Alleghany Highlands Community Services

Alleghany Highlands Community Services, doing business as Alleghany Highlands Comm, is a U.S. government entity registered in SAM.gov with business types including U.S. Local Government, Local Government Owned, Council of Governments, and Inter-municipal. It appears to be a community services board providing behavioral health and substance use treatment services in Alleghany County, Virginia.

Through federal grant awards, Alleghany Highlands Community Services has provided various services and programs related to substance abuse treatment, mental health support, and criminal justice initiatives. In 2023, it received a $999,805 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance the Alleghany County/City of Covington Adult Drug Court program. The funding will support hiring additional staff, including a case manager, peer recovery specialist, and pre-trial surveillance officer, to expand services like housing, transportation, family/peer support, job training, mental health treatment, and data reporting and evaluation. Additionally, in 2020, it received a $21,300 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service Community Facilities program for community facility grants. As a sub-grantee, it collaborated with the Alleghany Regional Jail on the Alleghany Reset Project, funded by the Department of Criminal Justice Services Virginia, providing services like assessment, evidence-based substance use treatment groups, mental health support, medication-assisted treatment, and post-release drug-free housing for inmates identified as opioid users.