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alcohol beverage enforcement agencies and law enforcement officers and observingunder-cover liquor law enforcement operations).• encourage communities, businesses, and others to financially support and participate inEUDL communication efforts to extend their reach, particularly to populations ingeographic areas at highest risk.V. Alcohol: Screening, AssessmentEach state should encourage its employers, educators, justice system, and health careprofessionals to implement a system to identify and intervene with underage drinkers.Although the EUDL program has neither been mandated nor funded to address the criticalissues of treatment and rehabilitation, for a small group of underage drinkers these servicesare very important. The treatment of alcohol dependence resources are located in the healthagencies and other agencies that receive the funding for such services.A. Screening and AssessmentEach state should encourage its employers, educators, and health care professionals tohave a systematic program to screen and/or assess youth to determine whether theyhave an alcohol use disorder and, as appropriate, briefly intervene or refer them forappropriate treatment. EUDL, while not funded to provide such services, shouldencourage year-round screening and brief intervention by medical and health providers.1. Criminal Justice SystemWithin the criminal justice system, underage drinkers who have been convicted of anoffense should be assessed to determine whether they have an alcohol misuseproblem and their need for treatment. The assessment should be required by lawand completed before disposition, sentencing, or reaching a plea agreement. Theassessment should be:• used to decide whether a treatment and rehabilitation program should be part ofthe sanctions imposed by the court and what type of treatment would be mostappropriate.• based on standardized assessment criteria, including standard psychometricinstruments, historical information (e.g., prior alcohol or drug-related arrests orconvictions), and structured clinical interviews.• appropriate for the offender’s age and culture (e.g., use specialized assessmentinstruments tailored to and validated for youth or multicultural groups).2. Treatment and RehabilitationOMB No. 1121-0329Approval Expires 02/28/2013As noted above, the EUDL program has not been mandated or funded to addresstreatment and rehabilitation, but for a small group of underage drinkers theseservices are very important. Each state should work with health care professionals,public health departments, and third-party payers to bring underage drinking lawenforcement efforts to the attention of these groups. This will help ensure thatoffenders with alcohol misuse problems receive and complete appropriate treatment.30OJJDP FY 2011 EUDL Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Implementation InitiativeOJJDP-2011-2997
Other federal and state agencies are funded to provide resources for theseprograms.B. Monitoring Underage DrinkersEach state should establish a program to facilitate close monitoring of underagedrinkers. Monitoring functions should be housed in the driver licensing, judicial,corrections, and treatment systems. Monitoring systems should be able to determine thestatus of all offenders in meeting their sentencing requirements for sanctions and/orrehabilitation, and they must be able to alert courts to noncompliance. Monitoringrequirements should be established by law to assure that underage drinkers and adultsuppliers comply with sanctions and that the judicial system is responsive. Noncompliantoffenders should be handled swiftly, either judicially or administratively. States should:• have an effective monitoring system for all underage drinkers.• include driver’s license tracking systems as an essential component of monitoring.• generate periodic reports on offender compliance with administrative or judiciallyimposed sanctions.VI. Program Evaluation and DataA. EvaluationEach state should routinely evaluate EUDL programs and activities to determine theireffectiveness, and have access to and analyze reliable data sources for problemidentification and program planning. Each state should conduct several different types ofevaluations to effectively measure progress, to determine effectiveness, to plan andimplement new program strategies, and to ensure that resources are allocatedappropriately. The evaluation should be:• planned before EUDL programs are initiated to ensure that appropriate data areavailable and adequate resources allocated.• designed to use available data.• used to determine whether goals and objectives have been met and to guide futureprograms and activities.• organized and completed at the state and local level.• reported on regularly to project and program managers and policymakers.B. Data and RecordsTo fully support their EUDL program, states should establish and maintain recordssystems featuring accurate and regular data collection. Each system should use datafrom other sources, such as the U.S. Census, the youth and family surveys administeredOMB No. 1121-0329Approval Expires 02/28/201331OJJDP FY 2011 EUDL Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Implementation InitiativeOJJDP-2011-2997
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