HARRISBURG – Seventy-three community, education and law-enforcement groups will receive grants totaling $729,907 to support initiatives aimed at preventing underage and dangerous drinking, announced the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
“One of our agency’s central missions is to educate Pennsylvanians about the dangers of alcohol misuse,” said Patrick J. “P.J.” Stapleton III, chairman of the Liquor Control Board. “These grants will help communities across the state use proven methods to prevent underage drinking and support law enforcement efforts to investigate and reduce this critical problem.”
The Liquor Control Board grants will fund a range of community and school-based programs, including law-enforcement training, campus environmental-management strategies and other underage-drinking prevention programs, according to Stapleton and fellow Board members Thomas F. Goldsmith and Robert S. Marcus. Since 1999, the Liquor Control Board program has awarded more than $4 million in grants to more than 240 entities.
“This year the Liquor Control Board’s Bureau of Alcohol Education received the highest number of grant applications in our program’s history, indicating that more Pennsylvanians than ever are eager to participate in programs that can reduce or prevent the illegal or unsafe use of alcohol,” noted Jerry W. Waters Sr., director of the agency’s office of regulatory affairs. “We’re glad we are able to make these resources available to the community leaders who can help combat underage and dangerous drinking.”
This year, 49 grants are being made directly to communities around Pennsylvania. Twenty-nine of these will fund law-enforcement efforts. The other 20 community grants will fund activities such as Safe Homes campaigns, Social Norms campaigns, Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol training, Project Northland, and Parents Who Host Lose the Most marketing campaigns.
Grants to colleges and universities, 24 in all, will aid the development of environmental- management strategies to combat underage and dangerous use of alcohol. These strategies include enforcement efforts, social-norms campaigns, brief alcohol screening and intervention for college students (BASICS) programs, counselor training and activities and college alcohol risk assessments of the campus and surrounding areas to identify issues leading to alcohol problems.
Since 1997, the Liquor Control Board has received more than $3.51 million from federal agencies and organizations, such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to further its efforts to reduce dangerous and underage drinking. Applications for the 2010 grant cycle will be accepted beginning in January. More information will be available online this Fall.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A list of grant recipients by county follows.
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board 2009-10 Grantees by County
Name (by County) Amount Activities
Gettysburg College $11,430.00 First Year College Student Enforcement
Adams County Activities
Carnegie Mellon University $5,694.00 Social Norms Campaign Project
Allegheny County
Elizabeth Forward School $11,496.00 Safe Homes Campaign
District Enforcement Activities
Allegheny County
Heidelberg, Borough of $4,686.00 Enforcement Activities
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Public Schools $4,308.16 Enforcement Activities, Student Group
Allegheny County Activities
Point Park University $1,600.00 Development of Campus Task Force
Allegheny County
Robert Morris University $10,440.64 Enforcement Activities, Social Norms
Allegheny County Campaign Project, CORE Survey
Personal Solutions, Inc. $8,496.20 Enforcement Training, Alcohol Purchase
Bedford County Survey Project
Spring Township Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Berks County
Wyomissing Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Berks County
Altoona, City of $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Blair County
justCommunity, Inc. $11,498.00 Social Norms Campaign Project
Bucks County
New Britain Borough Police $10,466.00 Enforcement Activities
Bucks County
NHS Cares $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Bucks County
Slippery Rock University $11,111.00 Social Norms Campaign Project, Licensee
Butler County Beverage Server Training (RAMP)
Slippery Rock Borough $11,499.00 Enforcement Activities
Butler County
Chester Police, City of $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Chester County
Immaculata University $11,500.00 AlcoholEDU Assessment Program, Social
Chester County Norms Campaign Project
West Chester Borough Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Chester County
West Chester School District $11,500.00 Safe Homes Campaign, Parents Who Host
Chester County Lose the Most Campaign
Clarion University $5,718.90 CORE Survey Data Gathering, Social
Clarion County Norms Campaign Project
Bloomsburg, Town of $11,484.00 Enforcement Activities
Columbia County
Newville Borough Police $6,164.26 Enforcement Activities
Cumberland County
Upper Allen Township Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Cumberland County
Harrisburg Area Community $1,537.00 CORE Survey Data Gathering
College
Dauphin County
Cabrini College $10,750.00 Enforcement Activities, Social Norms
Delaware County Campaign Project, BASICS, E-CHUG,
