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Unite! Washougal Sober Truth On Preventing Underage Drinking Project (STOP) will change our community norm to one where youth alcohol use is no longer an acceptable rite of passage, and provide alternatives for youth to grow up in alcohol free environments and elevating the voice of youth who are not using alcohol. The strategies used for this shift will include increasing cooperation among community partners, Trusted Adult Training, increasing skill building and leadership among Washougal youth, promoting positive community norms and hosting town hall events. Unite! Washougal Community Coalition came into existence out of the heart of concern from the Washougal High School Counselors that started to take notice of the Healthy Youth Survey data provided by the state to them in 2012. They noticed that our youth had high rates of depression, suicidal ideation and elevated substance misuse with 30 day alcohol use of nearly 30% for 10th grade. Partnering with the school district administration and working with community members including parents, city administrators, local businesses, healthcare professionals, religious organizations and youth serving organizations, this determined and passionate team started the journey to collaborate and start to grow Washougal as a place where youth and families can thrive and have the opportunity to be free from substance misuse addiction. They chose the Washougal School District boundaries to serve as the catchment area for the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition's efforts. Washougal, with a city population of 16,926, is nestled in Southwest Washington, situated at the eastern edge of the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA metro area along the northern bank of the Columbia River. The boundaries for our catchment area reaches from the Columbia River up to and including parts of the Mt. St. Helen’s National Volcanic Monument Area. In addition, another 8,000 live outside the city limits in the unincorporated rural area. According to the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Washougal School District’s current enrollment of approximately 2,834 students is predominantly White (78%), Hispanic (14%), Two or more Races (6.1%), Asian (1.2%) and Black/African American (1%). Approximately, 40% of the students are low-income. Many languages are spoken, however the most used are English, Spanish and Russian with 4.5% of the students as part of the ELL population. We do not have a strong presence in the Washougal Community of a federally recognized tribe. We acknowledge that the area rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other tribes that have historically inhabited the Washougal and Columbia River basins as fishing grounds and for food gathering and encampments. Our school population is reported as 47.6% female, 52.3 % male and .1% as Gender X (OSPIS designation). The populations that will be impacted by this S.T.O.P. Act Grant for Unite! Washougal Community Coalition will be youth 12 to 20 years old with a focus on our Spanish Speaking Latino Youth, our youth that do not have access to opportunities for skill development, school supports and community connection due to low socioeconomic status and our youth that reside in of our more rural parts of our school district boundaries.

The Clinton Substance Abuse Council's application for the Gateway ImpACT Coalition's Project to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking in Clinton, Iowa was awarded a $60,000 Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. This project will serve the 24,391 residents of Clinton, Iowa by preventing and delaying underage drinking by youth ages 12-17 in Clinton, Iowa. Goals of the project include: Decrease underage drinking by implementing evidence based program/s that may lead to the initiation of use; reduce underage drinking and youth access to alcohol by increasing support to parents and families with teens; and increase the capacity of the Gateway ImpACT Coalition to reduce underage drinking.

ASAP of Anderson serves Anderson County, Tennessee. Located in the historic and picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, our community contains a mixture of suburban and rural areas with a population of 77,576. The STOP Grant will impact all youth and young adults in Anderson County to prevent and reduce under age alcohol use. The specific population of focus for this grant will be youth ages 12-20 who are at high risk for alcohol use; specifically, the underserved population (at risk), LGBTQ+ youth, youth in rural areas, and students 18-20 at the community college and local level. We further aim to destigmatize high-risk groups through cultural competency due to the unacceptance of marginalized groups within the region. These groups include but are not limited to the LGBTQ+ community, those who are homeless/at-risk of homelessness, and individuals living in poverty. Implementing prevention strategies based on the Strategic Prevention Framework model in the community will reduce underaged drinking by 4%; reduce retail availability of alcohol by 11%; and will increase parent perception of the harm of underage drinking by 5%. ASAP of Anderson, funded by the Drug-Free Communities Support Program over the past ten years, has strengthened successful local prevention strategies. ASAP of Anderson's comprehensive approach includes community education on underage drinking consequences, increasing the perception of harm associated with underage drinking, supporting local law enforcement efforts, targeting socioeconomic impacted areas like Briceville and Rocky Top, launching comprehensive media campaigns to raise awareness of underage drinking dangers, and fostering community partnerships to prioritize underage drinking prevention in the county. These strategies aim not only to reduce underage drinking but also to build stronger partnerships among local government and community organizations for sustained impact. With a focus on long-term sustainability, the plan involves engaging multiple community sectors to coordinate underage drinking prevention efforts and drive change across the county.

The Leominster Community Action Team (LCAT) has been an active coalition preventing the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs among young people ages 12-20 in Leominster, MA, since 2008. LUK Crisis Center, Inc. (LUK) has staffed the coalition for several years, including the current Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant. The overarching goal of this STOP Act project is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in Leominster, MA. The coalition will build upon the current DFC 12-Month Action Plan to: (1) address norms regarding alcohol use among youth, (2) reduce opportunities for underage drinking, (3) create changes in underage drinking enforcement efforts, (4) address penalties for underage use, and (5) reduce negative consequences associated with underage drinking (e.g., motor vehicle crashes, sexual assaults). Each year of the project, the coalition plans to reach at least 2,000 people through population-based prevention efforts (e.g., social norms campaign, compliance checks, sticker shocks, purchase surveys) and an additional 1,000 individuals through direct prevention efforts (e.g., evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention curricula, information dissemination, town halls). Over the four-year project period, LCAT will impact 12,000 individuals with STOP Act interventions. Project objectives are, by the end of the project period, to decrease the rate of alcohol use among high school youth, and increase perceptions of risk or harm, peer disapproval, and parental disapproval. In order to reach these objectives, LCAT will utilize a variety of strategies, including evidence-based environmental approaches, targeted evidence-based trainings for parents, partnership development and collaboration, ongoing community education and training, and Town Halls. To support and guide this work, LCAT will regularly review and revise a project Logic Model and 12-month Action Plan, while using resources and best practices from various training and technical assistance providers such as the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC), Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), and the Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center (SPTAC). LCAT will strengthen partnerships with organizations that have close ties to Hispanic/Latino communities and LGBTQ+ communities in order to address disparities and increase participation and collaboration. The staff and LCAT Leadership Team will strengthen relationships with and between government departments to facilitate policy and practice changes and increase cooperation and collaboration. LCAT will host Town Halls and continue to participate in school- and community-based activities to increase citizen participation and collaboration to ensure sustainability.

