Project Descriptions

Conference Coordinating Committee Facilitation, AIDS2020
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Facente Consulting was hired to plan and facilitate highly political local coordinating committee meetings for the 2020 International AIDS Conference, which was slated to be jointly held in San Francisco and Oakland, CA until it was forced to move to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Retreat Facilitation and Theory of Change Development
AIDS United

Facente Consulting was hired to design and lead a 2-day retreat to help AIDS United plan for the future of their harm reduction initiatives.

Ending the HIV Epidemic Planning and Implementation Support
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with the California Department of Public Health and local health departments in six California counties to develop five-year plans under the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, then successfully implement those innovative plans beginning in 2021.

Routine HIV Screening in California Emergency Departments
California Department of Public Health

The California Department of Public Health enlisted Facente Consulting to help them research and submit a report to the legislature summarizing findings and recommendations about the effectiveness and feasibility of routine HIV screening in California emergency departments.

NIH R21 Study Coordination and Data Analysis
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - CFAR/Gladstone Institute

Dr. Facente was a co-investigator on this two-year research study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), with the goal of better understanding the epidemiology of hepatitis C in three high-burden subpopulations in San Francisco.

Planning and Facilitation of the Florida PrEP Institutes
San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH)

The Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health was asked to provide capacity-building assistance to the state of Florida through the CDC-supported Capacity-Building Assistance Providers Network (CPN). The goal of this project was to develop and pilot a series of three HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) institutes in Orlando, Ft. […]

Philanthropic Investment Strategy Research, Planning, and Evaluation
Hellman Foundation

In 2019, the Hellman Foundation reached out to Facente Consulting for help in identifying challenges and opportunities for a deep philanthropic investment in San Francisco’s safety net clinic system, ultimately deciding to invest in clinic-based food security interventions.

Collective Impact Backbone Support
San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership

Facente Consulting provided strategic and project management support to guide the San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership – a collective impact initiative dedicated to reducing health disparities in San Francisco – in developing, implementing, and evaluating its annual priorities and activities.

COVID-19 Safety Consultation and Data Training
Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)

Facente Consulting was asked to to provide ongoing support for Palm Springs’ politicians, business owners, and other stakeholders regarding protocols, data interpretation, and internal communications for COVID-19 safety in businesses and public areas.

Strategic Planning to Expand Scope and Refocus on Health Justice
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Facente Consulting was selected by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to lead a year-long strategic planning process that would incorporate the input of more than 200 staff and over 800 donors, volunteers, clients, and external stakeholders, ushering the Foundation into a new era of expanded work and a focus on health justice.

Impact Evaluation of a California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) to Improve LGBTQ+ Mental Health
San Francisco Community Health Center

Facente Consulting was contracted to serve as the lead evaluator for this local mental health-focused impact evaluation, with primary responsibility for designing and implementing a local evaluation plan, managing IRB approvals and human subject concerns, overseeing data collection, and conducting a quantitative analysis of local participant data.

Planning and Facilitation of a National Drug User Health Symposium
San Francisco Department of Public Health

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.

Facilitation of the Mayor’s Methamphetamine Task Force
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired to plan and facilitate the Methamphetamine Task Force created by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, 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.

The Tobacco Free Project Communities of Excellence Process
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting collaborated with San Francisco’s Tobacco Free Project and Bright Research Group to facilitate a virtual, four-part community engagement process to guide the Project in setting priorities for its next work plan.

Development of a Comprehensive Program Evaluation for a Neighborhood-Wide Community Program
Tenderloin Community Benefit District (TLCBD)

Facente Consulting was selected to help TLCBD create a Theory of Change for their work, learn the Results-Based AccountabilityTM (RBA) framework for evaluation, and develop an evaluation map to guide their future program evaluations.

Development of WHO/UNAIDS Technical Guidance for Use of HIV Recency Assays
World Health Organization

The World Health Organization hired Facente Consulting to lead a team of subject matter experts who systematically reviewed existing evidence about the use of HIV recency assays for public health surveillance, and write an updated technical guidance document for use by countries around the world.

