Alcohol is the No. 1 drug problem among young people in America .  While young drivers make up 6.9 percent of the total driving population, they constitute 13 percent of the alcohol-involved drivers in fatal crashes

GET INVOLVED WITH MADD YOUTH PROGRAMS –

  MADD Leadership Program Power Camp, Youth in Action, THINK

(year long pledge program), Alcohol EDU, UMADD,

School Assemblies for Elementary School to High School: The Hard Truth

YOUTH IN ACTION   

Youth In Action is an environmental approach to reduce the social and retail availability of alcohol to minors & support enforcement of underage drinking laws.

Goals are to reduce youth access to alcohol by increasing awareness and enforcement of alcohol laws for alcohol retailers and community members. 

Projects:   Sticker Shocks, Roll Call Briefings, Compliance Checks and Shoulder Tap Surveys.  

Alcohol is available to young people every day of the year. We think alcohol-free messages should be, too.  That's why MADD created THINK.—the first year-round campaign designed to help high school students avoid underage drinking.

Nationally sponsored by Nationwide Insurance, THINK. is a friend-to-friend accountability program that encourages students to "make the right call” and pledge to be alcohol and drug free throughout the school year.  THINK. focuses on the heavier party seasons of homecoming and prom but also addresses sporting events, holidays, spring break, graduation and summer vacation.

ALCOHOL EDU

MADD and Outside The Classroom, Inc., have created an online alcohol education course, Alcohol EDU. The program bases its instruction on applications of alcohol to brain science, sociology, history and mathematics. Alcohol EDU is great for high schools, colleges, including freshman orientation classes and alternative sentencing in courts. More than half of the 20 top-ranked universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report list of leading American colleges have signed on to deliver Alcohol EDU to their students, including Dartmouth, Northwestern, Duke, Tufts, Villanova and the University of Connecticut.

UMADD brings college students and campus leaders together to address the challenges of underage drinking, high-risk drinking and impaired driving. As a campus-based student organization, UMADD helps students work with the community to find solutions for these problems.

• Establish clear and effective policies designed to minimize alcohol-related problems;
• Increase enforcement of underage drinking and impaired driving laws by working with campus and local law enforcement;
• Educate students, faculty and staff concerning the scope of alcohol-related problems and engage them in effective prevention strategies; and
• Promote MADD’s mission on campus.  

FOR ALL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUTH PROGRAMS

CONTACT

Lauren Iannucci

YOUTH COORDINATOR

203-764-2569 x303

lauren.iannucci@madd.org

SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES

The Hard Truth

Waterbury Hospital , MADD CT and The Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians present "The Hard Truth" about drunk driving.  This program takes a no nonsense approach presenting the facts and tragic consequences of the tragic results of drinking and driving.  The program consists of a graphic power point presentation showing the results of motor vehicle crashes.  The program includes guest speakers, victims who have lost their loved ones or have been injured as a result of a DUI Crash, and those offenders responsible for taking a life in an alcohol-related crash.  There is a fee of $600.00 for this program.  

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MADD CT SCHOOL ASSEMBLY SHOWS

PLEASE CALL MICHELLE LETTIERI: Program Specialist

203-764-2569 x309