UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION IN DEERFIELD VALLEY, VERMONT - SOBER TRUTH ON PREVENTING UNDERAGE DRINKING ACT GRANT ABSTRACT: WINDHAM SOUTHWEST SUPERVISORY UNION/DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP THE DEERFIELD VALLEY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP (DVCP) IS COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO PREVENT AND REDUCE ALCOHOL USE AMONG YOUTH IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF WILMINGTON, WHITINGHAM, HALIFAX, STAMFORD, DOVER AND READSBORO, VERMONT. THE PROJECTED NUMBER OF PERSONS TO BE SERVED BY THE STOP ACT PROJECT INCLUDES 500 PARENTS, 352 YOUTH, 50 RETAILERS AND SERVERS AND 3,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. DVCP HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING GOALS FOR THE SOBER TRUTH ON PREVENTING UNDERAGE DRINKING ACT GRANT: REDUCE UNDERAGE ACCESS TO ALCOHOL IN ORDER TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING. STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS AND COORDINATION ON THE ISSUE OF YOUTH ALCOHOL USE. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: INCREASE COALITION CAPACITY; INCREASE YOUTH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF THE STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK; INCREASE YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE COALITION; INCREASE RETAILER AND SERVER KNOWLEDGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST PRACTICES FOR DECREASING YOUTH ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; INCREASE PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN DECREASING YOUTH ACCESS TO ALCOHOL.