Assessment, American College Health Association Survey Data Gathering
Haverford Township Police $11,419.94 Enforcement Activities
Delaware County
Edinboro Borough Police $11,450.00 Enforcement Activities
Erie County
Edinboro University $11,500.00 High School to College Transition
Erie County Program, First Year Initiative Program
Enforcement Activities, Targeted Student
Population Project
Erie Police, City of $7,620.00 Enforcement Activities
Erie County
Erie County District Attorney $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Erie County
Gannon University $11,150.00 CORE Survey Data Gathering, Social
Erie County Norms Campaign Project, Licensee
Beverage Server Training (RAMP), 21st
Birthday Initiative
Girard Borough Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Erie County
Franklin/Fulton Drug & $11,180.50 Across Ages Program – a Substance Abuse
Alcohol Commission and Mental Health Services Administration
Franklin County (SAMHSA) Model Program
Greene County Human $1,627.00 Project Northland – Nationally Recognized
Services Model Program
Greene County
Huntingdon County $11,499.70 Safe Homes Campaign, PA Youth Survey
Communities That Care Data Collection, Enforcement Trainings,
Huntingdon County Media Campaign on Furnishing to Minors
Southern Huntingdon S.D. $6,915.00 AlcoholEDU Assessment Program
Huntingdon County
Indiana Borough Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Indiana County
Indiana University $10,722.00 Social Norms Campaign Project
Indiana County
Keystone College $11,500.00 CORE Survey Data Gathering, E-CHUG
Lackawanna County Assessment Tool, Curriculum Infusion Project, Social Norms Campaign Project Athletes and Alcohol Program Initiative
Lackawanna College $11,499.50 New Student Prevention Initiative, Athletes
Lackawanna County and Alcohol Program Initiative, Peer
Educator Initiative, CHOICES Program
Marywood University $11,350.00 Curriculum Infusion, High School to
Lackawanna County College Transition and First Year
Experience Socio-Drama Production
Compass Mark $6,962.20 Student Assistance Services, CORE Survey
Lancaster County Data Gathering, PA Youth Survey, Student Life Skills Program, LION’s Quest Program
SAMHSA Best Practices Program
Elizabethtown Communities $11,500.00 Social Norming Campaign Project
That Care
Lancaster County
Millersville University $10,820.00 American College Health Survey Data
Lancaster County Gathering, CHOICES Program, Social Norms Campaign Project, Enforcement Activities, E-CHUG Assessment
Center for Humanistic $9,288.00 Project Success at Liberty High School
Change Mentoring Program
Lehigh County
Kings College $8,954.00 Enforcement Activities, Residence Life
Luzerne County Staff Training on Alcohol Issues
Penn College of Technology $9,765.00 Enforcement Activities, E-CHUG
Lycoming County Assessment, Social Norms Campaign
Project, Licensee Beverage Server Training
(RAMP)
McKean County District $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Attorney
McKean County
Mifflin County Communities $11,100.00 Safe Homes Campaign, Social Norms
That Care Campaign Project
Mifflin County
East Stroudsburg University $11,195.00 Enforcement Activities, Off Campus
Monroe County Housing Initiative, Social Norms
Campaign Project, Licensee Beverage
Server Training (RAMP)
Stroud Area Regional Police $11,424.00 Enforcement Activities
Monroe County
Gwynedd-Mercy College $11,235.98 CORE Survey Data Gathering, BASICS
Montgomery County Program Initiative
Norristown Area School $2,850.00 PA Youth Survey Data Collection
District
Montgomery County
North Wales Borough Police $11,452.32 Enforcement Activities
Montgomery County
Plymouth Township Police $11,410.64 Enforcement Activities
Montgomery County
Rosemont College $11,111.00 Enforcement Activities, Social Norms
Montgomery County Campaign Project, Assessment Activities
Upper Dublin Township $9,996.75 Enforcement Activities
Police
Montgomery County
Bethlehem City Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Northampton County
Lafayette College $11,260.00 Enforcement Activities,
Northampton County MyStudentBody.com Assessment Program
Lehigh Township Police $11.500.00 Enforcement Activities
Northampton County
Shamokin City Police $11,390.00 Enforcement Activities
Northumberland County
Philadelphia Anti Drug $6,311.00 Community Alcohol Risk Assessment
Anti Violence Network Project
Philadelphia County
Schuylkill County Drug $11,400.00 Licensee Beverage Server Training (RAMP)
and Alcohol Program Parents Who Host Lose the Most Campaign
Schuylkill County
Schuylkill Haven Borough $10,578.00 Enforcement Activities
Police
Schuylkill County
Lewisburg Borough Police $11,405.00 Enforcement Activities
Union County
Venango County Substance $11,500.00 Community Wide Social Norms
Abuse Program Campaign Project
Venango County
Washington Police, City of $11,484.00 Enforcement Activities
Washington County
Greensburg Police, City of $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Westmoreland County
Seton Hill University $11,500.00 Student Athlete Alcohol Prevention
Westmoreland County Initiative
University of Pittsburgh $11,424.70 Enforcement Activities
At Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Westmoreland Community $11,277.00 Parents Who Host Lose the Most
Action Campaign
Westmoreland County
West Shore School District $9,500.00 Enforcement Activities, Service Learning
York County Project, Educator Training
