Kutztown University: Strategic Prevention Framework - State Incentive Grant/SPF-SIG

Beginning in FY2008/09, the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Programs awarded the Council on Chemical Abuse a four year SPF-SIG in collaboration with the Kutztown University President’s Roundtable. The Kutztown SPFSIG Initiative seeks to address the high rate of driving under the influence arrests of youth, ages 16-21 in the Kutztown Borough as well as to reduce the use of alcohol by freshmen and sophomores at Kutztown University.

The strategic plan for this grant incorporates both evidence-based and innovative prevention strategies targeted to college freshmen and sophomores, athletes, and off-campus college students.

Programs to be implemented include Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol*, an environmental strategy; Alcohol EDU, a web-based education program; BASICS, and AUDIT, two alcohol screening and brief intervention programs; Challenging College Alcohol Attitudes, a social norms program; and the Berks County Underage Drinking Program. The evaluation component of the grant will measure changes in young adult behaviors and attitudes with respect to underage drinking.

For more information on this project, please email the project manager.

Related Information and Resources

The College and University Drinking and Driving Prevention Awards Program has released the document "Reducing Drinking and Driving on Campus: Best Practices." The full extract is available online.

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