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Enforcement: A Strategy for Prevention Practitioners

Target Audience: State-level and community-level prevention practitioners with an interest in enforcement and the best ways you might go about learning how to use enforcement. This workshop is appropriate for participants with a basic level of expertise in this area.

Training Objectives: Participants will be able to:

• Understand the benefits of enforcement in achieving prevention goals
• Describe several types of enforcement strategies which have been applied and
evaluated at the national, state and community levels
• Examine case examples of successfully implemented enforcement strategies at
the community level
• Explore methods for advocating for effective enforcement at the community level

Format of Training: This training explores the following topics: Enforcement strategies for retailers, compliance checks, server training, penalties and fine, enforcement strategies for youth, zero tolerance, use and lose laws, fines and tickets, cops in shops, false identifications, enforcement strategies for the community, community advocacy, nuisance abatement, combining enforcement with other strategies, specific actions communities can take.

CSAP's Northeast CAPT trainers will use the following techniques throughout this workshop:
• Presentation of background material
• Small group work that challenges participants to examine the effectiveness of
real world cases of prevention
• Large group discussion designed to draw lessons and experiences from participants

Timeframe: Approximately 3-3 1/2 hours

Number of Participants: Minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 50 participants

These trainings are available from CSAP’s Northeast CAPT. For more information please contact the Single State Agency in your state or call Deborah McLean Leow at 888-EDC-CAPT or email her at capt@edc.org.