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.
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.
Facente Consulting helped the California Department of Public Health identify lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and develop a plan for short-, medium- and long-term improvements to their pandemic response systems.
Facente Consulting was hired to lead an assessment to inform innovative HIV and hepatitis C-related service delivery models for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.
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.
Facente Consulting supported the County of San Diego in assessing readiness for harm reduction services in the southeast region of the county.
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.
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.
Facente Consulting worked with the California Department of Public Health to develop an equity-centered outbreak response plan.
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.
Facente Consulting helped the California Department of Public Health to 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.
Facente Consulting was hired to conduct a strategic planning process to refocus SFDPH’s congenital syphilis response efforts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Facente Consulting supported Fresno County, California in developing a needs assessment to understand and guide local efforts to promote maternal and child health.
Facente Consulting collaborated with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Florida Department of Public Health to plan and implement institutes focused on improving capacity for HIV PrEP in Florida.
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.
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.
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.
Facente Consulting supported San Francisco County HIV Integrated Services in implementing trauma-informed approaches within county jail settings.
Facente Consulting helped Riverside County’s health department develop a protocol for implementing surveillance-based HIV partner services and linkage to care, while aligning local Ryan White Part A and B Standards of Care documents with statewide standards.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The California Department of Public Health hired Facente Consulting to analyze and summarize nearly a decade of data from annual National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) surveys conducted in San Diego.
Facente Consulting is updating the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Harm Reduction Training Institute to align its curriculum with the needs of community partners who work with people who use drugs.
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.
Facente Consulting supporting the County of San Diego Public Health Services in developing evaluation infrastructure for their HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Branch.
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.
Facente Consulting was hired to conceptualize and complete an assessment of clinical implementation efforts for LAI PrEP and ART.
Facente Consulting is supporting the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in implementing International Overdose Awareness Day events in 2025 and 2026.
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.
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.
Dr. Facente provided quality assurance and technical assistance to trainers in PEPFAR countries (Uganda and Cambodia) who were tasked with training their colleagues on the use of assays to detect recent HIV infections.
Facente Consulting assisted the San Francisco Department of Public Health in planning for improved viral hepatitis surveillance and developing their first comprehensive viral hepatitis surveillance report in 11 years.
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.
Facente Consulting provided strategic support to the Public Health Workforce Branch (PHWB) of the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as PHWB adapted to changes in CDC structure and operations under a new administration.
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.
In partnership with NASTAD, Facente Consulting supported strategic planning processes for the 25 recipients of SAMHSA’s first harm reduction grants.
Facente Consulting collaborated 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.
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.
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.
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.
Facente Consulting conducted a strategic planning process for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives.
Fresno County hired Facente Consulting to use Results-Based AccountabilityTM 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.
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.
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.
