Friday, May 10, 2024
5/10/2024
RC RAIL Coalition's Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success Program will address underage drinking in Mount Vernon, Lisbon, Central City, Center Point, Alburnett, and Sprigville, Iowa with a total population of 11,677. In the next five years, the program will serve approximately 12,500 people. The strategies include; implementation of Project Northland, ordinance mandating Responsible Beverage Server Training for failed alcohol compliance checks, social norms and media campaign, teacher and community trainings, Responsible Beverage Server trainings to businesses and community festival staff, and evaluation of programs. Mount Vernon has a population of 4,461; including 28% under the age of 19, 14% aged 60 and older, and 3% below the poverty line. Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, is a liberal arts college with 1,000 students. Lisbon has a population of 1,908; including, 27% under the age of 19, 26% aged 60 and older, and 6% below the poverty line. Central City has a population of 1,320; including 25% under the age of 19, 23% aged 60 and older and 7% below the poverty line. Springville has a population of 1,074; including 24% under the age of 19, 20% aged 60 and older and 2% below the poverty line. Alburnett has a population of 673; including 34% under the age of 19, 15% aged 60 and older, and 6% below the poverty line. Center Point has a population of 2,241 including 32% under the age of 19, 10% aged 60 and older, and 2% below the poverty line. The goals include; increase community collaboration, decrease alcohol use among youth by implementing evidence-based programs, increase parental perception of risk and parental disapproval of underage drinking by implementing community-wide campaign, increase the capacity of school districts and Cornell College staff by implementing staff trainings, implementing social norms campaign at Cornell College, and expand Responsible Beverage Server trainings. The objectives include; increase the coalition membership by 3 adult members, increase community readiness to address underage drinking by 5%, implement Project Northland in all 6 school districts, reduce underage drinking of rural Linn County 6th-12th grade students by 3% per grade, increase youth perception of harm of underage drinking by 3% per grade, increase parental perception of risk and awareness of underage drinking by 15%, increase staff knowledge on identifying high-risk underage drinking behaviors by 15%, increase the number of school staff trainings on underage drinking behaviors by 2 per year/per school district, reduce underage drinking among college students by 3%, increase number of Cornell students who report seeing the social norms campaign by 30%, increase perception of risk on underage drinking among Cornell College students by 5%, increase the number of establishments that receive Responsible Beverage Server trainings by 5%, increase knowledge of Responsible Beverage Server guidelines by 10%, and pass a Responsible Beverage Server training ordinance for establishments that fail alcohol compliance checks.
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