barry zephen. our team cares for people who experience homelessness who are at risk to dieing who are not getting their health needs met by other services. i'm going to present a case. the title of this case is it takes a village. i'm using a supseudonym to protect his identity. john was on s.s.i. disability but somehow this was cutoff. he was homeless about before he came here and came "to get away from trouble." he was initially seen by street health worker shannon in october 2016 during civic center out reach. he was noted to be injecting into public and having several possessions, including electronics and several bicycles in various states of repair. he had a long history of bipolar disorder that had initially been diagnosed when he was an adolescent. he stated his goals were to get or drugs and visit his family back east. he was among the first 20 patients in our low barrier buprenorphine pilot. over the next several months he had numerous police contacts and several periods incarcerated in j