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
Planning and Facilitation of the Florida PrEP Institutes
San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH)
The Center for Learning and Innovation at the San Francisco Department of Public Health was asked to provide capacity-building assistance to the state of Florida through the CDC-supported Capacity-Building Assistance Providers Network (CPN). The goal of this project was to develop and pilot a series of three HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) institutes in Orlando, Ft. […]
COVID-19 Safety Consultation and Data Training
Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB)
Impact Evaluation of a California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) to Improve LGBTQ+ Mental Health
San Francisco Community Health Center
Facente Consulting was contracted to serve as the lead evaluator for this local mental health-focused impact evaluation, with primary responsibility for designing and implementing a local evaluation plan, managing IRB approvals and human subject concerns, overseeing data collection, and conducting a quantitative analysis of local participant data.
Development of a Comprehensive Program Evaluation for a Neighborhood-Wide Community Program
Tenderloin Community Benefit District (TLCBD)
HIV Recency Assay Step-Down Training, Centers for Disease Control
Vitalant Research Institute
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.
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.
Assisting to Integrate Hepatitic C Services into Opioid Treatment Programs in the Midwest
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Facente Consulting worked with the Addiction Technology Training Center to write up case studies of three methadone programs that had successfully incorporated hepatitis C services into their model, and completed white papers on several related topics, including COVID vulnerability for people who use drugs.
COVID-19 Safety Protocol Development
The Berkeley School
Capacity-Building Assistance Evaluation
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Consultation and Data Support
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Facente Consulting assisted the Applied Research, Community Health, Epidemiology & Surveillance (ARCHES) Branch of the San Francisco Department of Public Health with assessing their planning for surveillance of viral hepatitis, and producing the first comprehensive report on viral hepatitis to be released by the health department in 11 years.
Technical Assistance to Harm Reduction Programs for the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Strategic Planning and Technical Assistance for Ending the HIV Epidemic
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technical Assistance
NASTAD
Ujamaa Collective Strategic Assistance
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness
LGBTQ+ Commercial Tobacco Control Program Evaluation Support
San Francisco Community Health Center
Capacity-Building Assistance for Programs Serving Trans People in the Midwest
San Francisco Community Health Center
Facente Consulting supported San Francisco Community Health Center in designing and implementing a six-session community of practice that brought together community-based organizations, health departments, and other agencies in the Midwest United States for peer-to-peer learning to improve HIV-related service delivery to trans people in the US.
Developing and Evaluating a Philanthropic Giving Strategy for Gilead Foundation
Gilead Foundation
Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
San Francisco Jail Health Services
Strategic Planning for SAMHSA Harm Reduction Grantees
NASTAD
Hep elimiNATION Toolkit Planning and Development
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.
Harm Reduction and Housing Video Series
NASTAD
Educating Clinical Psych Students about Harm Reduction
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Creating a Harm Reduction Curriculum Infusion Package for University Professors
University of Missouri-Kansas City
California Department of Public Health Outbreak Response Equity Plan
California Department of Public Health
California Department of Public Health 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.
