Facente Consulting project managed, promoted, facilitated, and produced a two-day virtual Drug User Health Symposium as part of NACCHO’s Overdose Prevention and Response Mentorship Program.
Project Descriptions
Planning and Facilitation of a National Drug User Health Symposium
Evaluation Support for a County Health Department to Implement Results-Based Accountability
County of San Diego Public Health Services
Evaluation Training and Technical Assistance for Oncology Programs
Gilead Sciences
California Department of Public Health Outbreak Response Equity Plan
CDPH Office of AIDS
Substance Use Disorders Team Retreat Facilitation
SFDPH Behavioral Health Services
Planning for a Mobile, Community-Based, Equity-Centered Research Model
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Tobacco Free Project Quantitative Data Analysis
San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project
Sexual and Drug User Health Sector Workforce Equity Playbook
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Development of National Performance Standards for Syringe Services Programs
NASTAD
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Program Evaluation
San Francisco Community Health Center
Planning and Implementation Support to End the HIV Epidemic in California
CDPH Office of AIDS
Educating Clinical Psych Students about Harm Reduction
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Curriculum Development on Nevada’s Good Samaritan Law for the Larson Institute at the University of Nevada, Reno
The Larson Institute
Evaluating Naloxone Boxes to Prevent Overdoses in Michigan
Harm Reduction Michigan
Harm Reduction Training and Capacity Building for the Overdose Response Network
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Facente Consulting, through a contract with the University of Missouri-Kansas City, provided multiple trainings to the members of the Overdose Response Network (ORN) to build the capacity and knowledge of its network of TA providers and technology transfer specialists, who respond to a variety of requests nationwide.
Strategic Planning for HIV and Aging Programs
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Program Planning for Rafiki Coalition’s UMOJA Health Access Point
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness
Facente Consulting provided program planning, retreat facilitation, and implementation technical assistance to the Rafiki Coalition to launch UMOJA, a Health Access Point funded by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to provide coordinated, wholistic, and Afrocentric services to address the syndemic of HIV, HCV, STIs and related health and social issues within San Francisco’s Black and African American communities,
SFDPH Community Referral Network Assessment and Recommendations
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Retreat Facilitation to Support Teamwork within a Harm Reduction Program
GLIDE
Facilitation of Board Retreat for Greater Richmond Interfaith Program
Greater Richmond Interfaith Program
Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
SFDPH Jail Health Services
Collective Impact Backbone Support and Data Analysis to Eliminate Hepatitis C
End Hep C SF
Understanding Routine HIV Screening in California Emergency Departments
CDPH Office of AIDS
Needs Assessment to Guide HIV and HCV Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Development of a Guide to Integrating HIV, HCV, and Syphilis Testing and Treatment in Opioid Treatment Programs
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Coordination of the 2020 International AIDS Conference
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Program Planning to End the HIV, HCV, and STI Epidemics
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Strategic Assistance for a Coalition of Black Led Organizations
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness
Developing a “Story Map” about Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
CAMI Health
Treasure Island Visioning Process
One Treasure Island
Facente Consulting worked with One Treasure Island, a local nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of Treasure Island, to conduct a process that established a shared aspirational vision statement for the island rooted in inclusion, equity, and belonging and that supports a cultural foundation for the community and its redevelopment.
Strategic Plan for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives
San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives
Strategic Planning and Technical Assistance for Ending the HIV Epidemic
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
DeLIVER Cephia Xpert HCV Testing Program Evaluation
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Viral Hepatitis Center
UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines Updates
UNAIDS
Strategic Planning to Guide Investments in Communities Most Impacted by HIV
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Qualitative Study of Gender and Success in Academic Medicine
Stanford Medicine
Strategic Facilitation of an All-Staff Retreat for the California Prevention Training Center
California Prevention Training Center
Evaluation and “True North” Facilitation for Youth LGBT Program
The San Francisco LGBT Center
Evaluation of Gender-Inclusive School Trainings in California
Gender Spectrum
Harm Reduction Readiness Assessment in Southeast San Diego
County of San Diego Public Health Services
White Paper on Overdose Prevention Services
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Support for Strategic Implementation of San Francisco’s Initiative to End Trans Homelessness
San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing
Developing an Equity and Justice Framework for Commercial Tobacco Prevention
California Department of Public Health
California Department of Public Health Strategic Plan Implementation
CDPH Office of AIDS
Facente Consulting is supporting the California Department of Public Health and various counties throughout the state with technical assistance to develop and deploy the Implementation Blueprint in support of California’s Integrated Statewide Strategic Plan for Addressing HIV, HCV, and STIs from 2022-2026.
