Matthew McConaughey shares how his Greenlights Grant Initiative aims to make schools safer

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A week after a 14-year-old student allegedly opened fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia and killed four people, the issue of gun violence and school safety remains at the forefront of parents’ consciousness.

It’s an issue Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves McConaughey are on a mission to change.

Last July, the McConaugheys co-founded the Greenlights Grant Initiative in a bid to improve school safety by providing school districts with free grant writing services and information on grants, aimed at boosting mental health and security resources in schools.

The co-founders joined “Good Morning America” Tuesday to open up about the program’s successes and what they feel still needs to be done.

Read more at ABC News.

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