HIV Recency Assay Step-Down Training, Centers for Disease Control
Vitalant Research Institute

Dr. Facente provided quality assurance and technical assistance to trainers in Uganda and Cambodia as they built their skills to train their colleagues in rural areas on the use of the Asanté HIV-1 Rapid Recency Assay, to detect recent HIV infections in PEPFAR countries.

Strategic Planning for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Arc San Francisco

Facente Consulting worked with The Arc San Francisco to guide them in the creation of a strategic plan for 2021-2024 that would increase their focus on equity and propel the organization into a new progressive era of service to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Community Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) Implementation Support
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired to conduct formative research to determine the best methods for implementing a strategy to build a highly skilled HIV, hepatitis C, and STI workforce in San Francisco that is cross-trained, reflects the populations served, has low turnover rates, and is valued and supported.

Youth Needs Assessment
One Treasure Island

Facente Consulting was hired by the Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative to conduct a needs assessment of youth living on the island, and develop a services plan to assist them in supporting Treasure Island families over a five-year period during the early phase of a $1.6 billion buildout of the island.

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.

94124 COVID Connect & Care (C3) Project Management
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness

Facente Consulting provided project management support that enabled the Rafiki Coalition to create a coalition of agencies designed to address the disparities in COVID-19 testing, infection, and care for Blacks/African Americans in San Francisco.

HCV Elimination Strategic Planning
Hep C Free Allegheny

Even before COVID-19 made “Zoom” a household word, Facente Consulting worked with Hep C Free Allegheny to virtually facilitate a strategic planning process for their hepatitis C elimination initiative, cutting costs and maximizing efficiency while planning their next three years of priorities.

Board Retreat Facilitation to Develop Mission, Vision, and Strategic Priorities
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA)

Facente Consulting helped ASTDA reach consensus on the Association’s mission, vision, values, and key initiatives through a series of half-day board retreats.

Analysis of Qualitative Interviews about Training Needs for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeons
AO Foundation

The AO Foundation hired Facente Consulting to analyze qualitative transcripts from interviews with 92 cranio-maxillofacial surgeons worldwide, and summarize findings around training needs in multiple formats to guide future work.

Addiction and Recovery Issue Brief
Battery Powered

Battery Powered hired Facente Consulting to provide expert advice on the framing of their quarterly philanthropic theme “Addiction and Recovery,” and deliver an issue brief to educate members about the topic.

COVID-19 Response After Action Report and Preparedness Planning
California Department of Public Health

The California Department of Public Health reached out to Facente Consulting to help them identify lessons learned and develop a plan for short-, medium- and long-term improvements to their pandemic response systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) Data Analysis
California Department of Health

The California Department of Public Health hired Facente Consulting to analyze a mountain of data from annual National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) surveys conducted in San Diego since 2013, providing R code to clean the datasets for future use and a summary of preliminary results of risk factor trends over time.

Needs Assessment for the Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was selected by the California Department of Public Health to lead the process to conduct a needs assessment to support data-driven decision-making about the state’s Integrated HIV Surveillance, Prevention, and Care Plan for 2023-2026.

Ryan White Standards of Care Overhaul
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting assisted the California Department of Public Health to synthesize, draft, and finalize a revised set of Standards of Care documents for all 29 Ryan White Part B service categories in 2018, improving consistency of HIV care for people living throughout the state.

Workplace Wellness Needs Assessment and Toolkit Revamp
California Department of Public Health

The Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Branch of the California Department of Public Health hired Facente Consulting to assess and revamp the California Fit Business Kit, a toolkit that supports employers to implement worksite wellness strategies for low-wage workers.

Syringe Services Programs Best Practices Tool Development
NASTAD

Facente Consulting was hired to create a set of performance standards to provide guidance and best practices for public health departments, community-based organizations, and community stakeholders/service providers around the country as they developed and expanded syringe services programs in their areas.

Strategic Planning for Elimination of the HIV/HCV/STI Syndemic
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting designed and led the process to develop and implement a new strategic plan for California to end the HIV, HCV, and STI “syndemic,” featuring 30 strategies to address these diseases through the lenses of six social determinants of health.

California Tobacco Prevention Program Equity and Justice Framework Development
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting helped California’s Tobacco Control Program to plan and implement a Health Equity Summit in September 2022, followed by writing a Health Equity Plan to guide the Program’s work to end tobacco use in California among the most highly impacted groups.

