Empower students and educators to keep schools and communities safe.
23M+ Participants
Know the Signs Trainings for Youth and Adults
686 Lives Saved
Confirmed Lives Saved with Crisis Interventions
268,000+ Tips
Upstanders Anonymously Reporting Violence and Bullying
24,000+ Schools
Schools and Organizations Have Participated Nationwide
Sandy Hook Promise’s transformative Start With Hello, Say Something, and Say Something Anonymous Reporting System programs empower youth to be Upstanders that create a welcoming, inclusive, and safe culture.
The Know the Signs programs are flexible and can be adapted to the needs, interests, and capacity of any classroom, school, and youth organization.
How Our Programs Work
The Start With Hello, Say Something, and Say Something ARS programs are implemented using our five-stage Program Cycle.
The goals and the framework are continually reinforced using our five-stage program cycle. We have designed each stage of the program cycle to be flexible and are adapatable for the specific needs of schools and youth organizations.
All resources that complement the flexible training options needed to implement the program cycle are available at no cost on our Digital Library and are aligned with the social and emotional learning standards developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.
The Programs
START WITH HELLO
Empowers students in grades K-12 to recognize loneliness and social isolation in their peers by offering effective strategies for reaching out and growing an empathetic and inclusive community.
SAY SOMETHING
Empowers students to grow a community of Upstanders and "say something" to a Trusted Adult when they recognize warning signs and threats.
SAY SOMETHING ARS
Empowers students to be Upstanders. Students learn how to "say something" to a Trusted Adult and submit a tip to the Say Something ARS when they recognize warning signs and threats.
About Sandy Hook Promise
Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) envisions a future where all children are free from school shootings and other acts of violence. As a national nonprofit organization, SHP’s mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities. Creators of the life-saving, evidence-informed Know the Signs prevention programs, SHP teaches the warning signs of someone who may be in crisis, socially isolated, or at-risk of hurting themselves or others and how to get help. SHP also advances school safety, youth mental health, and responsible gun ownership at the state and federal levels through nonpartisan policy and partnerships. SHP is led by several family members whose loved ones were killed in the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.
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