This research project was a field study of cummunity social work. It started a research project, and became an inspiration for several students and launched their careers. This sad but brutal truth of what families face living on East Colfax in Denver out of motels. Children and families feet away from drugs, gangs, prostitution adn violence. Desperate community efforts to help families get out of endendured slavery with the motels they live in due to slow agency pay.