Geographic Information System (GIS) Mapping for Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
CAMI Health

Facente Consulting partnered with Garrow Consulting, LLC to design and create a Story Map for CAMI Health, depicting findings from qualitative interviews about reproductive health choices with young women, partners, grandmothers, and researchers/policymakers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Manuscript Development to Summarize Research about Fluvoxamine Treatment for COVID-19
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner

In 2021, Facente Consulting was hired to take notes of a national meeting of U.S. experts exploring the potential of fluvoxamine as an early treatment for COVID-19, and turn the meeting outcomes into a peer-reviewed publication in a high-profile clinical journal.

Collective Impact Backbone Support and Data Analysis to Eliminate Hepatitis C
End Hep C SF

Facente Consulting was hired during the formation of End Hep C SF to provide “backbone support” for this collective impact initiative, assist with strategic planning, and lead research and surveillance activities to monitor progress toward hepatitis C elimination.

Rapporteur Services for the World Health Organization Working Group on HIV Incidence Measurement and Data Use
World Health Organization

Facented Consulting was hired to attend a meeting of the WHO Working Group on HIV Incidence Measurement and Data Use in Boston, MA as a ‘rapporteur,’ preparing a formal meeting report describing the meeting and summarizing key findings for future reference by the international community.

Assisting to Integrate Hepatitic C Services into Opioid Treatment Programs in the Midwest
University of Missouri–Kansas City

Facente Consulting worked with the Addiction Technology Training Center to write up case studies of three methadone programs that had successfully incorporated hepatitis C services into their model, and completed white papers on several related topics, including COVID vulnerability for people who use drugs.

Research Expansion Advancing Community Health (REACH) Strategic Planning
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Facente Consulting helped UCSF develop an equity framework for launching their new concept: a shared use mobile van designed to improve community-based research opportunities in San Francisco.

Academic Manuscript Development
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Dr. Tan at UCSF reached out to Facente Consulting for ongoing assistance with manuscript development, literature reviews, and technical editing to support grant submissions, helping to move her academic portfolio forward and support her overall research goals.

Project Coordination, Consortium for the Evaluation and Performance of HIV Incidence Assays (CEPHIA)
The Consortium for the Evaluation and Performance of HIV Incidence Assays (CEPHIA)

Dr. Facente served as the project manager for the Consortium for the Evaluation and Performance of HIV Incidence Assays (CEPHIA) for more than a decade, providing high-level project coordination and analytic support to researchers focused on HIV incidence estimation around the world.

DeLIVER Care Van Strategic Planning
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Gastroenterology

The DeLIVER Care van hired Facente Consulting to facilitate a series of meetings to help them strategize around staff turnover and sustainability, improve financial sustainability, create a community action board, and systematize volunteer engagement.

Needs Assessment for HIV Care among Women, Infants, Children, and Youth, including Trans Women and Trans Youth
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Facente Consulting conducted a needs assessment to help the Family Care Network at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA better understand how to meet the needs of women, infants, children, and youth living with HIV who use their services.

Program Evaluation Support for HIV Programs
The Shanti Project

Facente Consulting helped The Shanti Project to develop an evaluation tool that would collect clients’ feedback and opinions on the program, and yield data to monitor program quality and share program impacts when applying for future funding.

Promotional Material Development to Reduce Inappropriate Referrals
Shanti Project

The Shanti Project hired Facente Consulting to facilitate a process to develop promotional materials to educate clients and referring providers about Shanti’s services.

Youth LGBT Program Evaluation and “True North” Facilitation
The San Francisco LGBT Center

Facente Consulting was hired to assist the Youth Program at the SF LGBT Center in developing and refining their program outcomes and objectives, developing measurement tools and processes, and assembling a written evaluation manual for use moving forward.

Development and Implementation of Organizational Impact Evaluation
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

San Francisco AIDS Foundation asked Facente Consulting to develop a comprehensive evaluation plan to determine changes in client outcomes resulting from implementation of their new strategic plan.

