National Leadership Conference

National Conference 2000 National Leadership Conference October 22-25, 2000

  OJJDP established the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) in 1999 to support its Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws program. The UDETC provides a variety of science-based, practical, effective training and technical assistance services to support, enhance, and build leadership capacity and increase state and local community effectiveness in their efforts to enforce underage drinking…

This project serves as a resource to judges, judicial educators and the community.  We have developed a basic PowerPoint presentation that highlights the public health crisis of underage drinking and provides basic background information on framing the issue for the judiciary and the community.  Activate the link below to participate in this training.  Adolescent Development…

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) http://www.atf.gov/ This Web site provides information on the BATF, its programs, and publications. Community Orientated Policing Services (COPS) http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/ COPS is the Federal office that coordinates community policing efforts. The Web site includes information on COPS grantees and innovative programs and resources on community policing. Resources include promising…

The OJJDP Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Initiative supports cooperation between community organizations, enforcement agencies, youth, and other concerned citizens to change local ordinances and enforcement practices.   On The Line — Underage Drinking in a Border Town Brownsville, Texas, has developed an innovative program to address its underage drinking issues. By combining education with…

Action on Alcohol & Teens (AAT) http://www.winternet.com/~martinez/index.html This network of Minnesota citizens works to reduce youth access to alcohol. AAT is seeking to change state and local policies that would hold both merchants and other adults accountable for selling or giving alcohol to underage persons. The web site includes information about the program and its…