OUT OF OPTIONS, MORE FAMILIES LIVING IN THEIR CARS
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As time passes and unemployment continues to hover at 9.1 per cent, benefit payments dry up and homeless shelters face constant capacity.
A 60 Minutes segment dedicated time to telling the stories of the growing group of Florida children who now live in their family's cars as they run out of options.
There are now 16 million children now living in poverty nationally, and one third of those children are in Florida.
Though the efforts of food banks and shelter do help, they are not enough as many are now forced to adopt a new alternative.
One of the families profiled was the Metzgers, led by father Tom who lost his job as a carpenter. Mr Metzger and his two children- Arielle, 15, and Austin, 13- live together in a small truck. The children's mother died when they were young.
'It's an adventure,' Arielle told CBS' Scott Pelley.
'It's not really that much of an embarrassment. I mean, it's only life. You do what you need to do, right?' she said.
Other families told stories of the fear they had during the night, afraid that people would rob them in their cars for the little money they have.
Some have worked out partnerships with motels that allow them to stay even though they have run out of cash, using their labour to repaint rooms as payment instead.
