PLCB Awards Grants to Aid Fight Against Underage, Dangerous Alcohol Use

More than $700,000 to fund community efforts

HARRISBURG, Pa., July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seventy-three community,
education and law-enforcement groups will receive grants totaling $729,907 to
support initiatives aimed at preventing underage and dangerous drinking, the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board announced today.

"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 at www.lcb.state.pa.us/edu 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
Adams County Enforcement 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,
Allegheny County Student Group Activities

Point Park University $1,600.00 Development of Campus Task
Allegheny County Force

Robert Morris University $10,440.64 Enforcement Activities,
Allegheny County Social Norms Campaign
Project, CORE Survey

Personal Solutions, Inc. $8,496.20 Enforcement Training, Alcohol
Bedford County Purchase 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
Butler County Project, Licensee
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
Chester County Program, Social Norms
Campaign Project

West Chester Borough Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Chester County

West Chester School $11,500.00 Safe Homes Campaign,
District Parents Who Host
Chester County Lose the Most Campaign

Clarion University $5,718.90 CORE Survey Data
Clarion County Gathering, Social 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
College Gathering
Dauphin County

Cabrini College $10,750.00 Enforcement Activities,
Delaware County Social Norms 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
Erie County Transition 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 $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Attorney
Erie County

Gannon University $11,150.00 CORE Survey Data Gathering,
Erie County Social 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
Alcohol Commission Substance Abuse and Mental
Franklin County Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)
Model Program

Greene County Human $1,627.00 Project Northland -
Services Nationally Recognized
Greene County Model Program

Huntingdon County $11,499.70 Safe Homes Campaign, PA
Communities That Care Youth Survey Data
Huntingdon County Collection, Enforcement
Trainings, Media Campaign
on Furnishing to Minors

Southern Huntingdon S.D. $6,915.00 AlcoholEDU Assessment
Huntingdon County Program

Indiana Borough Police $11,500.00 Enforcement Activities
Indiana County

Indiana University $10,722.00 Social Norms Campaign
Indiana County Project

Keystone College $11,500.00 CORE Survey Data Gathering,
Lackawanna County E-CHUG Assessment Tool,
Curriculum Infusion Project,
Social Norms Campaign Project
Athletes and Alcohol Program
Initiative

Lackawanna College $11,499.50 New Student Prevention
Lackawanna County Initiative, Athletes
and Alcohol Program
Initiative, Peer Educator
Initiative, CHOICES Program

Marywood University $11,350.00 Curriculum Infusion, High
Lackawanna County School to College Transition
and First Year Experience
Socio-Drama Production

Compass Mark $6,962.20 Student Assistance Services,
Lancaster County CORE Survey 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
That Care Project
Lancaster County

Millersville University $10,820.00 American College Health
Lancaster County Survey Data Gathering,
CHOICES Program, Social
Norms Campaign Project,
Enforcement Activities,
E-CHUG Assessment

Center for Humanistic $9,288.00 Project Success at Liberty
Change High School
Lehigh County Mentoring Program

Kings College $8,954.00 Enforcement Activities,
Luzerne County Residence Life Staff
Training on Alcohol Issues

Penn College of Technology $9,765.00 Enforcement Activities,
Lycoming County E-CHUG 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
That Care Norms Campaign Project
Mifflin County

East Stroudsburg University $11,195.00 Enforcement Activities, Off
Campus Housing Initiative, Social
Monroe County 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,
Montgomery County BASICS Program Initiative

Norristown Area School $2,850.00 PA Youth Survey Data
District Collection
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,
Montgomery County Social Norms 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
Anti Violence Network Assessment Project
Philadelphia County

Schuylkill County Drug $11,400.00 Licensee Beverage Server
Alcohol Program and Training (RAMP)
Schuylkill County Parents Who Host Lose
the Most Campaign

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
Westmoreland County Prevention 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,
York County Service Learning Project,
Educator Training

CONTACT:
Nick Hays or Francesca Chapman
(717) 783-8864

SOURCE Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

Nick Hays or Francesca Chapman of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board,
+1-717-783-8864