Tag: Data and Outcomes
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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