Technical Assistance/CBA - Facente Consulting

Ending the HIV Epidemic Planning and Implementation Support
California Department of Public Health

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.

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)

Facente Consulting was asked to to provide 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.

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)

Facente Consulting was selected to help TLCBD create a Theory of Change for their work, learn the Results-Based AccountabilityTM (RBA) framework for evaluation, and develop an evaluation map to guide their future program evaluations.

HIV Recency Assay Step-Down Training, Centers for Disease Control
Vitalant Research Institute

Dr. Facente provided quality assurance and technical assistance to trainers in Uganda and Cambodia as they built their skills to train their colleagues in rural areas on the use of the Asanté HIV-1 Rapid Recency Assay, to detect recent HIV infections in PEPFAR countries.

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

In late February 2020, leadership of The Berkeley School reached out to Facente Consulting for guidance on campus safety and assistance with interpreting the rapidly changing data on the emerging COVID-19 pandemic.

Capacity-Building Assistance Evaluation
San Francisco Department of Public Health

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.

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

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.

Strategic Planning and Technical Assistance for Ending the HIV Epidemic
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

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.

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Technical Assistance
NASTAD

Dr. Facente was selected as a member of the technical assistance team that was part 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.

Ujamaa Collective Strategic Assistance
Rafiki Coalition for Health & Wellness

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.

LGBTQ+ Commercial Tobacco Control Program Evaluation Support
San Francisco Community Health Center

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.

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

Facente Consulting is helping 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.

Assistance to Develop a System of Panel Management within a Jail Medical System
San Francisco Jail Health Services

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.

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.

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

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.

Educating Clinical Psych Students about Harm Reduction
University of Missouri-Kansas City

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.

Creating a Harm Reduction Curriculum Infusion Package for University Professors
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Facente Consulting helped develop a harm reduction infusion package to support support college professors in infusing harm reduction framework and methodology into course curricula.

California Department of Public Health Outbreak Response Equity Plan
California Department of Public Health

Facente Consulting worked with the California Department of Public Health to develop an equity-centered outbreak response plan.

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.

SFDPH Community Referral Network Assessment and Recommendations
San Francisco Department of Public Health

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.

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.

Strategic Support for the California Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative
National Harm Reduction Coalition

Facente Consulting provided strategic support gathering data and stakeholder input and developed a document to guide NHRC’s internal infrastucture and capacity-building work.

Development of a Guide to Integrating HIV, HCV, and Syphilis Testing and Treatment in Opioid Treatment Programs
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Facente Consulting supported the development of a guide to providing integrated HIV/HCV/STI testing, linkage and treatment in opioid treatment program settings.

Skills Training for Graduate Students in Historically Disadvantaged Universities (HDUs) in South Africa
Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

Facente Consulting is working 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).

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