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.' , . .e assist with scheduling, mailings, media contacts, etc. . The project will offer technical assistance, including training and recruitment of underage buyers . . Communities will receive on-going feedback on the project's progress and effectiveness . Your community will see potential reductions in 1) illegal alcohol sales to . underage youth, 2) underage drinking, and 3) alcohol-related problems among youth. . Because this is a research project, specific guidelines and program components will be developed to ensure that we have a strong research design that will allow us to adequately evaluate the program. This means that the University staff, in consultation . with each participating community, will develop timelines and protocols for monitoring underage sales, concentrated enforcement campaigns, and training and other programs to help merchants comply with the law. . The project will have two major intervention components. The first will focus on merchant compliance by assisting alcohol merchants to develop a system to prevent . future illegal alcohol sales. This could include server training, the assistance of a professional consultant, technical assistance in developing an internal monitoring system, and development of establishment policies. The second component will be an .e enforcement or deterrence campaign similar to the one used in the Tobacco Compliance Project. Youth under age 21, under the direction of law enforcement officers, will attempt to purchase alcohol without age identification. City councils and law . enforcement officials will then determine all appropriate penalties and processes for any illegal sales, as was done for tobacco compliance efforts. . One of the research project's goals will be to determine the short- and long-term effectiveness of the compliance and enforcement-deterrence approaches on rates of . underage purchases. So in addition to the underage purchase attempts completed by law enforcement officers, the University research team will also conduct ongoing purchase attempts (using buyers who appear to be under age 21) in each community. . This will allow us to assess changes in commercial availability over time. Summaries of these purchase attempts will be provided to each community to assist with program development, but individual outlets will not be identified. . We are asking for the following commitment from each participating community: . . Letters from key community leaders expressing support for the proposal and a commitment to participate. These letters must be received by us by January 15, 1996. . . Commitment from law enforcement officials to complete enforcement f' 2 .