Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Program OJJDP FY 1999 Discretionary Grant Washington State Evaluation Report

• NCJ Number: 200515
• Author(s): Patricia M. Fabiano Ph.D.; Lisa Larrabee J.D.
• Date Published: December 2002
• Length: 94 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2000-AH-FX-1008
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: Western Washington University
• Sale Source: Western Washington University
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report evaluates the Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Discretionary Grant that was awarded to five Washington communities.

Abstract

Presenting research conducted by an evaluation team based at Western Washington University, this report discusses the ways that the Kent DUI Task Force, Bremerton/Kitsap County, Mason County, Washington State University, and Western Washington University implemented the FY1999 EUDL in Washington State. The authors argue that their evaluation seeks to determine what local programming activities were supported by the grantees, how effectively these activities were implemented, and how the programs impacted the communities into which they were implemented. Noting that the pervasiveness of alcohol use by underage persons in the United States is well documented, the authors describe the development of their evaluation framework. The findings from the authors’ process evaluation indicated that all of the grantees indicated that there was insufficient coordination of community prevention efforts in controlling underage drinking. Furthermore, four out of five of the collations sponsored multi-jurisdictional efforts to increase and improve community efforts to curtail underage drinking. Impact evaluation findings indicated dramatic increases in the number of persons participating in underage drinking prevention programs, increases in the amount of law enforcement activity, and increases in the amount of drinking prevention educational material. Findings from the outcome evaluation suggest that long-term positive outcomes in reducing underage drinking are likely to occur with continued underage drinking programming. All five Washington State 1999 EUDL discretionary grantees provide a promising picture of how community prevention efforts and increasing law enforcement can be mutually supportive in reducing underage alcohol consumption. An extensive reference list and tables and text detailing evaluation results, community-by-community, complete this report.