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>> autry phillips runs target area redevelopment. among their missions, putting former gang members in outreach programs to try to stop violence on the streets. in this neighborhood of inglewood and spots across the city, there's great need. right? these communities have been depleted far long time, some would say starved, right? >> yeah. >> what do the communities actually need? >> what the community is lacking is hope. you're talking about trying to instill hope in individuals who are living in a community or in a situation where it's hopeless. where the men in our community are unemployed. ...

Have? >> right now i can could want that we do have like four that's going on, four that we are keeping our pulse on. there are four that can blow up any minute. >> even if the guns are here someone has to pull the trigger. our job is to get them not to pick the gun up. >> he runs target area redevelopment. among their missions, putting former gang members in outreach programs to try to stop violence on the streets. in this neighborhood there is great need, right? these communities have been depleted far long time, some would say starved, right? >> yeah. what the community is lacking is hope. ...

Keeping our pulse on. there are four that can blow up any minute. >> even if the guns are here someone has to pull the trigger. our job is to get them not to pick the gun up. >> he runs target area redevelopment. among their missions, putting former gang members in outreach programs to try to stop violence on the streets. in this neighborhood there is great need, right? these communities have been depleted far long time, some would say starved, right? >> yeah. what the community is lacking is hope. you're talking about trying to instill hope in individuals who are living in a situation where i...

>> reporter: she says many are confused. >> people are like i thought obamacare was dead. >> reporter: supporters say that the confusion is due in part to the administration's slashing of funds for on outreach programs. and cutting the sign up period in half. >> obamacare is dead. >> reporter: still enrollment numbers are up from this time last year. an estimated 3.6 million americans have already signed up. and the number is expected to rise when plans automatically reenrollme people who are alrea in the program. but with the december 15 deadline to enroll, experts say this year's total numbe...

In the country? >> we have the biggest handle on how to address are suicide and young men killing each other. and in neither of those do we have a perfect sblugs neither of them is a law based solution. but they're about identifying people at risk, using a mix of data and outreach programs. then the work that follows is hard. you can't pass a law banning suicide or loneliness. i saw megan mccartel say gun owners reach out to their friends and say store your guns or ammo at my house when you're feeling upset. i want to be here to protect you as a fellow gun owner. but there's a lot more to thes...