The PATH Program is a citywide trauma-informed care initiative developed and facilitated by Sage Wellness Group, LLC (SWG) in partnership with Baltimore City’s Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE). Designed as a pilot to strengthen trauma-informed practices across Baltimore’s healthcare ecosystem, PATH equipped clinical and non-clinical hospital staff with practical, equity-centered tools to deliver safer, more compassionate, and more responsive care.

 

From May 2025 to October 2025, participants from across five participating hospitals – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, and the University of Maryland Medical Center – attended monthly in-person trainings and participated in hospital-specific group coaching sessions. The training curriculum emphasizes understanding systemic, race-based, and medical trauma; adopting person-centered, strengths-based language; enhancing patient advocacy; and supporting staff well-being to reduce burnout. The monthly coaching sessions enabled participants to apply skills learned and dive more deeply into the insights gained from the trainings, in order for each institution to develop its own Capstone Project. 

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In preparation, Sage Wellness Group conducted listening sessions in March 2025 to ensure that the program would meet the needs of hospital staff, as well as the people and communities they serve.  Those who were interested signed up and SWG coordinated with the participating institutions to put measures in place to maximize the success of the Program. Pre- and post-assessment information was gathered to measure learning and to provide participants with an opportunity to give active feedback about the Program, and hospital leadership at each institution protected time to allow participants to fully engage in the Program.

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By the conclusion of this pilot initiative, the PATH Program had helped strengthen organizational capacity for trauma-responsive care, promoted a common language of healing, and laid the groundwork for scalable, sustainable trauma-informed practices throughout Baltimore’s healthcare system. 

If you are interested in finding out more about trauma-informed practice in Baltimore and the transformational impact it can have on our institutions and in the lives of our community members, please consider joining us at an upcoming event at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.  See below for more details. 

 

What: A Panel Discussion co-hosted by Enoch Pratt Free Library, the Office of the Baltimore City Council President and Sage Wellness Group

When: Thursday, March 26th 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Where: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Wheeler Auditorium, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

Who: Staff of medical institutions, members of community-based organizations and citizens of Baltimore are all cordially invited 

Why: This will be an evening of community, conversation and connection showcasing what is possible when public and private organizations collaborate around healing-centered and trauma-informed care. The panel discussion will share the impact coming out of the Elijah Cummings Healing City Act, and will highlight the outcomes of the first-ever, P.A.T.H. (Providing Accessible Trauma-Informed Healthcare) Pilot Program. 

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Registration link is coming soon. In the meantime, you can contact Launa Kliever, Sage Wellness Group at admin@sagewellnessgroup.com or Carly Reighard, Enoch Pratt Free Library at creighard@prattlibrary.org for more information.