The Senate unanimously approved Sen. Sharon Brown’s bill to implement the Youth Empowered to Speak-up (YES) program statewide. Second Substitute Senate Bill 5327 would create a tip-line mobile app to allow students to confidentially report potential self-harm or...
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Senate passes Brown measure to create youth safety tip line
Isolation, depression, and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent social unrest are driving some teens to take their own lives, but the state Senate isn’t sitting idly by. Senator Sharon Brown’s bill that would create a tip-line and mobile app to allow...
AUDIO: Senate passes Brown’s measure to create youth-safety tip line
Isolation, depression, and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent social unrest are driving some teens to take their own lives, but the state Senate isn’t sitting idly by. Tracy Ellis explains.
VIDEO: Youth Empowered to Speak-up: Tip line for those in need
Washington State Senator Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, discusses her efforts to implement the Youth Empowered to Speak-up program statewide. Here legislation, Senate Bill 5327, would create a tip line to allow students to confidentially report potential self-harm or...