These funds also support public education activities, and innovative programming to combat and prevent youth alcohol use. Currently, the program is being implemented by a diverse group of lead agencies, such as the state substance abuse prevention and treatment agency, the state traffic safety agency, or the state juvenile justice agency. Local agencies need to coordinate with the state juvenile justice agency and other agencies involved in the prevention of youth alcohol use and those who enforce underage drinking laws. This provides a wonderful opportunity for collaboration and a multi-disciplinary approach at the State and local levels. The EUDL program offers the help needed for States to succeed.
Training includes enforcement of underage drinking laws and policy issues.
A third workshop on the topic of task forces is currently under development. We expect this conference to provide many opportunities for collaboration, and sharing of strategies and lessons learned. In addition, a host of written products have been developed for the program on various areas of underage drinking enforcement. I will tell you how to contact the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, as well as the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention before I close. And, we are doing all this with an emphasis on youth involvement.