The EWAlution Rainbow Collaboration aims to prevent and reduce underage drinking and strengthen inclusion and equity for LGBTQ+, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and Asian youth by increasing access to information, skill-building, support, services, and policy change in 'Ewa Beach. The population to be impacted by this project consists of youth in 'Ewa Beach at James Campbell High School, Ilima Intermediate School, Ewa Makai Middle School, DreamHouse ‘Ewa Beach public charter school, and Island Pacific Academy private school. The majority of students are Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. LGBTQ+ youth will be the primary population to be served in partnership with each school's Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) clubs. The 2019 Hawaii YRBS Honolulu County Results show that 8.9% of middle school students and 10.1% of high school students participating in the survey identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual; 1.2% of middle school students and 1.8% of high school students identified as transgender. The Hawaii Sexual and Gender Minority Health Report (2017) indicates ethnic representation among LGBQ youth was highest for Native Hawaiian (24%) and Filipino (22%). Project Goals: 1) Increase the capacity of the EWAlution 96706 (E9) coalition to implement evidence-based strategies to prevent and reduce underage drinking among LGBTQ+ youth and support the health and wellness of all youth in the ‘Ewa Beach community; and 2) Increase opportunities for LGBTQ+ youth, allies, peers, family, school, and community members to participate in and take action to reduce and prevent underage drinking. Measurable Objectives: • By December 1, 2024, E9 will have convened with the LGBTQ+ leadership workgroup and key partners to engage in a SPF-based process to establish and guide the EWAlution Rainbow Collaboration (ERC) project. Monthly meetings will be held monthly to oversee the project. • By January 2025, E9 will have joined with the Hawaii Alcohol Policy Alliance to educated legislators and community members about underage drinking and policy changes and the Hawaii Partnership to Prevent Underage Drinking to collaborate on alcohol policy initiatives. Monthly meetings will be attended in years 1-4. • By the end of year 1, the ERC project will have provided 3 trainings for youth service providers, schools, and community organizations. Quarterly training will be conducted in years 2-4. • By April 2025, the ERC will have convened a Town Hall meeting to provide information about underage drinking and prevention, elicit community feedback about related issues and concerns, and explore actions. Continue in years 2-4. • By the end of year 1, the ERC will have developed its Talk. They Hear You. campaign to increase awareness and promote conversations within families, among youth, and in schools and the community to prevent underage drinking. Conduct campaign in years 2-4 and host 2 family nights/year to support TTHY parent/child talks and family agreements. • By the end of year 1, the ERC will have collaborated with partners to enhance LGBTQ+ youth access to positive youth development opportunities through hosting/ supporting 3 alcohol- and drug-free events/activities and 2 educational presentations. Continue in years 2-4. • By the end of year 1, the ERC will have developed a plan to strengthen the support network for LGBTQ+ youth to increase access to services that support health and wellness including linkages to support services. Implement plan in years 2-4. Number of people to be served annually and for the entire project: The project will serve 300 individuals annually and 1,200 for the entire project.

The Asian Health Coalition (AHC) proposes the Together to STOP Underage Drinking program to address the increasing trends of alcohol use and misuse among youth aged 12-20 in the South Lawndale, Lower West Side, Archer Heights, Brighton Park, and McKinley Park neighborhoods of the Chicago’s Southwest Side. AHC will partner with the Coalition for Achieving Substance Abuse Prevention (CASAP) serving communities of color in the target neighborhoods to implement culturally tailored evidence-based prevention strategies to reduce underage drinking. The program is designed to run for four years and will achieve the following goals: 1. Strengthen the capacity of CASAP by increasing citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors and organizations to address alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the target neighborhoods; 2. Reduce alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the target neighborhoods by implementing evidence-based programs that address behaviors that may lead to the initiation of use; 3. Enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination to reduce alcohol use among youth aged 12-20 in the target neighborhoods by reengaging local and state government agencies to develop a strategic plan and logic model that addresses youth alcohol use at the policy level. Additionally, by the end of the 4-year project, the AHC will target these measurable objectives of the Together to STOP Underage Drinking Project: - Four (4) community town hall meetings will be held to obtain public feedback about issues related to underage drinking in the community and utilize this feedback to inform the development of the strategic and action plans; - At least 80 youth will complete the Youth ACT program on SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework to address substance use/misuse related problems, 48 Youth ACT participants will become youth advocates by joining Youth Advisory Board (YAB), and 2 YAB members will join CASAP to represent the youth sector; - Ten (10) parents will be trained and become community advocates to implement the “Talk. They Hear You” campaign and other evidence-based programs and 2 parent participants will join CASAP to represent the parent sector; - At least 320 youth will participate in Photovoice, Reward & Reminder, and other selected evidence-based programs to improve their knowledge about the consequences of underage drinking and increase perceptions of risk or harm, perceptions of parental disapproval of use, and perceptions of peer disapproval of use of alcohol; - At least 320 parents will be reached through the “Talk. They Hear You.” campaign and other selected evidence-based programs, implemented in partnership with local middle and high school’s Parent Teacher Associations (PTA), to teach parents and caregivers about the prevalence and risk of underage drinking and the importance of talking with their children about avoiding alcohol; - CASAP will work in partnership with state and local government agencies to develop a strategic action plan and logic model that addresses youth alcohol use at the policy level. The AHC strives to build off the successes of our previous work and deliver more robust and culturally relevant prevention services through Together to STOP Underage Drinking.

The Greater Portsmouth Youth Wellness Coalition (GPYWC) will address alarming rates of alcohol use among youth in the Greater Portsmouth (GP), New Hampshire region. This region is comprised of five communities in what is known as the ""Seacoast"" area of New Hampshire; Portsmouth, Greenland, Rye, Newcastle and Newington. Collectively, these communities are home to slightly over 33,600 individuals and make up approximately 11 percent of New Hampshire's 2nd most populous Rockingham County. GPYWC will engage youth in prevention and early intervention programming that addresses the conditions in which they live, work, learn and play. Coalition activities will be enhanced with STOP Act resources and will address concerning rates of alcohol use in the region. GPYWC STOP Act goals include 1) Enhance community awareness and understanding of underage drinking laws and risks, promote compliance with local ordinances, and deter youth from engaging in underage drinking through comprehensive education campaigns in the Greater Portsmouth area, and 2) Promote safe and alcohol-free celebrations during prom and graduation seasons in the Greater Portsmouth area through targeted messaging and interventions. By the end of the four-year project, the Coalition will have reached at least 500 individuals with education materials, conducted two community awareness presentations, completed retail alcohol sale compliance checks, conducted at least two trainings with alcohol retainers, and held a least one town hall meeting to raise awareness around social-host issues in the region. The project will accomplish these goals with a 30+ member coalition and a team of staff dedicated to GPYWC operations including a Project Director, Project Coordinator, Project Executive Advisor, and Project Administrator. The Project Director will conduct regular analysis of program data and submit reports to SAMHSA to ensure all goals are met and coordination with GPYWC’s existing DFC grant occurs.

