Presentation Information Panel Discussion II—Workforce Implications in COVID Environment Terry Clark, MPA, President & CEO, Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth & Family Services Terry Clark, MPA is currently the President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth & Family Services, a statewide association that advocates on behalf of providers serving children, youth and families throughout the Commonwealth of PA. Terry has worked in the child welfare field for more than 29 years. He served as the Children and Youth Administrator for York County for almost 5 years, working collaboratively with service providers, county officials, juvenile justice agencies and other human service organizations to provide a broad range of services and supports to children and families in York County. Terry started his career with Kidspeace, where he worked as a mental health worker in its partial hospitalization program before being promoted to a Crisis Prevention Specialist and then to a Facility Supervisor in the partial hospitalization program in Reading, PA. He then spent almost ten years working for Berks County Children & Youth Services in various roles that led to his promotion to the Director of In-Home Services and oversight of In-Home Services contracts with service providers. Terry’s passion for working to improve Pennsylvania’s child welfare system led him to accept a position with PA Department of Human Services (DHS) in 2001, as the Chief of Policy in the Office of Children, Youth & Families. In that role, he led the Policy, Planning and Program Division to promulgate regulations and policies related to ensuring the safety, permanency and well-being of Pennsylvania’s children. While employed by DHS, Terry also had oversight of the Division of Operations, ChildLine, FBI and Child Abuse History Clearances, Child Abuse Appeals, Child Abuse Expunctions, and PA’s three Interstate Compacts (ICJ, ICPC, and ICAMA). In his spare time, Terry is an Adjunct Professor at York College of PA, where he teaches undergraduate students in the Behavioral Sciences.
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