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Our son being that we need help also. and we're getting the help. he's too old to come up with us. it's a catch-22 and he's caught in the cycle right now. and it's very hard for us right now. it's very emotional for us to bring him down here and leave him. >> cassandra, erich and boxer plan on hanging out in oceanside for a few days before taking a train to arcata, a town just north of san francisco. >> meanwhile, niki and ivan are still in ocean beach dealing with some serious problems. the night before, niki's friend jessica invited them to spend the night at a local hotel. it's not unusual ...

It breaks you down a little bit, changes who you are. you ain't the same person once you come to the streets and leave again. you ain't the same person. >> as the sun sets, one of the places erich and cassandra feel safest is the local park where many of the homeless go to hang out. >> i have to take a prenatal pill is so that my pregnancy is healthy. >> this is actually cassandra's third pregnancy. her eldest child is living with her mother, while her second child is with the baby's father. this will be her first child with erich. did you see my ultrasound pictures? here. and then there's the...

>> i'm on probation for 90 days, which means i don't have to go see a probation officer. i just have to do what they want me to do. go to an hiv education class and take a frickin' hiv test. and give them the results. then i'm free. if i don't do that, i go to jail for two months. he gave me a copy of my court papers saying what i needed to do. i have to pay a fine? $478! good lord, that's a lot of money. >> it's a fine that cassandra will unlikely ever pay. what little money she does get goes towards her day-to-day survival on the streets. >> what made me go into prostitution is i was pregnan...

Families and friends. >> it's really not worth it if we have to spend until 3:00 at the library. >> what's he plan on doing? >> i feel like our entire day is [ bleep ] wasted. just wasted. we can't even do anything. >> we wouldn't be doing anything if we were anywhere else, baby. what would we be doing if we were, like, downtown? another day of clear warrants. so, soak up the fun while i can at the beach, i guess. >> for the next three hours we have? >> please. >> i'm just telling you. >> back at the park, cassandra and erich are making plans to

>> yeah. i have never been able to get aid, regardless of how many times i've tried. i've been trying to go and get county work. >> don't yell at me about that. yell at them about it. >> don't [ bleep ] come at me all stupid. >> they turn you down every [ bleep ]. don't flip me off. >> then shut the [ bleep ] up. please. [ bleep ] i don't want to be mad at you, but you just keep running your mouth. i'm tired of getting my hopes up for nothing. and that's all that seems to be happening is i'm getting my hopes up for nothing all the [ bleep ] time. >> i do feel like it is better to try. trying a...