they're forcing major cuts as diane estherbrook shows us from chicago. >> this is the neighborhood on chicago's south side. it lost it's cease-fire program back in march. so far this year there have been about 130 shootings in this neighborhood. that's about a third more than last year. there is also been recently a string of armed ribs arm robberies. the director here believes there is a connection between the loss of cease-fire and the increase of violence here. >> we have evidence that when cease-fire is up and running in communities across the state of illinois, crimes and shootings in our communities unfortunately we're not in all of the communities, but the small numbers of communities that cease-fire is working in, we do an excellent job in bringing down the violence and shoots in the communities. >> tonight we'll show you how some cease-fire programs are surviving thanks to private donations. diane estherbrook, al jazeera, chicago. >> diane will look into the struggle to keep the cease-fire program going. that air right here on al jazeera america. >>> a curfew is in effect in

diane estherbrook has the details. >> a meal of peanut butter and jelly, and the morning newspaper, theyhare inside this van. it's been home since the lease on their apartment expired and their landlord would not renew it. >> did you ever fathom that you would be live in your van? >> i never expected it. >> no, never. >> the jacobs are not alone. about a dozen other families are also living in cars, trucks, and rvs on this road about a mile from wisconsin's capital building. >> we have ryan and derek. they've been out here for a while. they sleep in the car. these are really good people. i don't know her name, but she's the one with four children. >> but jacobs represent the changing face of madison's homeless, the working poor who can't forward rising rent prices. >> i'm making $800 a month. i work part time. i still seek disability, and rent runs around $600 to $700 and climbing. >> madison's homeless population has been increasing since the recession bottomed out. it's up 40% since 2010. foreclosures turned many former homeowners into renters pushing vacancy rates down 2% and pushing