HIV and Housing Assessment and Call to Action
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Through the process of working with San Francisco AIDS Foundation to develop a community-driven plan to end homelessness among people living with HIV, a new vision for the project emerged – a Call to Action, endorsed by the HIV community, calling on San Francisco to address the root causes of homelessness for all people in the city.

Strategic Planning for HIV and Aging Programs
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Leadership of San Francisco AIDS Foundation reached out to Facente Consulting and asked them to create a “mini strategic plan” for their goal of creating a comprehensive network of health and wellness services for people over the age of 50 who are living with HIV, taking into account the changing dynamics brought on by the the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overdose Prevention Services White Paper
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Facente Consulting was hired to develop a white paper for the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, reviewing options for overdose prevention services (also known as supervised consumption services) in collaboration with a number of key community stakeholders.

COVID-19 Safety Protocol Development
The Berkeley School

In late February 2020, leadership of The Berkeley School reached out to Facente Consulting for guidance on campus safety and assistance with interpreting the rapidly changing data on the emerging COVID-19 pandemic.

Executive Coaching and Support
Tenderloin Community Benefit District

The Tenderloin Community Benefit District hired Facente Consulting on a retainer basis for executive leadership support and the development of systems, processes, and problem-solving more broadly in the organization.

Qualitative Interviews and Analysis Related to Gender and Success
Stanford Medicine

Facente Consulting was hired by academic physicians at Stanford’s School of Medicine to coordinate the qualitative research aspects of a study designed to better understand gender-based differences in how academic physicians think about and experience success in their careers.

Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Microaggressions in Medical Care
Stanford Medicine

Facente Consulting assisted a medical team at Stanford’s academic hospital with analyzing both qualitative and quantative survey data collected to explore the experiences and effects of gendered microaggressions by patients toward physicians.

Needs Assessment and Recommendations to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to implement a needs assessment and develop recommendations for the identification and prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis C in San Francisco.

Community Materials Development and Town Hall Meeting Facilitation for Dissemination of San Francisco’s Ending the Epidemics Plan
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with community-based organizations representing five priority populations (Blacks/African Americans, Latines, trans women, people who inject drugs, and people experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity) to develop town hall events and community-focused materials to disseminate information and gather community feedback about San Francisco’s plan to End the HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI epidemics.

Telebuprenorphine Pilot Project Management
San Francisco Department of Public Health

The San Francisco Department of Public Health hired Facente Consulting to serve as a project manager for a pilot program to provide low-threshold buprenorphine via telemedicine to people living in San Francisco, in partnership with community-based sites.

Capacity-Building Assistance Evaluation
San Francisco Department of Public Health

San Francisco’s Center for Learning and Innovation hired Facente Consulting as an external evaluator for their five-year grant providing capacity-building assistance to CDC-funded organizations focused on non-clinical HIV testing and HIV prevention in the Western Region of the United States.

Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Consultation and Data Support
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting assisted the Applied Research, Community Health, Epidemiology & Surveillance (ARCHES) Branch of the San Francisco Department of Public Health with assessing their planning for surveillance of viral hepatitis, and producing the first comprehensive report on viral hepatitis to be released by the health department in 11 years.

Ending the HIV, HCV, and STI Epidemics Program Planning
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired by the San Francisco Department of Public Health to design and support a rapid planning process for their efforts to end the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, and STIs in the city, coordinate a massive community engagement effort, and refine strategies into a final comprehensive plan by end of 2020.

Needs Assessment and Qualitative Analysis for San Francisco’s OPT-IN Project
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired to design and conduct a four-phase assessment to develop innovative prototypes for HIV and hepatitis C-related service delivery for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.

Process and Impact Evaluation for a Collective Impact Initiative
End Hep C SF

Facente Consulting manages the ongoing evaluation of End Hep C SF, writing an annual report on the strengths and weaknesses of the group’s function as a collective impact initiative and designing and maintaining a public dashboard of progress toward elimination using the Results-Based Accountability^TM framework.

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.

Online-Based Training for Syringe Services Programs (SSPs)
ETR

ETR reached out to Facente Consulting to serve as a subject matter expert in the design of an online training to support syringe services programs (SSPs) in using the CDC document Syringe Services Programs: A Technical Package of Effective Strategies and Approaches for Planning, Design, and Implementation, released in 2020.

