estimated 100,000 veterans on the nation s streets every night. peck s group, the nonprofit u.s. vets initiative, serves over 2,000 veterans in five states each day with housing, counseling, and employment services. how are you? good. reporter: there s a new plan for the women here to be able to have their children with them. lorna hudson s 5-year-old son sheldon right now has to stay with relatives. tell me about the night that you realized this is it, got to fix it. i would say it was the night when it was raining cats and dogs. and i had no shelter. i felt like, wow, there s got to be something better than this. reporter: peck s journey of service is rooted in his own background. he is the son of the late gregory peck in our courts, all men are