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December 16, 2022
First graduate of groundbreaking post-conviction program gets a chance at redemption
In September 2021, Carlton Ford was led into Springfield District Court in handcuffs. He had just spent 18 months in jail after police found him sleeping in his car with a loaded gun. He could have pleaded guilty and accepted the felony, walking out of the court on time served. Instead, Ford chose a more arduous path that isn’t open to most young men incarcerated in the United States.
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December 6, 2022
Prince William and Kate continue Boston tour
The Prince and Princess of Wales focused on their passion, visiting local organizations that support their communities. Perhaps the engagement that encompassed most of Will and Kate’s interests was Roca, which has supported vulnerable young people for almost 35 years.
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December 2, 2022
Prince William’s and Princess Kate’s Visit to Roca Continues the Legacy of Princess Diana
We wish to extend a warm welcome to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince William and Princess Catherine, in anticipation of their visit to Chelsea today (Thursday) where they will stop in at the offices of Roca at 101 Park St. in Chelsea Square.
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December 2, 2022
Roca, the Chelsea nonprofit working to prevent violence, gets a royal visit
British royals Prince William and Princess Kate are in Boston this week for the Earthshot Prize, which gives million-dollar grants to people doing important work and environmentalism. During their trip, the Royals will visit Roca, which is based in Chelsea and works to fight poverty, racism and teen violence. Roca’s founder and CEO Molly Baldwin joined GBH’s Morning Edition co-hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel to talk about the upcoming visit.
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December 2, 2022
Smiling Prince William poses for photo with reformed ex-convict at Boston youth center as local man who suffered horrific childhood and addiction issues hails ‘sweet, respectful’ Wales’
Jonathan Williams posed for the snap with William as the Prince of Wales and wife Kate Middleton visited Roca in Boston. The center works to steer disadvantaged young people away from violence. Williams got a job there after turning his life around. Also impressed with the royal couple was Matthew Quinton, 24, who overcame an extremely-deprived childhood.
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December 2, 2022
‘A gift beyond gifts’: Prince and Princess of Wales spotlight grassroots community outreach at visit to Roca
Amid the buzz and bustle of a whirlwind visit to greater Boston centered on the question of how the world can address climate change, William and Kate’s low-profile, hour-long tour of Roca was an effort to spotlight the organization’s innovative approach to rehabilitation and combatting urban gun violence, grounded in the brain science behind trauma and its impact on the developing mind.
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November 21, 2022
Roca expanding violence prevention efforts to Dundalk, Essex in Baltimore County
The outreach nonprofit Roca Baltimore is extending its work beyond city borders to Essex and Dundalk young men whose lives have been shaken by violence and incarceration.
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November 21, 2022
Olszewski announces new partnership pilot with Roca to expand youth violence prevention efforts into Baltimore County
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski joined local partners and leaders at Roca Baltimore to announce a new pilot partnership to expand the organization’s youth violence intervention efforts into Baltimore County.
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November 21, 2022
‘They’re not criminals’: Roca Baltimore expanding into Essex
A program designed to save young people from lives filled with violence already has a track record in Baltimore. Now it is going to expand to Baltimore County.
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November 21, 2022
Leaders look to reduce crime in Baltimore County through Roca program
Baltimore County is getting some help in its efforts to try and reduce crime among youth and young adults.
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November 21, 2022
‘These young people matter.’ Anti-violence program Roca to expand into southeastern Baltimore County
The teens and young men in southeastern Baltimore County most at risk of killing or being killed are the target of an initiative set to expand to beyond the city’s borders for the first time in Maryland.
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October 27, 2022
ROCA Springfield holds open house to show support towards local youth
ROCA Springfield held an open house Monday to highlight its support for young men and women in the area.
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October 27, 2022
Roca Springfield hosts open house event in Springfield
State leaders and local law enforcement were at Monday’s open house at Roca Springfield, highlighting what the non-profit does to help young people at risk.
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October 13, 2022
On the Move
Dwight Robson Joins Roca, Inc. as Executive Vice President of Operations
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October 4, 2022
Roca was awarded $2 million to expand violence intervention and deepen outreach
Roca Baltimore has been awarded a $2 million grant in an effort to expand violence intervention and deepen outreach on non-fatal shootings in Baltimore. The grant is part of a national violence intervention announcement from the Department of Justice’s Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
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October 4, 2022
U.S. Justice Department awards nearly $5.5 million to violence intervention groups in Baltimore
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs on Thursday announced grant awards totaling $100 million to help communities across the U.S. reduce gun crime and other serious violence. Department officials made the announcement during a visit to Baltimore.
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October 4, 2022
3 Baltimore violence-intervention programs split $5M in federal funds
The funding announced Thursday will go to Roca, the Black Mental Health Alliance and to Living Classrooms. The DOJ said it’s impressed with the results of the programs and the overall collaborative approach the city is taking to fight crime, so the money will be used to expand their efforts in and around Baltimore City.
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September 15, 2022
Baystate Medical Center, Roca Springfield Create Hospital-Based Violence-Intervention Program
SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Medical Center and Roca Springfield are launching a first-in-the-region hospital-based violence-intervention program called Better Tomorrow to serve as a vital public-health response to violence in local communities.
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August 16, 2022
El nuevo director de Roca quiere romper el ciclo de los jóvenes en riesgo
Como el nuevo director de Roca en el oeste de Massachusetts, Solomon Baymon espera generar conciencia y crear conexiones comunitarias para mantener a los adultos jóvenes en riesgo fuera de las prisiones en las que él solía trabajar.
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August 16, 2022
Roca director Solomon Baymon strives to keep youth out of the prisons where he used to work
As the new director of Roca in Western Massachusetts, Solomon Baymon hopes to build awareness and create community connections to keep at-risk young adults out of the prisons he used to work in.
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August 15, 2022
Look at me now
Using neuroscience to help at-risk kids — and change Maryland’s juvenile justice system.
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June 30, 2022
Grupo busca rescatar a jóvenes de pandillas en Boston
La ciudad de Boston inauguró este miércoles las nuevas oficinas de Roca, una organización sin fines de lucro que rescata a los jóvenes de la violencia.
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June 21, 2022
Roca, a group aimed at violence intervention for women, opens in Greater Hartford
Leaders and advocates gathered together for the official opening of Roca in Hartford.
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May 11, 2022
IDEAS WE SHOULD STEAL: REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE WITH COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY
A program in Massachusetts and Baltimore trains shooters to refrain from shooting by literally changing their minds.
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April 13, 2022
Roca: Relentless pursuit and building trust
JT Timpson speaks on Baltimore’s NPR station, WYPR, about what it takes to work with Baltimore’s young men and Roca’s new partnership with the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
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April 7, 2022
To Stem the Tide of Violence, Look to Medicaid
Roca Baltimore leaders urge Maryland to seize the opportunity to do more to help young people at the center of urban violence.
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March 24, 2022
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services partners with Roca
BALTIMORE — The Maryland DJS will partner with the Roca Impact Institute to focus on adolescent brain science, the impact of trauma on kids’ brains, and cognitive behavioral theory (CBT).
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February 17, 2022
Roca Holyoke And Springfield
This Unique Program Proves That Meaningful, Lasting Change is Possible
SPRINGFIELD/HOLYOKE
By: GEORGE O’BRIEN
February 17, 2022 | BusinessWest
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