Meeting Facilitation - Facente Consulting

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.

Facilitation of the Community Advisory Team for RTI International’s Strengthening Syringe Services Project
RTI International

Facente Consulting facilitated a newly formed Community Advisory Team that guided the Strengthening Syringe Services project, led by RTI International.

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.

Retreat Facilitation for NEXT Distro and SANE
NEXT Distro

Facente Consulting supported NEXT Distro, an online and mail-based harm reduction service, in developing its strategic next steps toward health equity and sustainability.

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.

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 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.

Coordination of the 2020 International AIDS Conference
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Facente Consulting was hired to plan and facilitate highly political local coordinating committee meetings for the 2020 International AIDS Conference, which was slated to be jointly held in San Francisco and Oakland, CA until it was forced to move to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

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.

Board Retreat Facilitation to Develop Mission, Vision, and Strategic Priorities
American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA)

Facente Consulting helped ASTDA reach consensus on the Association’s mission, vision, values, and key initiatives through a series of half-day board retreats.

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.

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.

Planning and Facilitation of a Summit on the Rural Opioid Crisis
Project Inform

Project Inform hired Facente Consulting to lead the agenda planning, logistics, and facilitation of a two-day summit focusing on the opioid crisis and related public health issues in the rural northern counties of California.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Theory of Change Development for Harm Reduction Programming
AIDS United

Facente Consulting led a 2-day retreat to help AIDS United develop a theory of change to guide their future harm reduction initiatives.

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