North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
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North Carolina Preventing Underage Drinking Initiative
Welcome to the website for the North Carolina Preventing Underage Drinking Initiative (NC-PUD). The NC-PUD Initiative is administered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and is funded primarily through the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program. The EUDL Program supports and enhances efforts by states and local jurisdictions to prohibit the sale, purchase, and consumption of alcoholic beverages to and by minors (minors are defined as individuals under 21 years of age).
The overall goal of the NC-PUD Initiative is to develop and implement a strategic planning process that provides state and local leaders with innovative, user-friendly, evidence-based skills and tools to strategically plan and sustain preventing underage drinking efforts across the state. The Initiative involves the following activities:
(1) The development and execution of a strategic state plan including short- and long-term goals for preventing and reducing underage drinking in North Carolina;
(2) The funding, training, technical assistance, and monitoring of community collaboratives that are implementing environmental management strategies to prevent and reduce underage alcohol use in their communities;
(3) Participation in the North Carolina Strategic Prevention Framework-State Incentive Grant (SPF-SIG); and
(4) The implementation of Media Ready, an evidence-based media literacy program for 6th to 8th grade youth, designed to delay or prevent substance use, particularly with respect to underage drinking.
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