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for CDPH OA ADAP-Related Programs
CDPH Office of AIDS
Facilitation and Planning Support for the East Bay Drug Checking Collaborative
HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County
Project Management of Telemedicine Pilot focused on Low-Barrier Buprenorphine Access
SFDPH Behavioral Health Services
Strategic Planning for LGBTQ+ Seniors
Openhouse
SFDPH Jail Health Action Planning
SFDPH Jail Health Services
Mixed Methods Study of Gendered Microaggressions in Medical Care
Stanford Medicine
Strategic Planning for UCSF’s Pain and Addiction Research Center
University of California, San Francisco - Pain and Addiction Research Center
Technical Assistance to Harm Reduction Programs in the Midwest
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Guidance for Integrating Hepatitis C Services into Opioid Treatment Programs in the Midwest
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless Strategic Planning
Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless
Needs Assessment for Youth from Low-Income Families
One Treasure Island
Formal Assessment of the Landscape of Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs in California
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation
Capacity-Building Assistance for Programs Serving Trans People in the Midwest
San Francisco Community Health Center
Facente Consulting supported San Francisco Community Health Center in designing and implementing a six-session community of practice that brought together community-based organizations, health departments, and other agencies in the Midwest United States for peer-to-peer learning to improve HIV-related service delivery to trans people in the US.
Needs Assessment on the Health of People who Use Drugs in San Francisco
SFDPH Behavioral Health Services
Creating a Harm Reduction Curriculum Infusion Package for University Professors
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Facilitation of the Mayor’s Methamphetamine Task Force
SFDPH Office of Policy and Planning
Facente Consulting facilitated San Francisco’s Methamphetamine Task Force—composed of medical and public health professionals, substance use disorder treatment providers, emergency responders, criminal justice and law enforcement officials, drug policy experts, and people who use or have used methamphetamine—to develop recommendations for improving San Francisco’s approach to methamphetamine use.
National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) Data Analysis
CDPH Office of AIDS
Planning a Team Retreat to Support Workforce Transformation Efforts
San Francisco Community Health Center
Rafiki Coalition Project Management
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness
Framing of an Issue Brief on Addiction and Recovery
Battery Powered
Development of WHO/UNAIDS Technical Guidance for Use of HIV Recency Assays
World Health Organization
BEAM Staff Retreat
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)
Visualizing Drug-Checking Results as a Tool for Autonomy and Harm Reduction in the Drug User Community
HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County
Developing and Implementing International Overdose Awareness Day Events in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Program Evaluation for an Initiative to Prevent Infant Morbidity and Mortality
Fresno County Department of Public Health
HIV and Housing Assessment and Call to Action
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
COVID-19 Response After Action Report and Preparedness Planning
California Department of Public Health
Strategic Planning to End Family Homelessness
Hamilton Families
Hamilton Families asked Facente Consulting to assist them in developing a three-year strategic plan to cultivate organizational excellence, strengthen high-impact services for homeless families during the pandemic recovery period, and design an advocacy program to drive systemic change for the future.
Affirming Trans Access to Housing Curriculum Development
San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing
Needs Assessment for Contingency Management Services in San Francisco
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Facente Consulting supported the San Francisco Department of Public Health in conducting an assessment of the current landscape of access to contingency management in San Francisco and opportunities for expansion by conducting and analyzing interviews and focus groups with people engaged in treatment.
COVID-19 Safety Protocol Development
The Berkeley School
Statistical Analysis to Support Evaluation of a LGBTQ+ Mental Health Intervention
LGBTQ Connection
Development and Implementation of Organizational Impact Evaluation
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Developing a Syndemic 101 Overview for the Behavioral Health Workforce
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Evaluation for CDC-Funded Workforce Development for San Francisco Department of Public Health
SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation
Goal Setting and Program Planning for a Permanent Supportive Housing Provider
Alameda Point Collaborative
Facente Consulting worked with Alameda Point Collaborative to support a small-scale strategic planning process and the development of a theory of change, with the goal of reviewing key initiatives and centering resident feedback as they enter into an era of growth and redevelopment of housing projects.
