Project Descriptions

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.

Strategic Planning for Elimination of California’s HIV/HCV/STI Syndemic
CDPH Office of AIDS

Facente Consulting led the development of a new strategic plan to end California’s HIV, HCV, and STI “syndemic” through a set of 30 strategies rooted in social determinants of health.

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

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

Project Management of Telemedicine Pilot focused on Low-Barrier Buprenorphine Access
SFDPH Behavioral Health Services

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.

Planning and Implementation Support to End the HIV Epidemic in California
CDPH Office of AIDS

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

Needs Assessment on the Health of People who Use Drugs in San Francisco
SFDPH Behavioral Health Services

Facente Consulting conducted a landscape analysis, including stakeholder 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.

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

The California Department of Public Health hired Facente Consulting to revise the California Fit Business Kit, a toolkit that supports implementation of worksite wellness strategies for low-wage workers.

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 diverse people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

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.

Needs Assessment for the Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan
CDPH Office of AIDS

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

Strategic Planning to Eliminate Disparities in Oral Health Care for all San Francisco Children
Cavity Free SF

Facente Consulting is supporting Cavity Free SF’s strategic planning process to address persistent oral health disparities among children in San Francisco.

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 disparities in COVID-19 testing, infection, and care for Blacks/African Americans in San Francisco.

Developing a “Story Map” about Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
CAMI Health

Facente Consulting helped develop a website that synthesized secondary data, mapping, and video interviews into a compelling narrative around reproductive health options in sub-Saharan Africa.

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 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.

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.

Tailored Materials and Town Halls to Engage Communities in Epidemics Planning
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

Facente Consulting worked with community-based organizations representing five priority populations to develop town hall events and materials to engage communities in shaping San Francisco’s plan to End the HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI epidemics.

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

Facente Consulting manages the ongoing evaluation of the collective impact initiative End Hep C SF through ongoing data collection, annual reporting, and maintenance of a public evaluation dashboard that uses the Results-Based Accountability^TM framework.

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.

Evaluation for CDC-Funded Workforce Development for San Francisco Department of Public Health
SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation

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.

Program Evaluation for an Initiative to Prevent Infant Morbidity and Mortality
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.

California Department of Public Health Outbreak Response Equity Plan
CDPH Office of AIDS

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

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.

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.

Retreat Facilitation to Support Teamwork within a Harm Reduction Program
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.

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.

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.

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

Facente Consulting helped 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.

Impact Evaluation of a Social Connection Intervention to Improve LGBTQ+ Mental Health
San Francisco Community Health Center

Facente Consulting served as the lead evaluator for a local LGBTQ+ mental health-focused impact evaluation that involved evaluation design, managing IRB approvals, overseeing data collection, and quantitative analysis.

Whole-Person Needs Assessment for HIV Care among Women, Infants, Children, and 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 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,

Planning for a Mobile, Community-Based, Equity-Centered Research Model
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.

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.

Research Coordination and Data Analysis for an NIH R21 Study on Hepatitis C Epidemiology
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.

Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for CDPH OA ADAP-Related Programs
CDPH Office of AIDS

Facente Consulting is supporting the California Department of Public Health to understand barriers to and facilitators of client engagement in programs that cover HIV treatment costs.

Strategic Assistance for a Coalition of Black Led Organizations
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.

SFDPH Community Referral Network Assessment and Recommendations
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

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.

Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
SFDPH 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.

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.

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

Facente Consulting worked with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to develop a community-driven plan to end homelessness among people living with HIV, resulting in a call to action for San Francisco to address the root causes of homelessness for all people in the city.

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.

Developing an Equity and Justice Framework for Commercial Tobacco Prevention
California Department of Public Health

Through an extensive stakeholder engagement process, Facente Consulting helped California’s Tobacco Prevention Program to develop an equity and justice framework for commercial tobacco prevention.

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 monitor potential changes in client outcomes following implementation of their new strategic plan.

Systematic Review Training for Students at Hanoi Medical University
Hanoi Medical University

Facente Consulting trained Hanoi Medical University Students in research synthesis methods.

Strategic Planning to Guide Investments in Communities Most Impacted by HIV
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Facente Consulting led a year-long strategic planning process for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, incorporating the input of more than 1,000 stakeholders to usher the Foundation into a new era of expanded, health justice focused work.

Facilitation of Community Engagement to Guide Commercial Tobacco Prevention Priorities
San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project

Facente Consulting collaborated with the San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project (TFP), the San Francisco Tobacco-Free Coalition, and Bright Research Group to facilitate a virtual, four-part community engagement process to inform TFP’s future priorities related to commercial tobacco prevention.

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.

Backbone Support for a Collective Impact Initiative focused on Community Health
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.

Philanthropic Investment Strategy Research, Planning, and Evaluation
Hellman Foundation

Facente Consulting supported the Hellman Foundation in identifying challenges and opportunities for a deep philanthropic investment in clinic-based food security interventions in San Francisco.

Statistical Analysis to Support Evaluation of a LGBTQ+ Mental Health Intervention
LGBTQ Connection

LGBTQ Connection hired Facente Consulting to provide advanced statistical support for 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.

Community Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) Implementation Support
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

Facente Consulting led formative research to determine a promising strategy to build a highly skilled, cross-trained, valued, and sustainable HIV, hepatitis C, and STI workforce in San Francisco.

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