The Strategic Prevention Framework Childhood and Underage Drinking Workgroup (SPF CUAD), the Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (MCRUD) and Parenting Awareness Michigan (PAM) have compiled these resources for you to use as part of your Town Hall Meetings and other local initiatives.  We will be adding additional resources as we find them.  If you have a great resource to share, please e-mail it to kend@mcrud.org.  Or if you are looking for something specific and can't find it here, let us know and we will try to track it down for you.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention web site dedicated to Town Hall Meetings www.stopalcoholabuse.gov

BRAND NEW SAMHSA page with some TV ads that can be shown at your town hall!!
http://www.underagedrinking.samhsa.gov/see-ads.aspx

Additional resources on the new SAMHSA underage drinking prevention resources
http://www.underagedrinking.samhsa.gov/

SAMHSA page with April Alcohol Awareness Month resources
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol/

GREAT Welcome video by Michigan Department of Community Health Director Janet Olszewski and Michigan State Police Director Col. Peter Munoz.  This is a 1 minute 20 second video that you can show at the beginning of your town hall to help your participants understand that this issue is being addressed at the highest levels of state government in Michigan. 

Click on the link to view the videos, or right click and save them to show at your town hall meeting.

Town Hall intro video (.mov file, 11 MB file)
Town Hall intro video (.wmv file,  59 MB file)

Or follow this link to find the welcome video on youtube.com.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOOpRvYZy6A&feature

Talking points for your Town Hall Meeting and other underage drinking prevention initiatives
Talking Points (MS Word document)
Talking Points (.pdf document)

Ideas to increase attendance at your Town Hall Meeting
Ideas gathered from groups who hosted Town Hall Meetings in 2008.
Ideas (MS Word document)
Ideas (.pdf document)

NCADD Fact Sheet on Underage Drinking (.pdf document)

Parent First - Friend Later (.pdf document)

Maximizing Messages with the Media (MS Word document)

Youth alcohol use questionnaire for adults
A questionnaire template that you might use at your Town Hall Meeting.  Feel free to adapt it to your own needs, by renaming, adjusting, adding or deleting questions and/or adding your logo or slogan at the top.  It was adapted from the Calhoun County Substance Abuse Council Questionnaire and is shared here with their permission.  Please be sure to give credit on any copies you generate.
Youth Alcohol Use Questionnaire (MS Word version)
Youth Alcohol Use Questionnaire (.pdf version)

Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinators contact list
We recommend that you call these people and let them know about your plans.  They might know about others in your community that you can contact to include, or refer you to for follow up activities. 
SA Region Map  (.pdf document)
Prevention Coordinator list (.pdf document)
 

What can I do to prevent underage drinking?
List of ideas for parents, faith communities, youth, law enforcement, business owners, etc...
What Can I do? (MS Word document)
What can I do? (.pdf document)

Cost of Underage Drinking in Michigan (with references cited)

How to work with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission and find resources on their web site
Working with MLCC (.pdf file)

Materials from the 2010 Parenting Awareness Michigan packet

The following web resources may be helpful in finding information and resources to share with the public during your Town Hall Meeting.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122765890
National Public Radio story on newly released adolescent brain development information and how alcohol impacts the developing teen brain.

http://www.drugfree.org/teenbrain/
The Partnership for Drug Free America's Teen Brain web resources.  This interactive site has short video clips and lots of graphics to help all of us understand the adolescent teen brain.

http://www.youtube.com/mcrud2
The Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking's youtube.com channel.  There are several teen written, produced, and created public service announcements that you can use for your Town Hall Meetings.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=76403521550&ref=ts
Friends of MCRUD group page on Facebook.com

http://www.twitter.com/mcrud
Join the conversation and follow MCRUD Staff on Twitter
 

The Michigan Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking would like to thank the following individuals, agencies, and organizations (in no particular order) for contributing time, effort, and materials to this page:

Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning

Michigan State Police

Michigan Department of Community Health

Michigan Bureau of Substance Abuse and Addiction Services

Michigan Liquor Control Commission

Michigan Licensed Beverage Association

Parenting Awareness Michigan

Prevention Network Michigan

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