Economic Development

Healthcare Training Program

Bon Secours Community Works offers free training to help West Baltimore residents advance their careers and enter the medical field with an industry recognized certification. Healthcare trainings at Bon Secours Community Works typically run 8- 15 weeks and include a standard job readiness curriculum, financial literacy training, and individualized case management.

Contact us for information about current certification programs!    

Clean & Green Workforce Training Program

The Clean & Green workforce training program boosts participant’s employability by providing on-the-job training and industry-driven certifications while engaging participants in beautifying and stewarding West Baltimore communities.

Since 2006, Clean & Green has trained local workers on landscaping “hard” skills and essential employment “soft” skills like professionalism, teamwork, reliability, and conflict resolution. During this paid learning experience, trainees transform vacant lots in into well-maintained, usable spaces while learning skills such as tree and plant installation and care, powered equipment operation and maintenance, urban agriculture techniques, and light carpentry. Participants also receive wrap-around services and instruction including financial capability training, case management, and post-training job placement services.

Clean Corps

Bon Secours Community Works is a lead agency for Clean Corps, a multi-year, multi-agency project, led by the Baltimore City Department of Planning as part of the Baltimore Green Network. Clean Corps works with nonprofit organizations to hire underemployed Baltimore City residents to clean and maintain community-selected vacant lots, alleys, and public trash cans. Participants also complete an intensive employment skills curriculum and receive supportive wrap-around services.

Returning Citizens Program

The Returning Citizens Program offers support for community members returning to Baltimore City after incarceration or interaction with the criminal justice system. This program’s “blueprint for progress” combines an evidence-based curriculum focused on life skills with job placement assistance, wraparound support services, and case management to help clients reintegrate into their communities. We work both within and outside the prison system to ensure that West Baltimore’s returning citizens have every chance for success.

Financial and Employment Services

Our Financial Services team works to support West Baltimore residents in meeting their both their basic needs and striving toward long-term goals though financial capability training, one-on-one financial coaching, eviction prevention assistance, public benefits screenings, and low-cost tax preparation services. They also provide client specific curriculums to participants in our in-house job training and partnership programs.

Our Employment Services team assists clients and community members with developing career plans and securing sustainable employment. Clients come from our in-house career training programs and as walk-ins to our job hub, which works in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) to provide access to technology and job placement support. Our Employment Services staff maintain information about open positions and work closely with recruitment teams throughout the Baltimore area. Job Hub visitors can also be connected to other MOED resources including customized skills trainings, computer literacy classes, employer recruitment events, job alerts, and job fairs.

Food Access and Urban Farming

Bon Secours Community Works operates an urban farm and community garden, built on the former site of 14 vacant rowhouses, to help nourish, engage, and beautify the West Baltimore community. Our team utilizes a three-part approach to maximize the impact of our food access work: production, distribution, and education. 

We produce fresh fruits and vegetables on our farm, distribute them to food-insecure community members through our food delivery program, urban farm pick-up days, and Mobile Market service, and provide nutrition-focused cooking courses that teach clients and community members how to utilize fresh foods in exciting and culturally relevant recipes. 

Our farm also includes public areas where neighbors can enjoy the serenity of urban greenspace, as well as and a community garden site where individuals can secure land to grow their own crops  with support from our staff.

Mobile Market Request Form