A Success Story is a one page document submitted by a State, community or agency, highlighting an accomplished environmental prevention strategy limiting the access of alcohol to underage youth. Examples of a success story include efforts such as compliance checks showing a consistent trend in diminishing non-compliance rates, mandatory server training and keg registration legislation passage or other innovative approaches which support the prevention of underage drinking with successful results/outcomes.

See what communities are doing as part of the OJJDP Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws program. After selecting a topic, year or state, click on a state to read their Success Story. To submit a Success Story, click here.

Success Story Submission Request

The Enforcing Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center would like to invite you to submit a success story request to be featured in a future document highlighting environmental prevention strategies in limiting the access of alcohol to underage youth. Upon publication, the document will be made available on our website at www.udetc.org, distributed across the United States to over 3000 members on our database, and will receive national recognition in a variety of ways.

In order to qualify as a success story, the following criterion must be met:

1. A policy change has been implemented that directly relates to underage drinking (state law, local ordinance, school policy, or institutional policy change) such as keg registration

or

2. Efforts that show a measurable decrease in underage drinking or access to alcohol such as compliance checks conducted by enforcement showing a consistent trend in diminishing non-compliance rates, thus limiting the access of alcohol to underage youth from retail outlets or other innovative approaches.

You may submit your requests to the Center with a detailed narrative of the proposed success story via email or regular mail. Please include supporting documents, data, and contact information. The Center will contact you to further investigate the submission for qualification and development. The contact information for the Center is as follows:

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center
11720 Beltsville Dr, Suite 900
Calverton, MD 20705
877-335-1287 toll free
udetc@pire.org email

We look forward to hearing about the successful and innovative strategies you and your communities are utilizing to create a safe and healthy environment for all.

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