Strategies

Support acquisition of job-specific skills through education, certification programs, or on-the-job training, often with personal development resources and other supports

Provide information and increase motivation to change or prevent problematic alcohol consumption in a short session; also called alcohol screening & brief intervention

Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks

Restrict alcohol consumption anywhere on a college or university campus or only in specific areas (e.g., residence halls)

Encourage use of designated drivers via population-based mass media campaigns, incentive programs based in drinking establishments, and other efforts

Organize workers to bargain collectively for improved wages, benefits, and working conditions

Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences

Distribute Naloxone to trained community members and first responders to reverse opioid overdoses

Establish time-limited, subsidized, paid jobs to help individuals with barriers to employment transition to unsubsidized employment