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.
Project Descriptions
Routine HIV Screening in California Emergency Departments
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.
Development of WHO/UNAIDS Technical Guidance for Use of HIV Recency Assays
World Health Organization
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.
Workplace Wellness Needs Assessment and Toolkit Revamp
California Department of Public Health
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.
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.
Needs Assessment and Recommendations to Prevent Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis C
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Needs Assessment and Qualitative Analysis for San Francisco’s OPT-IN Project
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Clinic Flow Analysis for the Adult-Older Adult System of Care within Behavioral Health Services
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Coordinating Stakeholder Engagement for a Transportation Study on Treasure Island
One Treasure Island
Creating a Toolkit for Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in Harm Reduction Settings
NASTAD
Development of a Survey and Report to Assess Harm Reduction Capacity in Nevada
The Larson Institute
SFDPH Community Referral Network Assessment and Recommendations
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Development of a Food Organizing Structure for San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Strategic Support for the California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative
National Harm Reduction Coalition
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.
