Project Descriptions

SFDPH Harm Reduction Training Institute Assessment, Curriculum Development, and Training
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

SFDPH Jail Health Action Planning
SFDPH Jail Health Services

Facente Consulting facilitated a one-day retreat to support trauma-informed approaches and improve HIV, hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted infection services in San Francisco County jails.

Strategic Planning for Hepatitis C Elimination
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.

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.

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.

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.

Harm Reduction Readiness Assessment in Southeast San Diego
County of San Diego Public Health Services

Facente Consulting supported the County of San Diego in assessing readiness for harm reduction services in the southeast region of the county.

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.

National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) Data Analysis
CDPH Office of AIDS

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.

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.

Needs Assessment to Guide HIV and HCV Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

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.

Needs Assessment for Contingency Management Services in San Francisco
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

Facente Consulting supported the San Francisco Department of Public Health in conducting an assessment of the current landscape of access to contingency management in San Francisco and opportunities for expansion by conducting and analyzing interviews and focus groups with people engaged in treatment.

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.

Technical Assistance on Trauma-Informed Approaches for HIV Integrated Services within San Francisco County Jails
SFDPH HIV Health Services

Facente Consulting supported San Francisco County HIV Integrated Services in implementing trauma-informed approaches within county jail settings.

Citywide Hepatitis B Needs Assessment
SFDPH Disease Prevention and Control

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.

Revision of California’s Ryan White Standards of Care
CDPH Office of AIDS

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.

Needs Assessment and Recommendations to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

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.

Strategic Planning for the Public 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.

California Department of Public Health Strategic Plan Implementation
CDPH Office of AIDS

Facente Consulting is supporting the California Department of Public Health and various counties throughout the state with technical assistance to develop and deploy the Implementation Blueprint in support of California’s Integrated Statewide Strategic Plan for Addressing HIV, HCV, and STIs from 2022-2026.

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.

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.

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.

Sexual and Drug User Health Sector Workforce Equity Playbook
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

White Paper on Overdose Prevention Services
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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Developing and Implementing International Overdose Awareness Day Events in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County Public Health Department

Facente Consulting is supporting the Santa Clara County Public Health Department in implementing International Overdose Awareness Day events in 2025 and 2026.

Facilitation of the Mayor’s Methamphetamine Task Force
SFDPH Office of Policy and Planning

Facente Consulting facilitated San Francisco’s Methamphetamine Task Force—composed of medical and public health professionals, substance use disorder treatment providers, emergency responders, criminal justice and law enforcement officials, drug policy experts, and people who use or have used methamphetamine—to develop recommendations for improving San Francisco’s approach to methamphetamine use.

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.

SFDPH Systems of Care Training and Conference
SFDPH HIV Health Services

Facente Consulting supported 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.

Tobacco Free Project Quantitative Data Analysis
San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Planning and Facilitation of Institutes to Improve HIV PrEP Capacity in Florida
SFDPH Center for Learning and Innovation

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.

Global HIV Recency Assay Step-Down Training in PEPFAR Countries
Vitalant Research Institute

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.

Planning and Facilitation of a National Drug User Health Symposium
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Assessment and Re-Envisioning of the Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) Program in San Francisco
SFDPH HIV Health Services

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.

Support for Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Planning, Data Analysis, and Reporting
San Francisco Department of Public Health ARCHES Branch

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.

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.

Assisting a CDC Branch with Restructuring at a Time of Major Change
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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.

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.

Strategic Plan for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives
San Francisco Office of Transgender Initiatives

Facente Consulting conducted a strategic planning process for San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives.

Strategic Plan for SFDPH’s Congenital Syphilis Response
SFDPH Disease Prevention and Control

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

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.

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.

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.

Evaluation of Capacity-Building Assistance for High-Impact HIV Prevention
SFDPH Community Health Equity and Promotion (CHEP)

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.

Evaluation Support for a County Health Department to Implement Results-Based Accountability
County of San Diego Public Health Services

Facente Consulting supporting the County of San Diego Public Health Services in developing evaluation infrastructure for their HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Branch.

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.

Substance Use Disorders Team Retreat Facilitation
SFDPH Behavioral Health Services

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.

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.

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

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.

Understanding Routine HIV Screening in California Emergency Departments
CDPH Office of AIDS

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.

Tobacco Free Project Evaluation Support
San Francisco Tobacco-Free Project

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.

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.

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