APN/EPIC/SIG

APN:
The mission of the Alcohol Policy Network (APN) is to provide information, consultation, media advocacy and other services to individuals, organizations, community groups, and governmental entities that help reduce the environmental risk of alcohol and other drug problems.

EPIC:
Environmental Prevention In Communities (EPIC) is a youth-driven environmental prevention and advocacy project that trains youth aged 13-20 from Alameda County to mobilize their communities through campaigns, research-based projects and policy development around alcohol-related issues.

SIG:
In 2003, the State of California entered into an agreement with the Substance Abuse and Mental health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to fund and administer a State Incentive Grant (SIG) program. The purpose of the California SIG is to reduce binge drinking among youth (12-17) and young adults (18-25), and related community problems. According to the guidelines set forth by the California Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Programs (ADP), Phase I (Year 1) is focused on in-depth planning and prevention program/strategy development and Phase II (Years 2 and 3) is focused on implementing the plan to reduce binge drinking and related community problems.

In September 2004, the Alameda County Department of Behavioral Health Care Services was one of thirteen counties in California to be awarded the SIG to reduce binge drinking among young adults (18-25), and related community problems. The two targeted communities for this project are University of California-Berkeley and California State University East Bay, and their surrounding communities.