh head to the job corps office in downtown jacksonville. anthony has been talking to josh about the program. >> do they have, like, a pamphlet with different jobs in it? >> i'm pretty sure. i don't know. >> i knew i needed to get the hell out of here. >> when they come out josh says he will attend an orientation session later in the week. >> i'm mainly interest interested in the medical field be onning payings because i've always wanted to do with science or health. >> josh calls home every sunday after his family gets home from church. >>...

>> sirens blare off in the distance, setting the group into motion. after leaving the park, josh did not seek medical attention. things are looking up for 24-year-old runaway rodney. he's still homeless but he's been accepted into the patient care technician program at concord career college. this morning, he has an appointment to meet with a financial aid counselor. >> right now, i'm seeking help from the state. they say i'm approved already but i still, i don't have a job right now. >> rodney is prepared to juggle school and day labor to finish his program. i want to say, here, this is what ...

Say, that's what i'm talking about. >> that's our new home now. that's where we're going to sleep from now on out. >> 19-year-old teanna who's five months pregnant and her boyfriend bam are moving into a tent in the woods next to where teanna's mother carla sleeps. >> don't come tonight, i'm sleeping there. >> i'm sleeping tonight here. i am not going back to that building. >> teanna and bam did not want to sleep at the abandoned nightclub anymore. there are rumors the police are watching it. >> i don't know if it's true but i don't care. i'm not taking chances. i'm not going to jail. >> it ra...

This is kind of the security system. when somebody comes inside, it gets pushed down. go ahead and knock it down. that's why we keep it up. anybody that comes inside has to make that noise. >> before heading into the abandoned hospital for the night, josh says he's taking small steps toward repairing his relationship with his parents. >> i mean, i try and contact them at least once a week, just call them and let them know i'm doing okay. my dad, he's kind of excited because he really is glad that i actually am trying to get straight and my mom, it's one of those things that she's glad, but you...