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
State lawmakers hear issues juveniles face while incarcerated
March 20, 2019
A panel of juvenile justice advocates met with state lawmakers Monday. Four young adults who served time in the Massachusetts House of Corrections…
FROM: WWLP 22 News
The Tragedy of Baltimore
March 20, 2019
On April 27, 2015, Shantay Guy was driving her 13-year-old son home across Baltimore from a doctor’s appointment when something — a rock, a brick, she wasn’t sure what — hit her car…
FROM: NYT Magazine & ProPublica
Roca workers race against the clock to change violent Baltimore boys
March 1, 2019
A report by the Roca organization on its first six months in Baltimore reveals how persistence, a key ingredient of the program, might pay off. It also shows…
FROM: Baltimore Sun
Task force weighs raising juvenile court age
March 1, 2019
Eleven years later, he’s gone through both the Department of Youth Services and, starting at 19, the Middlesex House of Correction. He has perspective…
FROM: CommonWealth Magazine
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