Program Evaluation for an Infant Morbidity and Mortality Initiative – Fresno Babies First
Fresno County Department of Public Health

Fresno County hired Facente Consulting to use Results-Based Accountability^TM to implement a comprehensive restructure of the evaluation system for their Babies First program, designed to improve pregnancy outcomes among Black/African American women in Fresno, CA.

Staff Retreat Facilitation for the Harm Reduction Team
GLIDE

The GLIDE Harm Reduction team hired Facente Consulting to design and facilitate a full-day retreat to improve their functioning and effectiveness as a team, charting their course for progress over the next 1-3 years.

Needs Assessment about Drug User Health in San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting conducted a landscape analysis, supplemented with interviews and focus groups, to help the San Francisco Department of Public Health better understand the health needs of people who use drugs in San Francisco.

California Reducing Disparities Project (CDRP) Statistical Analysis
LGBTQ Connection

LGBTQ Connection hired Facente Consulting to provide advanced statistical support for the impact evaluation of their local intervention under the California Reducing Disparities Project, intended to reduce mental health disparities for young LGBTQ+ people in the Napa and Santa Rosa areas of California.

Technical Assistance to Harm Reduction Programs for the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center

The Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center hired Facente Consulting to design and implement a harm reduction consultation program to support organizations in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa in implementing harm reduction work.

Strategic Planning and Technical Assistance for Ending the HIV Epidemic
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Facente Consulting was selected to assist a local health jurisdiction in Maryland with strategically planning and implementing their Ending the HIV Epidemic program, creating a replicable process to aid other health departments in delivering similar services in the future.

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technical Assistance
NASTAD

Dr. Facente was selected as a member of the technical assistance team that was part of a new national technical assistance center at NASTAD designed to support viral hepatitis prevention and surveillance personnel at state, territorial, and major city/county health departments.

Strategic Planning for LGBTQ+ Seniors
Openhouse

Openhouse hired Facente Consulting to lead a strategic planning process designed to shift the organization’s emphasis toward LGBTQ+ seniors who have been forced to demonstrate the greatest resilience in the face of longstanding structural and individual racism, classism, homophobia, and/or transphobia.

Design and Facilitation of a Storytelling Workshop
Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center

Facente Consulting designed and provided a one-hour workshop at the Pacific AETC’s annual conference, assisting attendees to better communicate the results and impact of their HIV programs by preparing to T.E.L.L. their story: Take five minutes to hotwash, Examine your impact (at all levels), Link to your audience and Liven it up!

Planning and Facilitation of a Summit on the Rural Opioid Crisis
Project Inform

Project Inform hired Facente Consulting to lead the agenda planning, logistics, and facilitation of a two-day summit for people in the rural northern counties of California, focusing on the opioid crisis and related public health issues.

Ujamaa Collective Strategic Assistance
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness

Facente Consulting supported the San Francisco Black Led Organizations Coalition (SFBLOC) by reviewing a draft of their first-ever strategic plan and providing substantive recommendations for the final document, creating a strong foundation for the Coalition’s future work.

Protocols for Partner Services and Linkages to Care
Riverside University Health System - Public Health

Riverside County’s public health department asked Facente Consulting for help in developing a protocol for implementing surveillance-based HIV partner services and linkage to care, and aligning local Ryan White Part A and B Standards of Care documents with statewide standards.

Planning for Program Integration for People Living With HIV
San Francisco Community Health Center

Facente Consulting facilitated a series of planning meetings with the San Francisco Community Health Center to develop a new program workflow that would integrate three distinct programs for people living with HIV, including a centralized intake assessment and case manager assignment process.

LGBTQ+ Commercial Tobacco Control Program Evaluation Support
San Francisco Community Health Center

San Francisco Community Health Center hired Facente Consulting as an external evaluator for a five-year project focused on reducing commercial tobacco-related disparities in the LGBTQ+ community though coalition-building and policy change.

Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Program Evaluation
San Francisco Community Health Center

Facente Consulting served as the local evaluator for a five-year grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and substance use prevention among unhoused, LGBTQ+ young adults ages 18-24 in San Francisco.

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.

