The Status of Youth Drinking in Santa Cruz County 2007

Project CURB has been working to reduce binge drinking among the youth of Santa Cruz County. Project CURB is led by Together for Youth/ Unidos Para Nuestros Jovenes (TYF/UPNJ), a United Way of Santa Cruz County led initiative. The goal of Project CURB is to reduce underage youth binge drinking rates by 50% by the year 2009. In order to accomplish this goal, Project CURB is developing and implementing environmental prevention strategies. These environmental prevention strategies serve to promote policy and procedural changes that inhibit youth access to alcohol, as well as alter community perceptions and social norms around youth drinking. As a result of the interventions enacted by Project CURB, it is expected that youth will have an increase in knowledge of binge drinking and related consequences, be less accepting of binge drinking, engage less frequently in binge drinking, experience fewer of the negative consequences related to binge drinking, and have less access to alcohol through commercial and social sources.

CURB Executive Summary - PDF

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Youth Survey Coordinator Training - Earn up to $100

Communities United to Reduce Bingeing (CURB) wants to learn more about youths’ perception of drinking, what is considered acceptable in our community, and drinking behaviors of youth ages 16 to 20.

CURB is looking for youth ages 16 to 20 to be Youth Survey Coordinators. Youth Survey Coordinators must attend one of the three trainings and distribute surveys to youth ages 16 to 20 in their community. Youth Survey Coordinators will be paid $10 per completed survey. If you are interested in participating you must RSVP by Monday, April 23 and be between the ages of 16 to 20.

• Tuesday, April 24
• Friday, April 27
• Sunday, April 29

Youth Survey Coordinator Training Flyer - PDF

Youth Survey Coordinator Training Registration Form - PDF

Santa Cruz County - CURB Youth Survey Coordination Release Form - PDF

Project CURB Youth Survey Coordinator Consent Form - PDF

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Shebreh Kalantari: Binge drinking: A public health issue, a community issue and an everyone issue

Source:  Santa Cruz Sentinel
Posted on October 15, 2006

It has been great to see the influx of community input around the topic of alcohol consumption by youth in Santa Cruz County following the No ID? No Problem press conference and summit Sept. 20 hosted by Project CURB Community United to Reduce Binging and SHOP at UCSC. Public dialogue is necessary to create awareness around the public-health issue of alcohol consumption among young people and its impacts on the community. As coordinator for Project CURB, I would like to clarify and address some of the points brought up in recent editorials and letters to the editor. [more]

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No ID? No Problem! Taking on the Source

Press Conference and Community Summit to Address Alcohol Consumption by Youth in Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz County, CA
September 13, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SANTA CRUZ, Calif., September 13, 2006 — Project CURB (Community United to Reduce Binging) and Student Health Outreach and Promotion (SHOP) at the University of California, Santa Cruz today announced that they will hold a joint press conference and community summit on Wednesday, September 20 at 10:30 a.m. to release new data about trends in alcohol consumption among young adults in Santa Cruz County. The news conference and summit, which is open to accredited broadcast and print media, will be held at the The University Inn and Conference Center, 611 Ocean Street, Sierra Room in Santa Cruz, CA. [more]

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2006 Responsible Alcohol Merchants to be Recognized at Press Conference on May 4

Santa Cruz County, CA
April 27, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Winners of the sixth annual Responsible Alcohol Merchant Awards (RAMA) will be announced at 10am on Thursday, May 4th at a press conference at K Wine & Spirits in Capitola.

RAMA recognizes Santa Cruz County alcohol merchants that refuse to sell alcohol to minors and actively contribute to the community. Close to fifty business owners are expected to be on hand at the press conference to accept their awards. Local print and broadcast media are encouraged to attend.

RAMA is a unique partnership that brings together drug and alcohol prevention agencies with representatives from the alcohol industry, Chambers of Commerce, local elected officials and law enforcement to educate the community about the dangers of contributing to underage drinking. The program is produced by Communities United to Reduce Bingeing (CURB), Together For Youth, the United Way of Santa Cruz County, Friday Night Live and the California Beverage Merchants Association. [more]