Michael Chiappone has been a Social Worker for the past 18 years. His work has primarily focused on assisting people who are homeless, mentally ill, or living with Substance Use Disorder. He also sees clients who seek help for a variety of reasons. For most of his career, he worked at Hope House Ministries, a highly respected not-for-profit agency. He held two positions at Hope House, Director of Project Hope II, a program that worked specifically with the chronic homeless population. He also assisted in developing and implementing Hope Academy, a non-traditional, long-term treatment facility for substance abuse. Currently, he works full-time as a Coordinator of a SUD treatment facility.

One of Michael’s passions is learning and teaching. Michael has had the opportunity to teach college-level courses as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook. He taught a foundation course entitled Human Behavior and the Social Environment. He also had the opportunity to develop courses including Spirituality and Addiction as well as Self-Care for Social Workers.