Project Descriptions

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.

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.

Philanthropic Investment Strategy Research and Planning
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.

Evaluation of Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) and COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery
NASTAD

Facente Consulting was selected to evaluate a three-tiered, multi-million dollar project to provide grants to syringe services programs (SSPs) around the country to work on improving COVID-19 vaccination uptake among people who use drugs.

Strategic Planning to Expand Scope and Refocus on Health Justice
The 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.

The Tobacco Free Project Customer Experience 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Control Program Health Equity Summit Planning and Facilitation
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting is helping 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.

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.

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.

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.

Development and Implementation of Organizational Impact Evaluation
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation

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

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

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation contracted with Facente Consulting to develop a community-driven plan to end homelessness among people living with HIV; through this process, a new vision for the project emerged: a Call to Action endorsed by the HIV community, calling for the City to address the root causes of homelessness for all people 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

Faente 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 provider low-threshold buprenorphine via telemedicine to people living in San Francisco, in partnership with community-based sites.

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 the San Francisco jails, identify best practices for treatment and linkage, and develop a HCV care cascade for people currently or recently incarcerated.

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

The County of Fresno 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

Facente Consulting provided advanced statistical support to Gilead Sciences for an ongoing clinical trial of a new HIV PrEP medication, assessing the “background” HIV incidence rate in settings throughout the world where they conduct their clinical trials.

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

Facente Consulting is conducting 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

The 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.

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 provide substantive recommendations for the final document, creating a strong foundation for the Coalition’s future work.

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.

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-Bulding Assistance for Programs Serving Trans People in the Midwest
San Francisco Community Health Center

Facente Consulting supported the San Francisco Community Health Center to design and implement 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.

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 four in-person focus groups, in English, Spanish, and Chinese (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.

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 has 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.

Survey Support and Data Analysis for Advokids
Advokids

Facente Consulting is helping Advokids develop and disseminate a survey to thousands of foster care youth and caregivers throughout California, ultimately analyzing the data and helping Advokids present a case to the Judicial Council that will ensure that attorneys are held responsible for meeting the needs of their minor clients in foster care.

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