Meeting Announcement

Details: Please join us on Monday, March 16th, 2026, from 3-4 pm, EST, for a Q&A Discussion during which we hear and learn from speakers with a range of experience and expertise relevant to the Workgroup's mission and goals. 

Bill Collins, LCSW-R

We are delighted to be joined by Bill Collins, LCSW-R, the Director of Social Work at NYC Health and Hospitals - Metropolitan Hospital, where he oversees comprehensive social work services across inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, emergency department, ACT, crisis intervention, mental health treatment, and discharge planning. Leading a department of social workers, creative arts therapists, activity therapists, community liaison workers, mental health counselors, and peer counselors—he ensures integrated, patient-centered care delivery throughout the hospital system.

Prior to joining Metropolitan Hospital in 2022, Bill served for nearly seven years as Director of Social Work for NYC Health and Hospitals - Correctional Health Services at Rikers Island, managing a team of social work staff delivering clinically driven reentry services to incarcerated individuals across multiple jails in New York City.

Bill’s career spans over two decades at the intersection of mental health and criminal justice. From 2010 to 2016, he served as Forensic Unit Chief at Central New York Psychiatric Center, coordinating mental health services at Green Haven, Ulster, Sing Sing, and other New York state prisons. His earlier roles include clinical positions at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center and Bellevue Hospital Center’s Forensic Psychiatric Service, as well as seven years as an Investigative Analyst with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

Bill maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Westchester County and has served as Adjunct Professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and Long Island University, training future social workers in clinical and forensic practice.