The Throggs Neck Community Action Partnership's (TNCAP) project, Prevention Works: A Community Collective to Address Underage Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in Throggs Neck, Bronx NY, brings together schools, residents, law enforcement and the community board to promote initiatives to prevent underage alcohol use and binge drinking. Throggs Neck is a 3.8-mile-long neighborhood, with 46,311 residents (2020 US Census) located in the Bronx, NY. It is surrounded by water on three sides and is isolated from the rest of the borough. The only form of public transportation is public bussing, unlike the rest of the Bronx and NYC which has direct access to the subways. According to the US Census Bureau (2022) American Community Survey, 49% of the population are males and 51% female. The racial breakdown is 36% White, 47% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, and 1% Other. Based on this data, there are 12,040 youth under 19 living in 10465. In addition, the community is home to the Throggs Neck Community Housing (TN Houses), part of NYC Housing Authority’s low-moderate income, public housing units. TN Houses will also be served by this grant. TN Houses consists of 29 buildings with a population of 5,657. TNCAP proposes the grant focus on expanding its reach to this section of the community, not previously served by other funding to reduce barriers to prevention services. The goals of the project are to 1)Decrease 30-day alcohol use and binge drinking among youth in the Throggs Neck community by implementing multiple evidenced-based environmental strategies to address the risk factors of retail and social access and perception of harm and 2) Delay the onset of alcohol use by youth and decrease use among youth ages 12- 18 by implementing multiple evidenced-based strategies designed to increase the perception of harm among adults and youth and increase peer disapproval. With a focus on equity and reducing barriers, prevention strategies will be conducted throughout the community at 12 school sites over the life of the grant and offered at TN Houses, giving access to prevention services to throughout the community. Multiple evidence-based strategies include, community and youth education, mini-Town Hall Meetings on-site at 12 schools in the community over 4 years, the development of Youth Leadership Coalition cohorts, designed to give voice to a larger number of youth in the community to create prevention-oriented projects in selected participating schools, and the use of social marketing and social norms strategies to increase the perception of harm among youth and adults, as well as increase peer disapproval of use. In addition, law enforcement will conduct compliance and hot spot checks of alcohol-selling businesses to reduce retail access. Information will be shared on the coalition website, at monthly meetings, and on social media. To ensure language access, all materials will be translated to Spanish. Working with our coalition partners, resources will be shared on the community resource app, as well as on the coalition website. . TNCAP believes this community collective of law enforcement, local school administrators, parent coordinators, Community Board 10, youth, parents and the coalition members, can serve the entire 10465. However, conservative estimates of 10 percent of the population yearly will be served.

Utilizing evidence based community approaches, enhancing collaboration among our communities, and educating both adults and youth, Aliive-Roberts County will work to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in the project area.

The purpose of the Youth Prevention Network's (YPN) ""Using the Science of the Positive to implement community-led interventions to prevent underage alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in Gloucester"" project is to work collaboratively at the community level to identify, establish, and implement relevant evidence-based community approaches that will expand and increase the coalition’s ability to address underage drinking in the community, including underserved communities, by examining up-to-date data and selecting interventions that address local conditions. Utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework and a Positive Community Norms framework, the YPN will build upon its established infrastructure to increase protective factors that mitigate alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in the Massachusetts community of Gloucester, aiming to reach 1,500 youth annually. The biannual Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) will serve as a source of data collection that will measure progress towards the project goal of preventing underage alcohol use, as measured by past 30-day alcohol use rates and perception of harm of alcohol among middle and high school students. This project will expand work at the middle school and high school level and continue to build peer models for middle school through high school and transitional-age students. With STOP Act funding, the YPN will adapt its plan to become more inclusive of middle school aged programming, augment parental involvement, and implement youth alcohol use prevention strategies before age of first use. The YPN proposes to add youth-to-youth messaging where high school members of the Gloucester Youth Leadership Council (GYLC) will expand their work with the local middle school through events, media outlets, and Positive Community Norms campaigns. Training in the evidence-based Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) will be provided to Gloucester Public School staff at the middle and high school levels to help students build problem-solving skills to cope with day-to-day stressors, improve life satisfaction, and eliminate alcohol and substance use problems. To further enhance prevention initiatives, the YPN will bolster existing programming and host alcohol-free youth events with community partners such as the Gloucester Public Schools, the Gloucester Police Department, the Gloucester Housing Authority, the Cape Ann YMCA, and Cape Ann Art Haven. The YPN will strive to reduce barriers to access and meet the needs of the individuals in the population of focus by providing activities free of charge, in multiple languages, and with free transportation options. Project goals: (1) Strengthen the capacity of the Youth Prevention Network coalition; and (2) Prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth ages 12-20. Short-term outcomes: Grow YPN & GYLC membership by 30% by project end as measured by attendance records, increased awareness of actual 30-day use rates of GPS students per YRBS data, increased availability of safe, alcohol-free youth spaces/events per number of events held, increased skills in youth alcohol use prevention/reduction among GPS staff, as measured by pre- and post-survey data. Intermediate outcomes: Enhance diversity, equity, & inclusion by empowering underserved populations to be involved in prevention initiatives, with success indicated by a 25% increase in coalition representation from underserved communities by project end, decrease in % of Gloucester middle and high school students who report that they think their peers have used alcohol in the past 30 days per YRBS data; increase in number of adults modeling healthy behavior & choices, as measured by focus group and key informant interview data. Long-term outcomes: Decrease in 30-day use rates of alcohol among Gloucester middle and high school students by 7% by project end, as measured by biannual YRBS data

