Sandy Hook Promise Honored by the FBI

NEWTOWN, CT — The Federal Bureau of Investigation honored Sandy Hook Promise with their regional 2019 FBI Director's Community Leadership Award at a ceremony on Monday.

"SHP is being honored for its work in training over 6.5 million youths and adults nationwide in its proven Know the Signs programs that focus on prevention to help end the epidemic of gun violence by identifying at-risk behavior and intervening to get help before a tragedy can occur," officials from the nonprofit said in a release.

The award was given at the organization's Newtown headquarters on Church Hill Road. It marked the start of the group's annual National Youth Violence Prevention Week, intended to "raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence," according to its website.

Sandy Hook Promise was founded by family members who lost loved ones in the 2012 shooting of 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook School.