Skills Training for Graduate Students in Historically Disadvantaged Universities (HDUs) in South Africa
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation
Strategic Planning for the Population Health Workforce Branch of CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Development of a Comprehensive Program Evaluation for a Neighborhood-Wide Program
Tenderloin Community Benefit District (TLCBD)
Philanthropic Investment Strategy Research, Planning, and Evaluation
Hellman Foundation
Training to “Tell the Story” of HIV Program Impact
Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center
Strategic Planning to Better Support Homeless Families
Raphael House
Strategic Support for the California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative
National Harm Reduction Coalition
Clinic Flow Analysis for the Adult-Older Adult System of Care within Behavioral Health Services
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Development of a Survey and Report to Assess Harm Reduction Capacity in Nevada
The Larson Institute
Supplemental Report to a Guide on HCV Services in Opioid Treatment Programs
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Qualitative Evaluation of Vital Strategies’ Overdose Prevention Program
Vital Strategies
Citywide Hepatitis B Needs Assessment
SFDPH Disease Prevention and Control
Development of a Food Organizing Structure for San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Planning for Program Integration for People Living With HIV
San Francisco Community Health Center
Evaluation of Capacity-Building Assistance for High-Impact HIV Prevention
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
94124 COVID Connect & Care (C3) Project Management
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness
Project Coordination and Analytic Support to Improve Global HIV Incidence Estimation
The Consortium for the Evaluation and Performance of HIV Incidence Assays (CEPHIA)
Support for Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Planning, Data Analysis, and Reporting
San Francisco Department of Public Health ARCHES Branch
COVID-19 Safety Consultation and Data Training
Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Impact Evaluation of a Social Connection Intervention to Improve LGBTQ+ Mental Health
San Francisco Community Health Center
Facilitation of Community Engagement to Guide Commercial Tobacco Prevention Priorities
San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project
Prosperity Broward Community Engagement Process Guide
Ocha Transformations
Community Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) Implementation Support
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Santa Clara County World AIDS Day Events
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Research Coordination and Data Analysis for an NIH R21 Study on Hepatitis C Epidemiology
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - CFAR/Gladstone Institute
Strategic Planning for Hepatitis C Elimination
Hep C Free Allegheny
Backbone Support for a Collective Impact Initiative focused on Community Health
San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership
Protocols for Partner Services and Linkages to Care
Riverside University Health System - Public Health
Strategic Planning for Elimination of California’s HIV/HCV/STI Syndemic
CDPH Office of AIDS
Global HIV Recency Assay Step-Down Training in PEPFAR Countries
Vitalant Research Institute
Test and Be Treated (TBT) Study Data Analysis
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Rapporteur Services for the World Health Organization Working Group on HIV Incidence Measurement and Data Use
World Health Organization
Whole-Person Needs Assessment for HIV Care among Women, Infants, Children, and Youth
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Needs Assessment for the Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan
CDPH Office of AIDS
Executive Coaching and Support to Improve Organizational Functioning
Tenderloin Community Benefit District
Manuscript Development to Summarize Research about Fluvoxamine Treatment for COVID-19
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner
Tobacco Free Project Evaluation Support
San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project
Hep elimiNATION Toolkit Planning and Development
O'Neill Institute
In partnership with the O’Neill Institute, Facente Consulting conducted a needs assessment for the hep elimiNATION toolkit, collecting qualitative data from over a dozen health department staff working in viral hepatitis about what they would want to see in a hepatitis elimination planning toolkit. Facente Consulting then provided an outline for the toolkit, and developed content for three of its modules.
Qualitative Analysis of Training Needs for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeons
AO Foundation
Creating the First Strategic Plan for a Growing HIV Clinic
Petersen HIV Clinics at the University of Arizona
Community Engagement to Support Development of a Meaningful HIV and STD Prevention RFP
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of HIV and STD Programs
Assessment and Re-Envisioning of the Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) Program in San Francisco
SFDPH HIV Health Services
Fresno County Health Department Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment
Fresno County Department of Public Health
Strategic Facilitation to Update Goals and Strategies for CDC’s Division of Workforce Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Planning and Facilitation of a Summit on the Rural Opioid Crisis
Project Inform
Developing and Evaluating Glide’s Contingency Management Program
Glide
Planning and Facilitation of Institutes to Improve HIV PrEP Capacity in Florida
SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation
Academic Manuscript Development
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Strategic Planning to Manage Impending Budget Cuts
Hamilton Families
Workplace Wellness Needs Assessment and Toolkit Revision
California Department of Public Health
Tailored Materials and Town Halls to Engage Communities in Epidemics Planning
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
Assessment of San Francisco’s Clinical Implementation of Long-Acting Injectable PrEP and ART
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Strategic Planning to Support People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Arc San Francisco
Process and Impact Evaluation for a Hepatitis C Elimination Collective Impact Initiative
End Hep C SF
Technical Assistance on Trauma-Informed Approaches for HIV Integrated Services within San Francisco County Jails
SFDPH HIV Health Services
Harm Reduction and Housing Video Series
NASTAD
Board Retreat Facilitation to Develop Mission, Vision, and Strategic Priorities
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA)
Evaluation for CDC-Funded Syringe Service Program Vaccine Scale-Up
NASTAD
Strategic Facilitation to Improve Van-based Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Gastroenterology
Strategic Support and Facilitation for All Home Staff and Board
All Home
Strategic Planning for SAMHSA Harm Reduction Grantees
NASTAD
Creating a Toolkit for Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Harm Reduction Settings
NASTAD
Development of Online Training for Syringe Services Programs
ETR
Coordinating Stakeholder Engagement for a Transportation Study on Treasure Island
One Treasure Island
Needs Assessment and Recommendations to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)
LGBTQ+ Commercial Tobacco Control Program Evaluation Support
San Francisco Community Health Center
Needs Assessment of Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in the Jail System
End Hep C SF
Facente Consulting was selected by End Hep C SF to design and lead a mixed-methods needs assessment to identify gaps in hepatitis C (HCV) testing and treatment in San Francisco jails, identify best practices for treatment and linkage, and develop a HCV care cascade for people currently or recently incarcerated.