Mr. Leonard Williams has
over 15 years of human service experience covering Child
Welfare, Child-Adolescent Mental Health, Juvenile
Justice and Community-Based program development, for
private, nonprofit organizations in Cincinnati, Ohio and
Raleigh- Durham, North Carolina. He has developed and
implemented quality Child-Adolescent Mental Health Day
Treatment programs in Johnston County, Wilson County and
Cabarrus County school systems that reduced out of home
placements, and assisted students in returning to the
main stream classroom.
Mr.
Williams is the Associate Director/Project Manager for the largest health
disparities research grant at the Institute for Health, Social, and Community
Research (IHSCR) at Shaw University. The approximately $6,828,832.00 NIH NCMHD-funded
Project EXPORT II Center of Excellence is an inter-university partnership
between Shaw University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The
Carolina Shaw Partnership for the Elimination of Health Disparities Research
projects addresses priority conditions such as serious mental illness,
cardiovascular disease, and HIV.
Mr.
Williams has earned his Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Sociology at Wittenberg
University in Springfield, Ohio and is an Ordain Minister in the state of North
Carolina.
Mr. Williams created two community base programs called Operation F.L.I.P and
“The Shepard’s Initiative”. Operation F.L.I.P (Future Leaders In Progress)
served as a gang prevention tool for elementary, middle and high school youth.
“The Shepard’s Initiative” encouraged local pastors and in Church Clergymen of
Johnston County to meet monthly to discuss the needs of their communities and
church congregations. This initiative encouraged local churches to develop and
plan strategies for prevention and awareness dealing with socioeconomic issues
and assisting them to access services from, state agencies, local health
department and agencies in North Carolina
Mr. Williams’ research interests include health disparities and public health
interventions through faith-based organizations.
Contact Information:
Leonard Williams, B.A.
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Office Phone: (919) 235-0161
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Fax: (919) 821-2647
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E-mail:
lwilliams@shawu.edu
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Mailing Address: 118 E. South St.,
Raleigh, NC 27601
