Roca is selected as a United Way of Massachusetts Bay Affiliate Agency.
The new Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Growth Fund chooses Roca as one of its three sites, resulting in a five-year, $2.1M investment.
Roca learn the practice of Peacemaking Circles from the Tagish Tlingit people in the Yukon Territories, and starts using it with program participants, staff, families, police, criminal justice agencies, community-based organizations and other community members. Roca becomes a key player in the restorative justice movement, advancing use of peacemaking circles in various settings.