About Us
Mission & Purpose
Our mission is to address unemployment, underemployment and healthcare workforce shortage issues in Baltimore by identifying healthcare career pathways leading to economic independence and training residents to enter into and advance in them.
Our primary, long-term objective is to reverse the healthcare worker shortage in Baltimore by developing and promoting a system for preparing residents for skilled positions in healthcare professions with the most serious shortages.
Current Initiatives
Career Coaching
The Alliance contributes to the salaries of career coaches in grantee hospitals in an effort to improve retention and advancement of frontline workers in entry level skilled healthcare jobs.
Career Mapping
An effort that diagrams career opportunities in Baltimore hospitals and outlines the education and experience needed for advancement or entry into particular healthcare occupations. Three thousand healthcare career maps have been printed and distributed to hospitals, schools and community-based organizations.
Pre-Allied Health Bridge Program
Trains incumbent employees and job seekers interested in the healthcare field, but who also need short-term remediation for pre-college level courses is provided for employees and incumbents of our programs.
BACH Fellows Program
Provides rising high school seniors a six-week, career-building workshop and paid work experience in a hospital setting. The initiative is designed to help allied health students focus their careers and plan a path to college or the work place.
To learn how to join the BACH Fellows Program, please visit our Contact page to complete the feedback form and our staff will contact you.