As of 2015 there are at least 6.686 homeless individuals living in San Francisco, 3,181 live in shelters, 3,505 live on the streets, and their are 2,866 parolees 1 . Being homeless usually is not a choice for most people living inside the bart stations, or even living on top of the air vents on market street with their pets and belongings. While the general impression is that the homeless are primarily the chronic and episodic, the vast majority of these individuals have been thrust into homelessness by a life altering event or series of events that were unexpected, unplanned or a major traumatic event or physical and mental disabilities. But for the 2,866 parolees life after prison has altered their life, whether is32 years or 25 years, ex-offenders
