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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts schools will spend one million dollars of new federal funding on "desperately needed" violence prevention programs, Attorney General Andrea Campbell said in a press release Wednesday.
75 schools across the state will train students and teachers "to identify, assess, and intervene before a young person hurts themselves or others," Campbell said.
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Campbell's office works with a nonprofit founded by family members of victims in 2012's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, according to the press release.
The nonprofit, Sandy Hook Promise, teaches a three-part training program on preventing violence in schools.
Nearly 140,000 students in 52 school districts around Massachusetts have already been trained under the program, according to the press release.
“These preventative measures in our schools are critical to build a strong foundation for our young people’s mental health and physical wellbeing and ensure school staff have the resources they need to provide young people with a supportive environment,” Campbell said.
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