Governor’s Office Programs

Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Grantees of the Community Partnership Program Awards

Allegany County Board of Commissioners – The Detention Center (partnering with Allegany College Maryland) Funded since FY19

Program Description:  The program serves incarcerated parents housed at the Allegany County Detention Center. Allegany College of Maryland Adult Basic Education works with the Allegany County Detention Center to develop programming to support the various academic and personal needs of the population. Programming includes a Reentry Program and a Work Readiness Class with opportunity to gain certification in various vocations.  These program components support trauma informed instructional practices of relationship building and consistency toward goal achievement. 

The Reentry Pre-release Program is based upon the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Pre-release Preparation Program and is designed to reduce recidivism. Instruction and practice focus on examples and scenarios to help students “practice the skills needed to gain sustainable employment and maintain crime-free lifestyles.”   The Reentry Pre-release Program is tailored to adult offenders with instruction that offers cognitive-based skills instruction, real-life instruction and practice activities, relevant examples and scenarios to offenders’ lives, and manageable content that can be completed in a few weeks’ time.  Highlights of this program are it is customizable to fit the needs of the program, changes the reasoning skills needed to make good judgments and decisions by addressing cognitive deficits associated with criminal behavior, the content is tailored for adult learners with instruction that is easy to read, interpret, and apply for various learning levels and skill sets and it is affordable. 

While not a traditional 2Gen/whole family approach program the programs offered during incarceration are focused on the role the parent plays in the education of their child(ren). During the course, learners identify the barriers in their own lives which led to their current situation and will discuss alternative paths they can encourage their own family to pursue.  Giving parents the opportunity to improve their family finances and train for a new or better job, allows them to provide their children with better services, health and well-being.  

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The Intensive Family Preservation Services Program – ACDSS Funded since FY25

Program Description:  The Program is an in-home, intensive family preservation service (IFPS) and reunification program for families with children (newborn to 17 years old) returning from or at risk of placement into foster care, group or residential treatment, psychiatric hospitals, or juvenile justice facilities. The program strives to help eliminate barriers to service while using research-based interventions to improve parental skills, parental capabilities, family interactions, children’s behavior, and family safety. The goals are to prevent the unnecessary out-of-home placement of children through an intensive, onsite intervention and to teach families new problem-solving skills to improve family functioning.

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Project AIM – Cumberland YMCA – Funded since FY22

Program Description: The YMCA will implement the Project AIM curriculum to youth ages 11-14 in out of school settings. This is an evidence-based program that was developed to encourage at-risk youth to imagine a positive future and discuss how current risk behaviors can be a barrier to a successful adulthood. This youth development intervention is designed to provide youth motivation to make safe choices and to address deeper barriers.

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Family Navigation – LMB of Allegany County

Go to “Family Navigation” Page for more information.

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Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Grantees of the Community Community Support Awards

Drivers License Barrier Reduction Program
Benefits Access – Mobile Outreach
Rent/Utility Assistance for Families
Youth Leadership Scholarships

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PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROGRAMS

Stephen Hill Addiction Speaker at High Schools FY25
ECHO Program FY25
Bruce Outreach Youth Center Subsidy FY25
AYEPS Youth Center Subsidy FY25
Summer Youth Workforce Training FY24
Drunk/Drug Simulation Training Supplies FY24
LBHA Parent Travel Support FY24
Racial Equity Training (3 Phases) FY23
Transportation Study FY23
Implicit Bias Training FY23
FY22 Planning Grant for Youth Services –
Please feel free to view the research survey results: AllCo_Youth.Program.Eval_2022
The Community Youth Center – AYEPS (Allegany Youth Enrichment Program Services) – FY20
Project Yes! – Allegany County Board of Education – FY18
Healthy Families America (HFA) Program – Allegany County Health Department – FY18
Early Head Start – Allegany County Human Resources Development Commission, Inc. – FY18
The Bridges to Opportunities Program – WMD Health System – FY18
K.I.D.S. Program – Cumberland YMCA – FY18