# Presentation: 522005

## by:
Sharie Cantelon
Social Science Program Specialist
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

**Sharie Cantelon**
**Social Science Program Specialist**
**Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention**

**Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws**

## Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program

- Established by Congress in 1998 and administered by OJJDP, the Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program, was the first national program to singularly address underage drinking.
- It is the only federal initiative engaged exclusively in underage drinking enforcement.

**Notes:**
WELCOME AND OPENING:
It’s a pleasure to welcome this impressive range of representatives of the enforcement, justice system community and to thank those of you who have already been working diligently on the EUDL effort.  EUDL representatives are scattered throughout today’s workshops, and I’m proud to acknowledge the work of this program.
Enforcement and the appropriate justice system response is key to the prevention of underage drinking.  And the prevention of underage drinking is key to the deterrence of diverse illegal behavior that impacts all communities and taxes the justice system.
Established by Congress in 1998 and administered by OJJDP, the Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program, was the first national program to singularly address underage drinking. 
It is the only federal initiative engaged exclusively in underage drinking problem prevention.

## The Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program Elements:

**State Block Grants *****($360,000 available to States including the District of Columbia)*****(State Relations & Assistance Division [SRAD])**** **
**Discretionary Funds *****($6,640,000)***
**	****(Demonstration Programs Division)**
**Discretionary Grants**
**Evaluation**
**	****      ****(Wake Forest University)**
**    ****(NIAAA Partnership)**
**Training and Technical Assistance**
**	****      ****(Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation - PIRE)**

**Notes:**
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement
Traffic Safety
Health and Human Services
Alcohol Beverage Control
Other

## State Block Grant Program

- Statewide task forces of State and local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies
- Public advertising programs
- Innovative programs

**Program Focus:**

## Discretionary Grants Program

**Program Focus:**

- Diverse community coalitions
- Needs assessment/strategic planning
- Evidence based programming
- Enhanced enforcement
- Youth involvement
- Evaluation

## Accidental falls, burns, and drowning
Alcohol dependence
Alcohol Poisoning
Cirrhosis of the liver
Death
Impaired Driving
Poly Drug Use
Pregnancy

**Accidental falls, burns, and drowning**
**Alcohol dependence**
**Alcohol Poisoning**
**Cirrhosis of the liver**
**Death**
**Impaired Driving**
**Poly Drug Use**
**Pregnancy**

**Sexual Assault**
**STDs**
**Suicide**
**Traffic Crashes**
**Truancy**
**Violence**
**Vandalism**
**Work Productivity loss**

**Notes:**
Ask the audience for their response prior to showing the list.
Parents tend to dramatically  underestimate underage drinking in general and their own children’s drinking in particular.

## $61.9 billion 

**Pain & Lost Quality of Life:  $41.6 billion**

**Medical Care:****$5.4 billion**

**Work Loss & Other Costs:****$14.9 billion**

**Total Cost****of Underage ****Alcohol Use****in the ****	**
**United States****for 2001:**
**$61.9 *****billion****** ***

**Underage Drinking is a $61.9 Billion a Year Problem in the U.S.**** **

**Costs of UAD Handouts**

***PIRE, 2004***

**Notes:**
Source: Levy, et al. Costs of Underage Drinking. 
Please visit the EUDL website to see State by State cost analysis  www.udetc.org

## Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility 

**A Report from the National Research Council and the****Institute of Medicine**

## EUDL Program Overlap w/ Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility Report RecommendationsReport Recommendations

- Media Campaign
- Advertising
- Entertainment Media
- Limiting Access
- Youth Interventions
- Community Interventions
- Govt. Assistance/Coordination
- Excise Tax
- Research and Evaluation

**Notes:**
Out of the 9 recommendations sections the EUDL program has provided direct training and technical assistance on 6 of the areas in the following ways:  
Training
Technical Assistance
 Audio Teleconferences
 Publications
 web site
 success stories
 Hotline and database

Of the 3 recommendations left:
1  - Recommendation directly addresses the Entertainment Media
1  - The Government (which OJJDP is a member and has worked collectively with other federal partners to address these recommendations.
1  - Focuses on a National Adult oriented Media Campaign

## Identify Science-based Strategies
Publish Supporting Documents
Deliver Training
Provide Technical Assistance

**Website:  **_**www.udetc.org**_
**Toll-free at: 1-877-335-1287**_** **_

- Identify Science-based Strategies
- Publish Supporting Documents
- Deliver Training
- Provide Technical Assistance

- National Leadership Conference
-    August, 2007