A message from our board of directors
Welcome
Welcome to Baltimore Behavioral Health’s (BBH) website. This site was created to assist you in finding information about BBH, including our mission, the services we provide, accreditation and licensing, career opportunities in our clinical and non-clinical departments, and directions to help you find us.
Mission
The BBH Board shares a deep commitment to the mission and services provided to the community based upon our personal experiences, career achievements & contributions to the treatment community, chosen fields of study, and the desire to improve the health and well-being of those in our community who are suffering. Impressively, the Board’s cumulative years of service to the treatment field numbers nearly two centuries.
Credentials
As a leading provider of mental health and substance abuse services to patients in Baltimore City and the surrounding metropolitan area, the Board works hard every day to ensure that a full continuum of care is offered, and to help our patients turn their lives around in a caring atmosphere focused on providing high quality of care. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) performs the most rigorous reviews of healthcare providers in the country to assess the quality of care provided. BBH is accredited by the Joint Commission, as well as being licensed by the State of Maryland.
Patient Care
We strongly believe in the concept of a structured, therapeutic community and are committed to providing those in the greatest need with supportive shelter, meals and somatic care, pro bono. After more than a decade of service in Baltimore, BBH has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in these forms of care to our neediest patients. Many patients have shared heartwarming testimonials with the Board about the life-saving nature of the work that BBH is doing in their lives and in the treatment community. Some patients who have successfully completed treatment have joined BBH as both productive community members and staff members.
Community Vision
The Board’s commitment to the community includes a multi-faceted vision of working together to improve the quality of life for patients, staff and neighbors while also contributing to professional development on both an individual and organizational level.
We strive to hire staff from the local community, with the largest proportion of BBH’s staff “family” living in Baltimore City, and with the greatest percentage of those staff members residing in the zip codes including and surrounding BBH. Membership in neighborhood organizations, sponsorship of local events, participation in anti-crime walks, coat & holiday toy drives for the needy, neighborhood clean-up days, car washes and sharing BBH’s green space for multi-purpose uses by the community are but a few of the ways that we strive to realize this vision at the grassroots level, on a daily basis. We also make the effort to patronize neighboring vendors and businesses in order to strengthen the vibrant Southwest Baltimore community to which we are so committed.
BBH supports other not-for-profit association endeavors (see member organizations) as we work together toward common goals. In addition, BBH is committed to mentoring and providing supervision to interns and graduate students.
Staff Benefits
The Board believes in taking a leadership role at the corporate level in ensuring that all staff are embraced and appreciated for the hard work they perform each day, which has translated into eliminating the concept of the minimum wage in favor of providing a living wage, and ensuring that health insurance is offered to all full-time employees. Mentoring and tuition reimbursement for continuing education are available. Family-friendly work structure, wellness programs and on-going recovery are embraced.
Closing
You may learn more about our services, referrals and other opportunities by browsing through our website. Please let us know if you have any suggestions on how we may better serve you and our community.
With Best Regards,
The Baltimore Behavioral Health Board of Directors
“Success is to be measured not
so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles
which one has overcome.”
Booker T. Washington
Member Organizations
Service Providers including:
Health Care For The Homeless
Bea Gaddy Foundation
Code Blue Shelter
Latino Providers Network
Neighborhood Organizations including:
Paul's Place Community Outreach
Union Square Community Association
Washington Village Pig Town Neighborhood Association
Hollins Market Roundhouse Community Association
CPHA Citizens Planning & Housing Association
Professional Organizations including:
Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems
Baltimore City Substance Abuse Directorate
Baltimore City Commission on HIV-AIDS
NAMI (National, Maryland & Baltimore City)
Tuerk House Advisory Council
Park Heights Improvement Council
Maryland Addiction Directory Council
Mental Health Association of Maryland
Health Choice Substance Abuse Workgroup
Local Alcohol State Council for Baltimore City
State Associates of Addiction Services
NCADD
Addiction Advocates of Maryland
Testimonials:
“I am very grateful to BBH and their staff for allowing me the opportunity of improving my life. For this, I will be eternally grateful.”
- George
“The program has been and still is a life-saving program for me.My self-esteem, character, courage, and most of all, gratitude, have grown and are growing stronger one day at a time.”
- Judy
“I’m no longer afraid, I no longer want to kill myself, I stay on my medication, and I am able to do more for myself. The groups that I participated in are amazing; I have a chance to deal with some things that I have always ignored. This program has made a dynamic change in my life and I watch it help so many others. Not only has it changed my life but it has helped change the life of my family.”
- Antoinette
“Treatment has helped me to practice positive decision-making which supports my recovery and also taking personal responsibility for my recovery.”
- Timothy
“When I first arrived, I noticed a lot of love, and that people here did care about my well being, something that I hadn’t experienced from other treatment facilities that I’ve been to before. I’ve learned how to turn my negative thinking into positive thinking. The things that I have learned have turned my life around.”
- Chantel
“I have been in a lot of programs but never with the sincere love BBH’s staff has given me.”
- Frankie
“This facility has literally saved my life.”
- Milton
“I would recommend BBH to anybody because it’s a great program and the staff genuinely cares about helping you.”
- Donnell
“They really have your best interests at heart. They want to see you do well.”
- Ricky