Joel Levine
Harris County Protective Services Executive Director
Missouri City, Texas
Mr. Levine has a long history as a Child Welfare Professional. Mr. Levine is the Executive Director for Harris County Protective Services for Children and Adults (HCPS). He has been with HCPS for 22 years. HCPS provides services and supports for the children and families involved with the state child welfare program in Harris County, school and community based services for child abuse and juvenile justice prevention and early intervention and the public guardianship program for incapacitated wards of the county probate courts. Prior to his current position, Mr. Levine served as Children Services Division Administrator. Previously he was the Director of Administration and Director of the TRIAD Program for County Juvenile Prevention and Early Intervention Services. Prior to HCPS, Mr. Levine worked for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services where he worked as a Caseworker, Foster Home Development Trainer and Supervisor and Program Director for Family Preservation.
Mr. Levine holds a Master’s Degree in Social Services Administration from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a Sociology Minor from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Mr. Levine is a Senior Fellow in the American Leadership Forum Houston Chapter (Criminal Justice Class IV), Board President for the Texas Network of Youth Services, Member of the Houston Galveston-Area Council Criminal Justice Advisory Council, and on the Advisory Board for Springfield College School of Professional and Continuing Studies-Houston Campus. Mr. Levine is an active member of the Rotary Club of Houston for the past 12 years. He currently serves as the Youth in Education Committee Co-chair where he is responsible for standing up a CPS Adoption Fair as his service project. He served on the Board of the Club from from 2013-2016.
https://hcps.harriscountytx.gov
