Mental Health Issues Top the List of Tips on Pennsylvania School Safety App
The Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General has received 28,000 tips on its anonymous school safety tip program that was launched one year ago, and mental health issues is the most event reported. The app is part of the state's Safe2Say Something program.
“Since the Legislature established Safe2Say Something and entrusted the program to my Office last year, we have received nearly 25,000 tips from students across Pennsylvania,” said Attorney General Josh Shapiro. “The majority of those tips have not been about violence toward others, but about students struggling with mental health issues. I’m calling on our Legislature to listen to the students I’ve heard from across our Commonwealth and work to increase funding for mental health resources in our schools. Working with our partner Sandy Hook Promise, my Office will continue to grow this program and make sure kids across Pennsylvania know it is a resource for them.”