Roca’s Mission is to Disrupt the Cycle of Incarceration and Poverty by Helping Young People Transform Their Lives.
How we do it?
Programs
High-Risk Young Men Program
Roca helps young men leave streets and gangs and go to work
High-Risk Young Mothers Program
Roca helps young mothers get out of violence, go to work and care for their children
News
Trading gangs and guns for a future
October 10, 2017
Hakeem Jackson doesn’t mince words. “Just a couple of years ago I was shooting at people,” he says. A wiry 20-year-old with an affable bearing, Jackson is sitting at the…
From: CommonWealth Magazine
The Business of Changing Lives – Allison Weiner, 2017 Farber Intern
October 5, 2017
I had the privilege of working this summer at Roca, a Massachusetts-based organization that for 30 years has worked to break the cycle of…
From: REDF Farber Blog Series
When Crime Data Becomes Politicized
September 29, 2017
Thomas Abt, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School, discusses how politicking gets in the way of implementing workable solutions…
From: On The Media, WNYC
Chelsea, MA named 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize Winner
September 20, 2017
To begin to understand Chelsea, Massachusetts, take a drive from the McArdle Bridge down Marginal Street, past…
From: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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