Substance Use Disorders Team Retreat Facilitation
San Francisco Department of Public Health

The Substance Use Disorders Team of San Francisco’s Community Behavioral Health Services Branch hired Facente Consulting to plan and facilitate a day-long staff retreat focused on team building and discussion of priorities for action in the coming year.

Citywide Hepatitis B Needs Assessment
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting assisted the San Francisco Department of Public Health in summarizing the history and current landscape of various efforts to address hepatitis B in San Francisco, serving as the foundation upon which a strategy to comprehensively address HBV citywide could be launched.

Tobacco Free Project Quantitative Data Analysis
San Francisco Department of Public Health

To support San Francisco’s Tobacco Free Project in analyzing local data to report during community engagement meeting presentations, Facente Consulting analyzed datasets from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and the Healthy Stores Healthy Communities (HSHC) Survey.

Tobacco Free Project Evaluation Support
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting collaborated with the Tobacco Free Project over the course of three years to guide, design and implement a range of evaluation activities, including survey data collection, key infomant interviews, public opinion polls, and training of community data collectors.

Clinic Flow Analysis for the Adult-Older Adult System of Care within Behavioral Health Services
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was brought in to assist the Community Behavioral Health Services Branch of the San Francisco Department of Public Health to evolve their Adult-Older Adult system of care and support mental health providers to streamline intake and service provision.

Creating the First Strategic Plan for a Growing HIV Clinic
Petersen HIV Clinics at the University of Arizona

Facente Consulting helped the Petersen HIV Clinics at the University of Arizona’s academic medical center create a first-ever strategic plan after a period of very rapid growth.

Coordinating Stakeholder Engagement for a Transportation Study on Treasure Island
One Treasure Island

Facente Consulting worked with multiple partners to manage stakeholder engagement during a transportation study on Treasure Island, including developing a written community survey and coordinating four in-person focus groups, in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

BEAM Staff Retreat
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM)

Facente Consulting facilitated the annual end-of-year strategic visioning and wellness retreat for BEAM – the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective.

Evaluation of Gender-Inclusive School Trainings in California
Gender Spectrum

Facente Consulting evaluated the impact of Gender Spectrum’s gender-inclusive trainings on staff and students from trained schools.

Developing and Evaluating a Philanthropic Giving Strategy for Gilead Foundation
Gilead Foundation

Facente Consulting is helping Gilead Foundation develop a theory of change and evaluation strategy for their three-year, $20 million initiative to advance education equity throughout the United States.

Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
San Francisco Jail Health Services

Facente Consulting helped San Francisco’s Jail Health Services develop infrastructure within their medical record system to do enhanced HCV-related panel management of people who are incarcerated, and regularly estimate their jail-based HCV cascade of care.

Test and Be Treated (TBT) Study Data Analysis
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Facente Consulting helped shape and execute an epidemiological analysis of patterns related to recency of HIV infection at the time of diagnosis in San Francisco, in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Creating a Toolkit for Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Harm Reduction Settings
NASTAD

Facente Consulting created a technical assistance package for NASTAD, providing information and helpful tools and tips about the use of CBPR models to evaluate impact of harm reduction programs.

Strategic Planning for the Population Health Workforce Branch of CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Facente Consulting helped CDC’s Public Health Workforce Branch to strategically plan the development of the CDC’s scientific workforce, including managing rapid growth, improving DEI and accessibility, and effectively evaluating the work of the Branch.

Strategic Planning for SAMHSA Harm Reduction Grantees
NASTAD

In partnership with NASTAD, Facente Consulting supported strategic planning processes for the 25 recipients of SAMHSA’s first harm reduction grants.

Evaluation for CDC-Funded Syringe Service Program Vaccine Scale-Up
NASTAD

Facente Consulting conducted a program evaluation for CDC-funded syringe service programs working to scale up vaccine delivery capacity at their programs.

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.

Harm Reduction and Housing Video Series
NASTAD

In partnership with NASTAD, Facente Consulting created a two-page summary, as well as a series of videos summarizing evidence, that provide tools and best practices and highlight a variety of real-life examples of harm reduction housing models that support frontline workers.

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.

Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless Strategic Planning
Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless

Facente Consulting worked with Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless (ACHCH) to facilitate a strategic planning process, with an emphasis on community input and engagement, to determine priorities for the initiative for the next three years.

Educating Clinical Psych Students about Harm Reduction
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Facente Consulting developed and delivered a two-hour lecture for clinical psychology students and others at Touro University who wanted to earn continuing education credits for learning about harm reduction.

Creating a Harm Reduction Curriculum Infusion Package for University Professors
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Facente Consulting helped develop a harm reduction infusion package to support support college professors in infusing harm reduction framework and methodology into course curricula.

Strategic Planning to Better Support Homeless Families
Raphael House

Facente Consulting helped Raphael House to develop a realistic vision of “what can and should be,” with the explicit purpose of seeking funding that will transform the fiscal standing, scope, and reach of the agency in the future.

Prosperity Broward Community Engagement Process Guide
Ocha Transformations

Facente Consulting worked with Ocha Transformations to create a how-to guide for Prosperity Broward’s work to identify community strengths, barriers, and recommendations for policies that support pathways toward economic mobility in Florida.

Planning a Team Retreat to Support Workforce Transformation Efforts
San Francisco Community Health Center

San Francisco Community Health Center reached out to Facente Consulting to help plan activities and facilitate a retreat for their newly formed “Workforce Transformation” team, to help them solidify their identity, shared set of goals, and priorities for future work.

California Department of Public Health Outbreak Response Equity Plan
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with the California Department of Public Health to develop an equity-centered outbreak response plan.

Sexual and Drug User Health Sector Workforce Equity Playbook
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with the San Francisco Department of Public Health to develop a manual to ensure workforce equity in the sexual and drug user health sectors, including pay equity, hiring practices, and workplace environment.

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.

California Department of Public Health Strategic Plan Implementation
California Department of Public Health

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.

Curriculum Development on Nevada’s Good Samaritan Law for the Larson Institute at the University of Nevada, Reno
The Larson Institute

Facente Consulting was hired to develop a curriculum and virtual training for public defenders in Nevada on the state’s Good Samaritan Law.

Supplemental Report to a Guide on HCV Services in Opioid Treatment Programs
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Facente Consulting produced the 2022 supplemental report for the 2020 Your Guide to Integrating HCV Services into Opioid Treatment Programs: Promising and Emerging Best Practices

Development of a Survey and Report to Assess Harm Reduction Capacity in Nevada
The Larson Institute

Facente Consulting developed a survey tool to measure statewide capacity of harm reduction interventions and delivering of a report on survey findings and recommendations.

SFDPH Community Referral Network Assessment and Recommendations
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting provided support to the SFDPH Community Health Equity & Promotion Branch to implement the initial phases of their Community Referral Network and develop recommendations for future expansion based on stakeholder input.

Strategic Facilitation to Update Goals and Strategies for CDC’s Division of Workforce Development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Facente Consulting helped the Division of Workforce Development at CDC update the goals and objectives they wrote in their 2019 strategic plan to help guide them in this new era of public health service.

Evaluation for CDC-Funded Workforce Development for San Francisco Department of Public Health
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Center for Learning and Innovation to support the design and implementation of Project INVEST (Innovations that Value Equity and Stength in Teams), a workforce retention evaluation initiative.

Strategic Facilitation of an All-Staff Retreat for the California Prevention Training Center
California Prevention Training Center

Facente Consulting worked with leadership of the California Prevention Training Center to plan and facilitate an all-staff retreat designed to build team cohesion and help the organization determine their “north star” for the next three years.

Santa Clara County World AIDS Day Events
Santa Clara County Public Health Department

Facente Consulting facilitated the planning and implementation of Santa Clara County’s 2022 and 2023 World AIDS Day activities.

Rafiki Coalition Project Management
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness

The Rafiki Coalition hired Facente Consulting to provide program management and create and refine hiring solutions during a period of organizational transition.

Strategic Plan for SFDPH’s Congenital Syphilis Response
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired to conduct a strategic planning process to refocus SFDPH’s congenital syphilis response efforts.

Assessment of San Francisco’s Clinical Implementation of Long-Acting Injectable PrEP and ART
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired to conceptualize and complete an assessment of clinical implementation efforts for LAI PrEP and ART.

