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.
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.
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 worked with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to develop a community-driven plan to end homelessness among people living with HIV, resulting in a call to action for San Francisco to address the root causes of homelessness for all people in the city.
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.
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 is collaborating with the Sierra Health Foundation to improve access to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services in California.
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 is supporting the County of San Diego in assessing readiness for harm reduction services in the southeast region of the county.
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 was hired to lead an assessment to inform innovative HIV and hepatitis C-related service delivery models for people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.
Facente Consulting was hired to conceptualize and complete an assessment of clinical implementation efforts for LAI PrEP and ART.
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 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.
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.
Facente Consulting developed a survey tool to measure statewide capacity of harm reduction interventions and delivering of a report on survey findings and recommendations.
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 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 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 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.