WestCare Georgia, Inc.’s proposed program will prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults by implementing evidence-based community approaches, enhancing collaboration, cooperation and coordination among communities, federal, state, and local and tribal governments, and convening community engagement events and town halls in Metro Atlanta, Georgia. The Population of Focus will be youth and young adults ages 12-20 who risk the negative consequences of underage drinking by engaging in alcohol use occasionally, frequently, or binge drinking on a regular basis. The Geographical Catchment Area will include the entire 30315 zip code tabulation area (ZCTA) in Fulton county, Georgia and include the Mechanicsville, Summerhill, Peoplestown, Pittsburgh, and Adair Park neighborhoods. The proposed program will expand and increase WestCare Georgia’s ability to address underage drinking in the 30315 ZCTA by implementing relevant evidence-based community approaches including the dissemination of prevention information through multiple media channels, collaborating with local police and fire departments on prevention initiatives, conducting MOCK DUI re-enactments, conducting Sticker Shock campaigns, hosting the CARES program and holding youth round tables and other community events to build awareness and support. The primary goals of the program, each with measurable objectives, are: 1) Expand WestCare Georgia Coalition efforts among community stakeholders and organizations to address underage drinking among youth ages 12-20 in the Atlanta metro area 2) Reduce risk factors in the community that contribute to underage drinking and promoting protective factors that minimize underage drinking among youth 12-20 in the Atlanta metro area.

Project Name: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants (STOP) Population Served: The population of focus for the STOP Act Grant program will be youth ages 12 to 18 and the catchment area will be Fort Bend County. Project Summary: Fort Bend Community Prevention Coalition's (FBCPC) overall aim is to reduce social access to alcohol among youth and young adults in Fort Bend County. The proposed project will enhance the ability of established community organizations to create collective population level change, strengthen collaboration between the community and local government. This will prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults in underserved areas of our community. Project Abstract: Since the 1970s Fort Bend has remained one of the fastest-growing counties in the U.S. with an estimated population of 916,778 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2023). Socioeconomics ranges from impoverished neighborhoods to affluent master-planned communities. Moreover, racial, and ethnic diversity in Fort Bend County is vast: 29.3% of county residents are white, 25.5% Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% African American, 22.1% Asian, and 2.4% identify as two or more races (U.S. Census Bureau, 2023). Nearly one-third of area households have children under 18 years of age (32.5%; U.S. Census Bureau, 2023). The goals of the project are to reduce underage alcohol use and increase community collaboration specific to reducing underage alcohol use. The objectives of the project reduce social access to alcohol among underage youth as measured by a decrease in youth reporting they obtain alcohol with their parent’s permission on the PRIDE SURVEY from 14.5% to 14.21% from 11th graders; decrease youth use of alcohol (grade 7-11) as measured by a decrease in youth reporting past 30-day alcohol use on the PRIDE School Survey from 10.3% to 9.8%; increase perception of risk associated with alcohol use among Fort Bend youth from 73.4% to 71.2% as measured by middle and high school youth in FBISD reporting on the PRIDE survey; and increase coordination and collaboration among coalition members, key government stakeholders and the citizens of the community as measured by increased in hosting shared events from 2 to 4 events as measured by number of signed coalition agreement forms for events. FBCPC proposes to meet the goals and the objectives of the STOP Act grant project using the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) by providing information (town halls, information dissemination via presentations and printed material, workshops, PSAs, and social media). It will enhance skills (strategic planning training, workshops to increase the skills of participants and volunteers in school), provide support (providing alternative activities), reduce barriers, and modify/change policies (social access policies). The project will also develop and implement a youth created, adult-supported multi-media campaign, ""Don't Force My Friend"" to provide refusal skills, conversation starters and reminders about the dangers of underage drinking.

Be The Change 406 Coalition’s STOP Act work plan is strategically designed to allow us to provide an effective dose of comprehensive and complementary evidence-based strategies both individually and environmentally-focused to reduce youth binge drinking in Beaverhead County, Montana. Our mission is to utilize multi-pronged, collaborative, evidence-based and environmental approaches to implement prevention and intervention strategies that foster a culture of health for youth and families in Beaverhead County and support a lifestyle free of substance use and abuse. The coalition employs evidence-based strategies, utilizing SAMHA’s SPF, the Seven Strategies for Community Change and other proven models as we work in the community. Utilizing a public health approach, we seek to change the environment of Beaverhead County to reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors for underage drinking. This includes supporting policy changes, working to change community norms, and supporting a culture in which youth alcohol use does not exist. Ultimately, as our mission statement underscores, the Coalition seeks to create a culture of health in our community where all youth are thriving in families and supported to maintain an alcohol-free lifestyle. Goal 1: Increase partnerships, stakeholder buy-in and communication about preventing underage drinking in Beaverhead County. Objective 1.1: Ensure coordination of efforts in response to underage drinking by networking with and creating new partnerships with at least 12 new sector representatives that share the goal of preventing underage drinking by September 28, 2025 as measured by coalition member roster. Objective 1.2: Inform, educate and empower Beaverhead County to change the social norms and community conditions that facilitate alcohol and drug use by hosting at least 4 Town Hall Meetings reaching at least 250 people by 9/28/25 as measured by coalition database and number of community members in attendance. Objective 1.3: Increase community awareness of vision, mission, and action of Be the Change 406 by distributing a media campaign that reaches at least 2000 people by September 28, 2025, as measured by campaign reach in the coalition database. Objective 1.4: Increase the knowledge and understanding of local AOD issues and conditions through research, collaboration, and participation in community events by participating in at least 10 community events by September 28. 2025 as measured by coalition events in the coalition database. Objective 1.5: Increase healthy activities and decrease substance misuse among youth by hosting at least 12 family friendly youth events by September 25, 2025 as measured by coalition events in the coalition database. Objective 1.6: Increase the capacity of community leaders and organizations to ensure the provision of effective and evidence-based services responsive to community needs by reaching at least 100 youth through a youth summit by June 1, 2025 as measured by coalition events in the coalition database. Goal 2: Reduce binge drinking among youth, grades 8, 10, and 12 in Beaverhead County by 3% from 14% in 2022 to 11% by September 29, 2029 as measured by the PNA Student Survey. Objective 2.a.: Increase perception of parental disapproval for alcohol use among youth, grades 8, 10, and 12 in Beaverhead County by 3% from 88.5% in 2022 to 91.5% by September 29, 2027 as measured by the PNA Student Survey. Objective 2.b.: Increase perception of risk among youth, grades 8, 10, and 12 in Beaverhead County by 14.7% from 59.3% in 2022 to 74% by September 29, 2027 as measured by the PNA Student Survey. Objective 2.c.: Decrease perception of easy access among youth, grades 8, 10, and 12 in Beaverhead County by 6% from 39.3% in 2022 to 33% by September 29, 2027 as measured by the PNA Student Survey.

