Facente Consulting worked with the California Department of Public Health and local health departments in six California counties to develop five-year plans under the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, then successfully implement those innovative plans beginning in 2021.
Project Descriptions
Ending the HIV Epidemic Planning and Implementation Support
Philanthropic Investment Strategy Research and Planning
Hellman Foundation
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.
COVID-19 Response After Action Report and Preparedness Planning
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.
California Tobacco Control Program Equity and Justice Framework Development
California Department of Public Health
Research Expansion Advancing Community Health (REACH) Strategic Planning
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Overdose Prevention Services White Paper
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
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
Technical Assistance to Harm Reduction Programs for the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Citywide Hepatitis B Needs Assessment
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Hep elimiNATION Toolkit Planning and Deveopment
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.
CDPH Outbreak Response Equity Plan
California Department of Public Health
CDPH Strategic Plan Implementation
California Department of Public Health
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.