Dead People Don’t Recover

The current crisis of opioid use and corresponding overdose deaths has struck the City of Boston with force and the community of people experiencing homelessness has been disproportionally affected.  The Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) has developed a multi-modular approach, based harm reduction, to meet the needs of our sickest patients.  In this presentation, we will highlight innovative ways to engage rather than mandate treatment with an ultimate goal of keeping people safe while affording them the ability to access care on their own terms.