my name is koshik roy, the executive director at the shantee project. we serve over 2,400 clients annually. the vast majority of whom are underserved and all of whom have been diagnosed with either h.i.v., breast cancer, or other life-threatening conditions. what i want to address briefly now is the fact that the linchpin of what is known as h.i.v. prevention with positive efforts is at risk of being defunded or drastically reduced this year. and that linchpin is the shantee life program. the life program is san francisco's largest, oldest, and only citywide prevention with positives program and supports over 900 h.i.v. positive clients annually, including those who are most likely to disengage from primary care a adherence to treatment th