The State of Illinois Insurance Providers grants bars, restaurants and hotels a break on their insurance rates for having a Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) program in place and assuring that their staff is trained.

Delaware, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arizona, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Florida, Indiana, Alabama and Michigan all currently have mandatory RBS policies on the books. Illinois too will mandate this as law.

The broad-based Building Responsibility Coalition headed by Tracy Bachman along with Tom Workman, Ph.D., associate director of the NU Directions Project spoke at a recent Alcohol Policy 13 conference, held in Cambridge, Mass., Workman said, "It’s agreed that server training should be done, but cost and high turnover made an all-day training program impossible."

The solution:

CHA accomplishes all training in an expedited and precise manner, well within a server’s time and attention span.

CHA mission is to ensure more people are trained, will be better equipped and have more confidence to serve alcohol correctly.

CHA alcohol awareness training is recognized by the ILCC.

Just as you require your servers to wear safety shoes, uniforms and exhibit proper hygiene, the knowledge to responsibly serve alcohol and protect your business should be a condition of employment.