Center for Prevention Services is a nonprofit that has served Mecklenburg County for more than 50 years. The organization now serves six different counties and has four departments including Block Grant, Harm Reduction, PFS, and the Latino Department. The Latino Department created the Alianza Coalition: For Drug Free Youth, to further implement prevention efforts in the Latino community. To promote these efforts we are applying to fund the following endeavors: further the implementation of the evidence-based program Familia Adelante, increase the exposure of arts and self-expression in the community through our AmarTeatro: Theater program, and educate our Latino community through a youth led and adult guided communications campaign, intergovernmental cooperation, and citizenship participation. Familia Adelante is a program that serves Latino youth ages 10-14 and their parents/caregivers. It educates them on substance misuse prevention, stress management, improving communication, behavioral problems, and HIV education. This program has seen great success here in Mecklenburg County over the last few years. With this funding, we will propagate success by training more facilitators and increase the expansion to other areas. Our theater program, AmarTeatro, was created to educate youth on the art of theater while also teaching alcohol prevention. This program uses art therapy to understand the negative impacts that alcohol can have on our health and communities, while also using fun and interactive prevention education materials. The theater program targets youth ages 10-18 and their parents/caregivers. Parents/caregivers who are a part of the program will attend a portion of the sessions; this makes it easier for parents to participate in the program, which in turn elevates learning in the family unit. Familia Adelante and AmarTeatro are both group-serving programs that target specific ages and families. To expand our reach we will be conducting a communications campaign that will target a larger audience, in person and online. The campaign will include social media videos and posts as well as in-person tabling sessions. Staff and coalition youth will table in the community to educate and interact with community members in different ways to engage conversations, gauge different substance stigmas, and to increase prevention education. For intergovernmental cooperation, staff and coalition members will work with festival leaders to create policies to increase protective factors for youth and families during festive times to prevent underage drinking and over-consumption. Lastly, the team will increase citizen participation by hosting town halls and policy/advocacy training activities to develop a policy action statement. The statement will request that Mecklenburg County make explicit in its Behavioral Health Strategic Plan and county budget funds dedicated to Latino Behavioral Health issues. This funding source will greatly support the implementation of these programs that target and serve our Latino Community and the advancement of prevention.

Coalition Information: Reach Across Johnson County (RAJC) is a community coalition (program of REACH-Midlothian, Inc.) currently funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drug-Free Communities (DFC) program. RAJC is proud to serve Johnson County and create a healthier community through its focus on substance use prevention. Project Title: Creating Communities of Support for Youth Coalitions in Johnson County Population of Focus: The target population for this STOP Act Grants Project is youth in Johnson County. Project Summary: Alcohol use is a social norm in Johnson County. 20% of adults reported an occurrence of heavy drinking in the past month, compared to 18% for the Texas rate (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.) The older youth become in Johnson County, the less they are to perceive disapproval of alcohol use by people their age by their parents. For many, drinking is a rite of passage. To reduce alcohol use among youth and change the social norms around consuming alcohol in Johnson County, RAJC proposes to create a community of support for youth coalitions in Burleson, Cleburne and Alvarado. While youth develop skills to create change in their communities, their parents will receive concentrated messaging using the Talk They Hear You campaign, and schools will be supported in their efforts to provide resources to students who are found to be in possession of alcohol or other substances.

Summary of Project: Through implementing the steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework, Drug Free Communities of Dallas County has designed a comprehensive program to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in Dallas County, Alabama. The project addresses factors in the community that increase the risk of alcohol use and promotes factors that minimize the risks of alcohol use. Project Name: Drug Free Communities of Dallas County's STOP Act Project Population(s) to be Served: Demographics/Clinical Characteristics of Dallas County, AL: Total population is 36,165. Of our total population, 70.8% are black or African American, 27.3% white, 1.2% Hispanic/Latino, and 0.6% Asian with 53.3% of the population being female and 46.7% male. The median household income in Dallas County is $37,180 with 32.9% of people living in poverty. Strategies/Interventions: Drug Free Communities of Dallas County has developed a comprehensive Project Timeline that incorporates the goals of the STOP Act Grant and utilizes the Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change. Strategies include providing information, enhancing skills, providing support, reducing access/enhancing barriers, changing consequences, changing physical design, and educating and informing about changing policies that increase the perception of risks of harm for alcohol use in Dallas County, Alabama. Project Goals/Measurable Objectives: Goal One: Increase community collaboration in Dallas County, Alabama; Objective 1: By September 29, 2028, the coalition will have increased intergovernmental cooperation and coordination by facilitating a quarterly Dallas County Alcohol Response Team with 10 state and local law enforcement and local government members as measured by the meeting attendance tracking spreadsheet; Objective 2: By September 29, 2028, the coalition will have held 8 Town Hall meetings in Dallas County Schools and Selma City Schools to increase citizen participation to give input into strategies as measured by event sign-in sheets and updates to Action Plan; Goal Two: Prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20 in Dallas County, Alabama; Objective 1: By September 29, 2028, decrease by 10% the number of youth in grades 6-12 in Dallas County Schools and Selma City Schools who feel there is no risk or slight risk of harm of alcohol use as measured by the Youth Experience Survey (Baseline: 61.05% of 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th grade students in Dallas County Schools and Selma City Schools report there is no risk or a slight risk of harm for alcohol use, Spring 2022) Number to be Served: The coalition will serve 36,175 unduplicated number of individuals annually and over the entire course of the project. Through implementing comprehensive prevention strategies that target both the individual and environmental levels, Dallas County will reach its total population through the course of the project.

Staten Island STOP: A Coordinated Approach to Reduce Underage Drinking (SI STOP) will build on the decade's worth of prevention infrastructure built by Tackling Youth Substance Abuse (TYSA), a cross-sector coalition of over 50 different partners to address alcohol use among youth and young adults. SI STOP will consist of three goals - 1.) Increase community awareness of the harms of underage drinking among Staten Island youth and parents/caregivers. 2.) Use environmental strategies to reduce access to alcohol among 12 - 20-year-olds. 3.) Use community messaging strategies around social norms to reduce rates of underage drinking among 12-20-year-olds.The COVID19 pandemic had a profound impact on the behavioral health of youth and young adults with increased rates of depression, anxiety, and substance use. In addition, efforts at the state level to stimulate the economy have resulted in more relaxed policies around alcohol access. Project strategies will be incorporated into TYSA workgroups and aligned with SI STOP goals through the collaboration of diverse partners spanning community-based, advocacy, retail, not-for-profits, government, and education sectors on SI to implement a multipronged campaign aimed at shifting norms and reducing alcohol accessibility.

