President and CEO
Evolution Foundation
Edmond, Oklahoma
Sheamekah Williams Bio
Sheamekah Williams is the President and CEO of the Evolution Foundation. The Foundation, which provides resources, support, and technical assistance to families, community coalitions, and child behavioral health service providers in the state of Oklahoma, focuses on community coalition building and technical assistance; coalition training; trauma training; training curriculum development; and strategic planning, and serves as liaison between communities and child serving system for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Ms. Williams is the former Director of Children, Youth and Family Services at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, where she worked on statewide implementation of Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers and Mobilr Response and Stabilization Services in Oklahoma. She is responsible for the administrative oversight and coordination of behavioral health services for children, youth, young adults, and families across the state. As the administrator over behavioral health services, she works with all phases of programs, from development and strategic planning through implementation and outcomes monitoring to sustainability. Her leadership has enabled Oklahoma System of Care exponential growth with more than a 1000% increase in enrollment during her tenure. Sheamekah has overseen OKSOC expansion from a 17-county program serving children ages 5-18 to a sustained, statewide program serving ages 0-25 across all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. She has also been the driving force behind strengthening the system of care by expanding the service array—most notably, by establishing mobile crisis response. As a consultant with the NTTAC (SAMHSA’s National Technical and Technical Assistance Center for the Children’s Mental Health Initiative), Sheamekah worked with SAMHSA grantees to build new programming for children’s mental health, identifying challenges and barriers, and developing problem-solving strategies. in
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