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five year-old Yecencia Lockwood is in tears as she wades through the water that covers the unpaved streets in Bayview. She had just fallen and got scrape on one of her hands from a submerged rock. Just seconds after the photo was taken, this…

Lamar Myrick, 7, Had to decide the best way to get the ball he was playing with after it went into a puddle while playing catch. Bayview has no paved roads and they flood very badly when it rains.

When seasonal work is going on, there aren't many folks around during the day in Bayview. A visitor is likely to be greeted by the two puppies that Diane Austin (her house in background) takes care of.

Dwayne Sample, 9, heads toward shelter as a looming thunderstorm was just moments away. At right are shacks that rent for less than $50 per month. Early in 1998 it seemed as though most of Bayview's decades old problems would continue, but as word…

Surrounded by four children, as well as one on the way, at right, volunteered Brandi Stone is overwhelmed with the large number of children that need positive adult role models.

Kristina gathers boxes alone at night so the family can move out of the motel while her dad guzzles beer back at the room.

Sunny Gable tries to have a phone conversation over the stereo, a crying baby, dishes and a moaning Mom. Three generations of Gables live in the single room.

The Gables of mark the passage of time with Sean's court date, the end of dad's jail term, Friday the 13th and a birthday.

Regina, like most every other child in one of the wealthiest counties of the world, plays grownup in high heels in the fire station motel parking lot.

These residential motel children are looking for love wherever they can get it. The younger brother, far right, just met Sean's girlfriend, center who isn't getting what she wants.