Strategic Plan for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting was hired to conduct a strategic planning process for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives.

Affirming Trans Access to Housing Curriculum Development
San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing

San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing hired Facente Consulting to develop a curriculum designed to affirm access to housing for transgender and gender nonconforming people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Development of a Food Organizing Structure for San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with the Office of Anti-Racism & Equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health to support the development of recommendations for a new structure and model for food organizing in San Francisco.

Strategic Support for the California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative
National Harm Reduction Coalition

Facente Consulting provided strategic support gathering data and stakeholder input and developed a document to guide NHRC’s internal infrastucture and capacity-building work.

Facilitation of the Community Advisory Team for RTI International’s Strengthening Syringe Services Project
RTI International

Facente Consulting is facilitating a newly formed Community Advisory Team that will guide the Strengthening Syringe Services project, led by RTI International.

UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines Updates
UNAIDS

Facente Consulting worked with UNAIDS and global partners to update their terminology guidelines, which provide common definitions of basic terms and concepts related to HIV response.

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,

Strategic Planning to Manage Impending Budget Cuts
Hamilton Families

Unlike in the last round of strategic planning we did with them in 2021, in 2024 Hamilton Families wanted a scaled down strategic plan refresh, with review and updates to the priorities in the prior plan and a focus on managing expected budget cuts.

Fresno County Health Department Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment
Fresno County Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting supported Fresno County, California in developing a needs assessment to understand and guide local efforts to promote maternal and child health.

Facilitation and Planning Support for the East Bay Drug Checking Collaborative
HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County

Facente Consulting provided facilitation and project implementation support to the East Bay Drug Checking steering committee.

Development of a Guide to Integrating HIV, HCV, and Syphilis Testing and Treatment in Opioid Treatment Programs
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Facente Consulting supported the development of a guide to providing integrated HIV/HCV/STI testing, linkage and treatment in opioid treatment program settings.

SFDPH Systems of Care Training and Conference
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting is supporting the End the Epidemics Steering Committee and SFDPH in conceptualizing and designing a system of care conference and related training opportunities for providers in the fields of drug user health and sexual health in San Francisco.

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

Facente Consulting is working with the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation to strengthen PhD training capacity among faculty and trainees at two of South Africa’s eight designated Historically Disadvantaged Universities (HDUs).

Mission, Vision, and Values Development for a Bay Area Training Center
Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center

The Bay Area, North, & Central Coast (BANCC) region of the Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center hired Facente Consulting to develop a regional set of mission, vision, and values statements, along with some planning of strategic priorities for a new era of federal funding.

Developing a Syndemic 101 Overview for the Behavioral Health Workforce
University of Missouri-Kansas City

To support workforce development among emerging behavioral health professionals, Facente Consulting developed an introductory-level overview guide about the intersection between behavioral health work and the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections, and overdose.

Needs Assessment for Contingency Management Services in San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health

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.

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

Before the release of a major Request for Proposals (RFP) for all HIV and STD prevention services in LA County, Facente Consulting helped the Division of HIV and STD Programs conduct a series of listening sessions to hear from providers and consumers about their needs and hopes for the future.

Support for Strategic Implementation of San Francisco’s Initiative to End Trans Homelessness
San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing

Facente Consulting is supporting the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) in strategically mapping out and implementing San Francisco’s Initiative to End Trans Homelessness.

Facilitation of Board Retreat for Greater Richmond Interfaith Program
Greater Richmond Interfaith Program

Facente Consulting is providing strategic facilitation to support Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP) board in its mission to help community members transition to self-sufficiency.

Assessment and Re-Envisioning of the Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) Program in San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting is collaborating with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and PRC to implement a landscape analysis and action plan for San Francisco’s Emergency Financial Assistance program.

Strategic Planning for UCSF’s Pain and Addiction Research Center
University of California, San Francisco - Pain and Addiction Research Center

Facente Consulting is supporting the UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center (PARC) in developing a strategic plan to maximize PARC’s impact.

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

Facente Consulting is collaborating with the HIV Education and Prevention Project of Alameda County to make drug-checking results accessible to people who use drugs.

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