The Henry County, Indiana LiVE Coalition seeks $240,000 in STOP Act funding over four years to increase coalition and community capacity to implement sustainable youth alcohol use prevention strategies. Funded activities include training coalition members to effect policy change, training alcohol retailers to increase their ability to prevent sales to youth, and changing youth alcohol use attitudes through educational programs and alcohol-free events. Youth in Henry County, Indiana (population 48,914) experience a number of risk factors that contribute to the problem of underage drinking. 18.2% of adults report excessive drinking and access to alcohol is plentiful: the county boasts 78 outlets for alcohol purchase, a rate of 16.2 per 10,000 population (Indiana's average density rate is 10.8). Upon inspection, 4.5% of these alcohol retailers were non-compliant with minimum age laws. By the time they reach the 12th grade, many Henry County youth report that it is very easy to get alcohol (42.9%) most commonly obtained from an adult or at a party. These elevated risk factors are reflected in responses to the most recent Indiana Youth Survey (2023): • 11.1% of New Castle School District's 10th graders and 16.0% of 12th graders reported using alcohol in the past 30 days. • 11th and 12th graders who have used alcohol report they were approximately age 15 when they first used alcohol. Students in grades 7-10 who have used alcohol report first using around ages 11-13. • By 10th grade, just over 20% of students report having used alcohol. In all, 32.5%, or one-third of students have used alcohol before graduating high school. The Henry County LiVE Coalition works to decrease risk factors and enhance protective factors effecting youth alcohol use. Utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework and CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change, LiVE will achieve the following goals: 1) Increase the capacity of the Coalition to reduce alcohol advertising and signage by implementing new policies and enforcing existing ones. 2) Increase alcohol retailer’s ability to implement strategies that prevent selling alcohol to youth through evidence-based alcohol server training. 3) Change attitudes about underage drinking in Henry County through a series of Town Hall presentations and social media prevention messaging designed to inform youth and parents about the risks of underage drinking and promote alcohol-free activities. 4) Decrease underage drinking in Henry County by implementing evidence-based prevention programs that stimulate conversations between parents and youth and raise awareness of the effect of alcohol on adolescents and teens. The Coalition’s measurable objectives include the following: 1. By the end of year four of the project, LiVE will decrease signage at off-premise alcohol retailers located in New Castle, Indiana. 2. By the end of year four of the project, Henry County youth will report a 20% decrease in alcohol retail access compared to 2024 baseline data. 3. By the end of year four of the project, LiVE will have reached over 38,000 youth, parents, and other stakeholders through social media underage drinking prevention messaging. 4. By the end of year four of the project, 2% fewer Henry County youth will report using alcohol in the past 30 days.

The Reducing Underage Drinking in the Greater Issaquah School District Community Project builds upon a decade of successful youth substance prevention and mental health promotion strategies employed by Influence the Choice (ITC), a non-profit serving the Issaquah School District (ISD) area in western Washington State. For this project ITC will increase its outreach to LGBTQ+, Hispanic and Asian youth and families to decrease youth alcohol use and to promote youth mental health and coping strategies. ISD’s 110 square mile area includes urban, suburban, and rural communities, the township of Preston and five municipalities: Issaquah, Sammamish, Renton, Newcastle, and Bellevue. For the 2023-2024 school year, 41% of district students self-reported as white, 36% as Asian, 11% as Hispanic (of any race), 10% as two or more races, and 3% as Black. About 26% identify as gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, nonbinary or questioning. Of the total ISD population, 30% were born outside the U.S. With STOP Act funding, Influence the Choice estimates 2000 or more secondary students will receive prevention education and services in individual, small group, and large group formats during the first year. ITC expects more than 1,000 impressions on student will be produced by ITC’s social media substance prevention messaging campaign during the first year. Over five years, ITC expects to have served 8,000 students in individual, small group, and large group formats. ITC also expects its 4-year social campaign will reach more than 5,000 impressions on community members. Influence the Choice will achieve its goal of reducing youth alcohol use by: *Instituting youth clubs at the high schools focused on prevention of youth use of alcohol and other drugs; *Providing prevention education and build substance refusal skills among 6th to 12 grade students; *Providing prevention education through health classes, and using 3rd Millennium Classroom to provide correct information about the risk of alcohol use by youth; *Creating social media campaigns sharing ideas for refusal skills and anxiety reduction; *Providing alcohol-free events for 6th to 12th grade students; and *Working with municipalities to enact and enforce local social hosting ordinances. Proactive focus will be provided to ensure ITC programming reaches students and community members within the LGBTQ+, Asian, and Hispanic communities. During the project period, ITC will assess disproportional trends and gaps in alcohol use within the focus populations and integrate evidence-based strategies for the focus populations in the ITC Strategic Action Plan. Influence the Choice will achieve its goal of increasing community collaboration by: *Building relationships with city council members in all five municipality through presentations to the councils and individual meetings with council members; *Conducting annual Youth Listening Sessions; *Developing and strengthening relationships with Community-Based Organizations that serve the focus populations; *Host Town Halls and participate in community resource fairs; *Ensure representation of focus communities on the ITC Board of Directors. During the project period, ITC will assess risk and protective factors and integrate evidence-based strategies, including specific strategies for the focus populations in the ITC Strategic Action Plan. ITC will be utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework to assess, build capacity, strategically plan updates to activities, implement the plan using evidence-based programming and evaluate the effectiveness of programming. Attention will be given to our focus populations and staff will build skills to provide culturally competent programming in order to close disparity gaps.

