Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) is launching the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System (SS-ARS) into schools nationwide in response to the tragic mass-murder of 17 high school students in Parkland, Florida, according to a press release. This launch will be accelerated in four of the most at-risk state for gun violence.
SS-ARS is designed to allow students to submit secure and anonymous safety concerns in order to intervene on at-risk individuals in hopes to stop them from hurting themselves or others. If a student is concerned, he can submit a tip on the SS-ARS app. Students can also call a 24/7 crisis line and speak to multi-lingual operators trained in crisis and suicide management. The crisis center will then take the tip and relay it back to the participating school district and, if necessary, law enforcement.
“The Say Something Anonymous Reporting System is the most comprehensive violence prevention program available to schools today,” said Nicole Hockley, managing director at Sandy Hook Promise and mother to Dylan, killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School according to a press release. “And, it costs the school district nothing to bring in SS-ARS… it is truly absolutely free.”
Sandy Hook Promise pays for 100% of the resources needed to train school districts and students in the system as well as the costs to sustain the program in each school district. SHP will also provide the app, phone web-based setup needed, management of submissions, routing of all tips to school officials or law enforcement, set-up of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Promise clubs in schools, and all materials necessary for spreading awareness to students of the program.
Sandy Hook Promise is a national, nonprofit organization led by several family members who lost loved ones in the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012 that killed 20 first-graders and six educators. SHP focuses it’s efforts on preventing gun violence by educating youth and adults on mental health and wellness programs that identify at-risk individuals and encourages action. The intention is to honor all victims of gun violence.
For more information on the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System visit saysomething.net
