Sarah Jane has more than 15 years of experience working on public health issues in the areas of reproductive health, racial justice, vaccine equity, immigrant rights and worker health through public health programming, implementation and evaluation, grassroots organizing, health education, and capacity building. Sarah Jane’s academic interests and life passions have led her to work on health inequities in partnership with underserved communities in Northern and Southern California, Nevada, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Mexico. She has experience working with federally qualified health centers, domestic and global non-profit organizations, academic institutions, worker centers, and federal and state agencies on a range of public health and social issues. Sarah Jane is inspired by critical public health perspectives that emphasize the “upstream” social determinants of health. Her current interests and passions include strategic facilitation, training, health equity and working in partnership with organizations to build organizational and evaluation capacity.
Related Projects:
Fresno County Health Department Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment
Facente Consulting supported Fresno County, California in developing a needs assessment to understand and guide local efforts to promote maternal and child health.
SFDPH Systems of Care Training and Conference
Facente Consulting is supporting the End the Epidemics Steering Committee and SFDPH in conceptualizing and designing a system of care conference and related training opportunities for providers in the fields of drug user health and sexual health in San Francisco.
Community Engagement to Support Development of a Meaningful HIV and STD Prevention RFP
Before the release of a major Request for Proposals (RFP) for all HIV and STD prevention services in LA County, Facente Consulting helped the Division of HIV and STD Programs conduct a series of listening sessions to hear from providers and consumers about their needs and hopes for the future.
Support for Strategic Implementation of San Francisco’s Initiative to End Trans Homelessness
Facente Consulting is supporting the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) in strategically mapping out and implementing San Francisco’s Initiative to End Trans Homelessness.
Assessment and Re-Envisioning of the Emergency Financial Assistance (EFA) Program in San Francisco
Facente Consulting is collaborating 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.
Strategic Planning for UCSF’s Pain and Addiction Research Center
Facente Consulting is supporting the UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center (PARC) in developing a strategic plan to maximize PARC’s impact.
Evaluation Support for a County Health Department to Implement Results-Based Accountability
Facente Consulting is supporting the County of San Diego Public Health Services in developing evaluation infrastructure for their HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Branch.