Monday, April 28, 2025
4/28/2025
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grant - The Cape Fear Coalition for A Drug-Free Community STOP Act project will focus on the local conditions: availability, easy access and social norms that contribute to the issue of underage drinking in New Hanover County. Our population of focus will be on-premise outlets (bars) in the downtown area and Pleasure Island. Goals and objectives are as follows: Goal 1: Increase the community's capacity to reduce underage drinking New Hanover County. Objective: From June 2019-2023 increase citizen and community participation by providing Community Impact Training yearly to 100 key stakeholders and interested community members. Goal 2: June 2019-June 2023 decrease youth access to alcohol in the community 10% by implementing on-premise Alcohol Purchase Surveys (APS) each year with local bars to reduce the risk of serving youth under age 21. Objective 1: Conduct APS on 25% of downtown Wilmington bars by June 1, 2020 and 100% of downtown bars surveyed by June 1, 2023. Objective 2: Conduct APS on 25% of Pleasure Island bars by June 1, 2020 and 100% of island bars completed by June 1, 2023. Goal 3: Prevent underage access to alcohol at on-premise outlets by increasing barriers at 20% of bars (16-18 bars by 2023). Objective 1: Collaborate with local and state law enforcement and NC ABC to provide signs with age requirements for 5% of downtown bars by June 2020. Objective 2: Conduct three responsible server/seller trainings each year downtown bars and island bars with a total of twelve trainings by June 2023. Objective 3: Work with County Officials and NC ABC to implement restrictions limiting the number of on-premise outlets in an area by June 2023. Goal 4: Support enforcement of laws prohibiting alcohol on the beaches. Objective 1: Collaborate with law enforcement to develop an awareness campaign regarding laws prohibiting alcohol on the beaches and provision of alcohol to underage youth by June 2020. Objective 2: Collaborate with town officials to increase signage by 10% at beach access and other locations where alcohol availability is a problem by June 2023. A minimum of 17-18 bars will be surveyed each year to serve a total of 73 bars by June 2023. Through newspaper, cable channel, social media, billboard and adcart ads there will be a media reach of 323,736 each year and a media reach of approximately 1,294,944 throughout the life of the grant.
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