Tag: Data and Outcomes
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January 23, 2026
How well is CT meeting the needs of incarcerated young women?
More than two years ago, on the heels of allegations of abuse and neglect at a girls’ group home, the Connecticut legislature instructed a group of experts to study services available for girls involved with the juvenile justice system. Now, recent data from the state Judicial Branch has renewed questions about the availability and effectiveness of programs designed to meet the unique challenges young women face in incarceration.
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December 11, 2025
Many at-risk, young, pregnant women saved from spiraling by Roca, Tufts report says
When a friend introduced Nyajea to Roca, a violence intervention program, she wasn’t interested. “I didn’t want anything to do with any programs,“ she said at an event Roca held on Tuesday at the State House. Nyajea, 22, did not disclose her last name at the event. “I’d had enough as a child being removed from my parents’ custody, going into group homes and then running away. … But my friend knew I was not in a healthy relationship and would need help.”
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December 4, 2025
How Roca’s intervention program is helping drive Baltimore’s homicide decline
Former participants now help mentor young men navigating trauma, retaliation and gun violence.
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December 4, 2025
Baltimore City marks 7 years of Roca violence reduction strategy for male youth
City leaders in Baltimore gathered to honor the 7th year since the release of Roca, a program that aims to train young men to disrupt the cycle of violence.
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December 4, 2025
Baltimore leaders tout Roca’s life-saving success in the community
Baltimore leaders are praising the impact of a program that has helped hundreds of young people escape the path of violence.
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December 4, 2025
Roca Baltimore marks 7 years of violence intervention, changing lives
Baltimore leaders recognized progress made by an organization working to transform the lives of young people, empowering them with skills needed to make lasting behavioral change.
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May 1, 2025
Baltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trends
Baltimore ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory, as looming cuts to federal grants threaten gun violence prevention programs.
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May 23, 2023
Anti-violence program shows promise in first four years in Baltimore
When youth workers from the anti-violence program Roca first knocked on Sheldon Smith-Gray’s door in 2018, he thought it might be the police. He was “outside” at the time — “whatever you can think of, I was doing it, for sure,” he said in an interview Wednesday — and it took him about a year before he bought into Roca’s process 100%.
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May 31, 2017
Grant Makers, Put Results First in Deciding How to Give
In New York City, the social-service organization BRC saw its shelter clients rapidly returning to homelessness because they could not keep up with rising rental costs. So BRC decided to…
From: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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April 23, 2017
Roca Springfield working to help ex-convicts see a life beyond jail
At the risk of sounding cliched, Daniel Almodovar-Vazquez said he is turning his life around. After spending his teens going between…
From: MassLive
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April 18, 2017
Pay-for-Success in Action
Preventing recidivism among formerly incarcerated youth is a difficult challenge, but pay-for-success approaches like this one are beginning…
From: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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March 16, 2017
Roca’s Work in The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Tykeam Jackson’s mellow voice and warm smile give little hint of how the 21-year-old spent his youth: in and out of juvenile detention and jails, leading…
From: The Associated Press
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October 28, 2014
Antiviolence program by Roca expands into Boston
From: Boston Globe
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October 5, 2014
Social impact bonds: Getting better at doing good
From: Boston Globe
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October 25, 2013
New Data Shows High-Risk Young Men in Roca Model Avoid New Arrests & Violations, Retain Jobs
From: Corrections.com
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January 1, 2012
Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving Disconnected Youth
From: American Youth Policy Forum
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September 30, 2003
Achieving Better Outcomes in New Zealand Through Collaboration: Perspectives from the United States. State Services Commission of New Zealand
From: Working paper