The Wahluke STOP Underage Drinking (STOP) project targets all residents within the Wahluke School District catchment area including the communities of Mattawa and Desert Aire-collectively referred to as Wahluke. The Wahluke School District (WSD) currently serves 2,487 students of whom 98% identify as Hispanic/Latino and 2% as White. Among the Hispanic student population, 53.4% are English Language Learners and 93.7% are from low-income families. (WA OSPI, 2023-24.) The goal of the WCC STOP Act project is to Reduce 30-day Alcohol Use among 10th grade students from the 2018 baseline of 19.7% to 18.2% (-1.5) by 2027 as measured by the Washington HYS - Wahluke School District. (To be administered in 2025, 2027, and 2029.) This project will expand WCC alcohol prevention and reduction activities to the geographically underserved areas of Wahluke Washington with an emphasis on High School and Middle School youth between 10 to 18 years of age. The Project Director/Coordinator will facilitate the development of an Alcohol Response Committee (ARC) with 1 representative from each of the following sectors: youth, adult, business, media, school, youth-serving organization, law enforcement, civic/volunteer, religious/fraternal, healthcare, governmental entity with expertise in substance abuse, and recovery and re-entry community. The STOP deliverables supporting these objectives include: 1. Establish an alcohol response committee that will implement SPF planning and development focusing on youth alcohol use prevention and reduction. 2. Deliver 1 REAL Media seminar per quarter to 3 middle schools and four additional high schools for a total of 21 annually. 3. Produce and distribute 4 Public Service Announcements about youth alcohol use each year. 4. Distribute 52 social media and direct messaging materials targeting underage drinking to target schools annually at the rate of one per week. 5. Engage a minimum of 20 new retailers in the Sticker Shock messaging campaign. 6. Increase Sticker Shock volume 667 stickers per month in the first two years with the aim of maximizing utilization countywide by year 5. 7. Adopt Sticker Shock legislation and/or policy that require the use of Sticker Shock or similar anti-underage drinking messaging.

The Santa Cruz County Drug-Free Community Coalition (SCCDFCC) is dedicated to addressing the pressing issue of underage drinking in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Recent incidents and concerning statistics highlight the urgency of implementing comprehensive strategies to prevent and reduce underage drinking and its associated risks. Recent trends in age of server policies reflect a broader national landscape of legislative changes aimed at regulating alcohol sales. Notable adjustments have occurred in select states, including Arizona. However, incidents like the inadvertent sale of alcoholic beverages to a minor in Patagonia town underscore the need for increased education and awareness among servers and retailers. The SCCDFCC, with over 30 coalition members representing various community sectors, has been actively involved in reducing underage drinking since 2013. The coalition has successfully implemented community-wide prevention events and initiatives targeting different aspects of the issue, such as providing information, community education, changing consequences/policies, and supporting existing youth-serving organizations. The STOP project aims to enhance the coalition's efforts by focusing on several key areas. This includes adding monthly workshops on underage drinking and prevention for parents, educators, and youth, expanding alternative events to be monthly, bringing in more trainers for additional workshops and training, and implementing evidence-based drug education curriculums. The proposed implementation approach involves enhancing intergovernmental cooperation, engaging community members from all sectors, and implementing evidence-based programs such as Too Good For Drugs and the ""Talk. They Hear You."" campaign. Additionally, the coalition will develop a 12-month Action Plan based on coalition and community input, host Town Hall meetings for community engagement, and leverage expertise and resources from regional partners. By adopting a multifaceted approach that includes education, community engagement, policy advocacy, and evidence-based programs, the SCCDFCC aims to achieve its goals of reducing underage drinking, changing perceptions and behaviors, and safeguarding the health and safety of Santa Cruz County's youth.

Building upon a long record of successful alcohol prevention programming, the Milford Community Alcohol Prevention Project will forge connections with new groups of youth and adults who reflect changing community demographics; engage the active participation of youth in coalition activities more fully than at present; and sustain coalition capacity and programming needed to maintain a strong prevention program. Schools of focus serve 1,644 students. Milford, Connecticut, is a city of 51,000 located in the Greater New Haven area of southern Connecticut, with a population about 17% minority and per capita income less than $60,000. Our target school populations are largely low income, with a minority racial/ethnic population which has nearly doubled in recent years. Some current measures of alcohol use for grades 7, 9, 11 graders in Milford as a whole include: easy access to alcohol 40%; perception of peer disapproval (of ""drinking one or two alcoholic beverages nearly every day"") 80% (only 69% for 11th graders), and perception of harm only 67%. The first project goal is to increase coalition capacity by means of quarterly presentations by youth representatives, including Black, Hispanic, and LGTBQ youth, at coalition meetings (Objective 1.1); recruiting at least one youth and one member of the LGBTQ+ community to become MPC members to provide lived experience and offer recommendations for initiatives (1.2); training coalition members through CADCA, PTTC, and SPTAC, as well as local supportive agencies (1.3); and negotiating an allocation of revenue from nip bottle deposits to youth prevention activities with local government (1.4). The second goal is to increase community outreach to target populations by means of at least two virtual town hall meetings per year, one led by youth (2.1); reaching out to minority youth groups in target schools, including Hispanic, Black, and LGBTQ+ student groups, to learn what programming will be most effective and to secure collaboration on joint activities (2.2); collaborating with Milford schools to host two Spring speakers - one for student athletes and one before prom and graduation (2.3); hosting at least two in-person informational presentations for parents/adults on topics related to underage drinking, including at least one in Spanish (2.4); order community billboards in English and Spanish on social host and social norms on underage drinking. The third goal is to reduce underage drinking among Milford youth by limiting underage access to alcohol, to be achieved by hosting an annual Alcohol Retailer Forum in the spring (3.1); providing TIPS training to 100 sellers of alcohol, prioritizing low income or minority neighborhoods in Milford (3.2); providing local liquor retailers with English and Spanish retail guides with the laws and guidance for prevention of underage drinking (3.3); and collaborating with Milford Police to renew implementation of an annual schedule of compliance checks on alcohol merchants (3.4). These measures will particularly benefit low income and minority youth, since lower income and minority youth experience disproportionately greater exposure to alcohol marketing. Objective 3.4 is a reduction in the percentage of youth who report easy access to alcohol. These programs will target all youth at three Milford middle and high schools, totaling 1,644 students per year and 3,288 unduplicated students over the term of the grant. The program will also serve the families of these students and educate the community at large about the importance of reducing underage drinking in the community.

