Many at-risk, young, pregnant women saved from spiraling by Roca, Tufts report says
December 11, 2025
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.”