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.
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.
Following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020, Facente Consulting advised The Berkeley School on campus safety and provided assistance with interpreting the rapidly changing data on the emerging COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
In partnership with NASTAD, Facente Consulting created a two-page summary, as well as a series of videos summarizing evidence, that provide tools and best practices and highlight a variety of real-life examples of harm reduction housing models that support frontline workers.
Facente Consulting worked with the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation to strengthen PhD training capacity among faculty and trainees at two of South Africa’s eight designated Historically Disadvantaged Universities (HDUs).
Facente Consulting provided strategic support gathering data and stakeholder input and developed a document to guide NHRC’s internal infrastucture and capacity-building work.
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.
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.
Facente Consulting helped Gilead Foundation develop a theory of change and evaluation strategy for their three-year, $20 million initiative to advance education equity throughout the United States.
Facente Consulting supported the San Francisco Black Led Organizations Coalition (SFBLOC) by reviewing a draft of their first-ever strategic plan and providing substantive recommendations for the final document, creating a strong foundation for the Coalition’s future work.
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.
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.
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.
Facente Consulting provided ongoing support for Palm Springs’ politicians, business owners, and other stakeholders regarding protocols, data interpretation, and internal communications for COVID-19 safety in businesses and public areas.
The Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center hired Facente Consulting to design and implement a harm reduction consultation program to support organizations in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa in implementing harm reduction work.
In partnership with NASTAD, Facente Consulting supported strategic planning processes for the 25 recipients of SAMHSA’s first harm reduction grants.
Facente Consulting developed and delivered a two-hour lecture for clinical psychology students and others at Touro University who wanted to earn continuing education credits for learning about harm reduction.
Facente Consulting is supporting the County of San Diego Public Health Services in developing evaluation infrastructure for their HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Branch.
Facente Consulting served as the lead evaluator for a local LGBTQ+ mental health-focused impact evaluation that involved evaluation design, managing IRB approvals, overseeing data collection, and quantitative analysis.
Facente Consulting worked with the Addiction Technology Training Center to (i) develop case studies of methadone programs that have successfully incorporated hepatitis C services into their model, and (ii) complete white papers on several related topics.
Facente Consulting helped develop a harm reduction infusion package to support support college professors in infusing harm reduction framework and methodology into course curricula.
Facente Consulting worked with the California Department of Public Health to develop an equity-centered outbreak response plan.
Facente Consulting is providing training and technical assistance to grant recipients of the Gilead Oncology Corporate Giving Program to support them in evaluating the impact of programs on improving outcomes and health equity among people affected by cancer.
Facente Consulting is supporting San Francisco County HIV Integrated Services in implementing trauma-informed approaches within county jail settings.
Facente Consulting supported the development of a guide to providing integrated HIV/HCV/STI testing, linkage and treatment in opioid treatment program settings.
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.
The Rafiki Coalition hired Facente Consulting to provide program management and create and refine hiring solutions during a period of organizational transition.
Facente Consulting developed national syringe services program performance standards intended for use by public health departments, community-based organizations, service providers, and community stakeholders.
Facente Consulting helped TLCBD create a Theory of Change for their work, learn a new framework for evaluation, and develop an evaluation map to guide their future program evaluations.
San Francisco Community Health Center hired Facente Consulting as an external evaluator for a five-year project focused on reducing commercial tobacco-related disparities in the LGBTQ+ community though coalition-building and policy change.
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.
Shelley Facente and Katie Burk were selected as members of a new national technical assistance center at NASTAD designed to support viral hepatitis prevention and surveillance personnel at state, territorial, and major city/county health departments.
