The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office currently has additional personnel on duty under various grant that it has applied for and received, from various Federal, State, and Local agencies. A list of these grants and their intended community benefits are listed as follows.

D.W.I. and Alcohol Enforcement
Awarded each year through the Highway Safety Grant, which is administered by the Allegany County Health Department. The purpose of this grant is intended to put additional deputies on patrol, at times when they would not normally be on duty, in an effort to identify individuals Driving While Intoxicated or Under the Influence of alcohol and/or drugs. This grant is also used to target the problem of Underage Drinking.

Foreign Vehicle Registration Program
This grant is new for 1999 and is funded through the State of Maryland, which is administered by the Maryland State Police. The purpose of this grant is intended to fund additional deputies, at times when they would not normally be on duty, to patrol various areas within Allegany County, in an effort to enforce the State of Maryland law , which requires all vehicles to be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles within 30 days of an individual having established residency within the state.

Electronic Home Detention
The Electronic Home Detention Program of the Allegany County Sheriff’s Office, Judicial Division is currently being funded through a grant from the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention. This program is designed to provide the judges with an additional alternative to the physical incarceration of offenders by allowing the offender to be sentenced to detention with in their own home, which will help eliminate the current nationwide problem of jail overcrowding.

Mental Health Counseling
This program is in its last year of funding through a grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention, awarded in conjunction with the Allegany County Health Department. This program provides inmates of the detention center with mental health counseling services by employing a Mental Health Counselor, who works in conjunction with the detention centers Medical Department and the facility Psychiatrist.

Family Crisis Resource Center Security
This program is funded through a grant, which is administered by the Family Crisis Resource Center, to provide security services during supervised child visitations appointments at the center. The Deputy assigned monitors the visitation area, along with staff from the center.