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EUDL Program Tackles Underage Drinking
OJJDP’s Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws (EUDL) Program, the only federal initiative focused exclusively on preventing underage drinking, supports state and local efforts to reduce the availability of alcoholic beverages to minors more

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New Web Site Provides Access to Truancy Prevention Resources
OJJDP has partnered with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools to create a Web site devoted to truancy prevention information and resources. more

National Youth Service Day Recruits the Next Generation of Volunteers
OJJDP is one of 115 national partners supporting National Youth Service America's 17th annual National Youth Service Day (NYSD), April 15–17, 2005. more

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Funding Update
News From the Coordinating Council
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Did You Know?

In a 2003 survey, 12 percent of 8th graders, 22 percent of 10th graders, and 28 percent of 12th graders reported heavy drinking—defined as 5 or more drinks in a row at least once in the past 2 weeks. These statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse's "Monitoring the Future" survey are reported in America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2004, produced by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. This and many other statistical publications are available through OJJDP's Statistical Briefing Book. The Briefing Book's Compendium of National Data Sets profiles the Monitoring the Future survey series.

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National Missing Children's Day
The U.S. Department of Justice's annual commemoration of National Missing Children's Day will be held on May 20, 2005, in Washington, DC. Details of the event will be reported in the next issue of OJJDP News @ a Glance.

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