Strategies

Provide financial assistance to working parents, or parents attending school, to pay for child care

Hold alcohol retailers legally responsible for injuries or damage caused by providing alcohol to intoxicated or underage customers; also called commercial host liability laws

Expand refundable earned income tax credits for working individuals and families with low to moderate incomes

Initiate or increase retailer compliance checks, shoulder tap operations, parking lot observation outside alcohol establishments for laws that prohibit alcohol sales to minors

Adopt policies that allow custodial parents who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to collect all child support paid by the non-custodial parent; no portion is retained by the state

Maintain the current legal age when an individual can purchase alcoholic beverages; currently 21 years in all states

Repeal government control over retail sales of alcoholic beverages, allowing commercial retailing of those beverages