Our STOP Act program will focus on two towns in western Massachusetts, Ware (in Hampshire County) and Palmer (in Hampden County). These two communities have many demographic, economic, and geographic similarities. Former manufacturing and mill towns, they both meet the state's definition of rural communities, with fewer than 500 inhabitants per square mile. Therefore, 100% of the population of focus qualifies as underserved communities. These towns also have higher levels of enrolled students in homes considered ""low income;"" the state Department of Education reports that 42% of enrolled students across the state are in homes assessed as low income. Palmer and Ware have higher rates than this, with 65% of Ware students falling into this category. Based on the principles and definitions in White House Executive Order 13985, our proposed geographic area has much more than the required 50% of individuals who belong to underserved communities with persons who live in rural areas and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality. Our STOP Act program will build on strategic plans that we have developed for over 8 years under our Drug Free Communities (DFC) award, utilizing the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) model. We are well-versed in the SPF and in CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Community Level Change; we will continue to leverage these frameworks and models to affect positive individual and community-level change around preventing underage alcohol use and its impacts. GOAL 1: The proposed STOP Act project will improve community norms regarding alcohol use and increase the number of youth and adult caregivers who perceive intermittent (or “weekend”) drinking as harmful. OBJECTIVE 1: By the end of the project period, September 29, 2028, the percentage of students who report that they perceive episodic/weekend drinking as harmful for someone their age will increase by 5% as measured by the Youth Health Survey conducted every 2 years. OBJECTIVE 2: By the end of the project period, September 29, 2028, the percentage of parents/caregivers who perceive teen alcohol use as a “rite of passage” will decrease by 5% as measured by the Parent/Guardians Survey conducted every 2 years. We will provide parents and youth with accurate and current information about the harmful effects of alcohol on the growing teenage brain. We will also enhance skills through training school employees, partners, and community members as Youth Mental Health First Aiders. With First Aiders and the Drug Addiction Recovery Team (DART) police officers in both towns, we will change consequences for youth on episodic alcohol use and enhance connections to resources for underlying risk factors, such as youth and family mental health needs. GOAL 2: The second goal is to work with policy-makers in Palmer and Ware to further reduce youth access to alcohol in the community and to increase the awareness and capacity of alcohol vendors to avoid underage sales. These policies will be enacted and enforced by local officials including Town Councils, Select Boards (rural, small-town equivalent of a City Council) and law enforcement. Working with the Massachusetts Public Health Association and Massachusetts Municipal Association, and local partners, we will affect policy change to further restrict youth’s physical, social, and psychological access to alcohol in Ware and Palmer. OBJECTIVE 1: By the end of the project period, September 29, 2028, there will be requirements for training all employees in TIPS or Mass Pack (for retail liquor store employees) as a condition of renewing an alcohol license in Palmer and Ware, as measured by enacted and codified regulations for each town. OBJECTIVE 2: By the end of the project period, September 29, 2028, at least one town will adopt policies that prohibit or significantly restrict the availability of alcohol at town-sponsored, family-friendly events as measured by codified regulations for the town.

The West Haven Community Alcohol Prevention Project will increase the capacity of the recently created West Haven Prevention Coalition to reduce underage alcohol use in a diverse and high-need Connecticut community. Activities include a youth-led virtual town hall, in-person presentations in Spanish to parents, outreach to Hispanic, Black, and LGBTQ youth, and steps to reduce youth alcohol access in low-income communities. Schools targeted serve 3,550 students. West Haven, Connecticut, is a city of 55,000 located in the Greater New Haven area of southern Connecticut, with a population just over 50% minority, almost a fifth foreign-born, and a per capita income less than $35,000. Our focus is on the West Haven middle and high school student population, which is 76% minority, 33% low income, and 13% LGBTQ. Some current measures of alcohol use for 9th and 11th graders include: No clear parental rules on alcohol use 37%; easy access to alcohol 33%; and perception of harm only 66%. The first project goal is to increase coalition capacity by means of quarterly presentations by youth representatives, including Black, Hispanic, Muslim and LGTBQ youth, at coalition meetings (Objective 1.1); train coalition members through CADCA, PTTC, and SPTAC, as well as local supportive agencies (1.2); and negotiating an allocation of revenue from nip bottle deposits to youth prevention activities with local government (1.3). The second goal is to increase community outreach to target populations, by means of at least two virtual town hall meetings per year, one led by youth (2.1); reaching out to minority youth groups in target schools, including Hispanic, Black, Muslim and LGBTQ+ student groups, to learn what programming will be most effective and to secure collaboration on joint activities (2.2); hosting two Spring speakers - one for student athletes and one before prom and graduation (2.3); hosting at least two informational presentations for parents/adults on topics related to underage drinking, one in English and one in Spanish (2.4); order community billboards in English and Spanish on social host and social norms on underage drinking. The third goal is to reduce underage drinking among West Haven youth by limiting underage access to alcohol, to be achieved by hosting TIPs trainings at a central location to make them more accessible to small retailers and increase currently low merchant response (3.1); expanding our current #MentionPrevention program with local liquor retailers by translating all proper ID checking and CT Liquor Laws information to Spanish and Arabic for use by local liquor retailers (3.2); and collaborating with the West Haven Police and Department of Consumer Protection Liquor Control Division to increase alcohol compliance checks during increased alcohol consumption times, like winter break, Spring Weekend at University of New Haven, graduations, and proms (3.3). These measures will particularly benefit low income and minority youth, since lower income and minority youth experience disproportionately greater exposure to alcohol marketing, and together will support Objective 3.4, which is a reduction in the percentage of youth who report easy access to alcohol. These programs will target all youth at West Haven middle and high schools, totaling 3,550 students per year and 7,100 unduplicated students over the term of the grant. Of course, the program will also serve the families of these students and educate the community at large about the importance of reducing underage drinking in the community.

The Amado STOP ACT Project (ASAP) will serve youth ages 12-20 and their adult parents/caregivers and other community members in Amado, AZ with the primary goal to prevent underage drinking and is consequences. Amado, AZ is a rural community considered to be high-need as identified by HUD and USDA. The population of focus is primarily identified as being Hispanic and living in an area with very few supportive services. Situated just 25 miles from the Mexican Border along I-19 US Interstate Highway, the population is at further risk due to the prevalence of trafficking activities coming across the border. The ASAP project intends to provide support and resources to the community served to build on strengths as protective factors and mitigate risk for youth prone to alcohol use underage and associated consequences through the implementation of multiple culturally sensitive and trauma informed direct and environmental strategies known to prevent underage drinking. Some of these strategies include a public education and information campaign including social norms in both English and Spanish, using multiple media forms; training for local law enforcement on the enforcement of the Social Host Ordinance using a trauma informed approach; training of youth and parents using the M.A.D.D. Power of Parents; it's your influence and Power of Youth programming; and other activities to reduce access and availably of alcohol to minors preventing and reducing provision of alcohol through liquor serving establishments and other community settings. The ASAP project seeks to reduce rates of youth reporting past 30-day use, increase youth' perception of harm of drinking alcohol, and increase youth's perception of peer and parental disapproval of youth alcohol use. Through these and other project pieces, the ASAP seeks to serve 50 youth and 50 parents directly and over 1,000 people indirectly each year of the 4-year project. It is anticipated that the ASAP will be successful in reducing and preventing underage drinking in Amado, AZ.