Roca’s Young Women’s Program is built specifically for young women and mothers ages 14–24 who are facing profound and ongoing trauma, experiencing violence and victimization, and have complex systems involvement.
We serve young women at extraordinary risk of community and domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, and help them find safety. Most programs cannot or will not serve young women who lack the readiness, stability, and compliance to engage on their own, but Roca builds transformational relationships that keep young women engaged long enough to learn new skills, practice, fail, and try again.
2025 Highlights
415 YOUNG WOMEN, most of whom are young mothers, Served IN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT
84% RETAINED IN THE MODEL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Engagement
44,497 Relentless Outreach Efforts
91% engaged in cognitive behavioral theory (rewire CBT)
COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES
Enrolled 18 months or longer
100% improved in behavioral health
89% improved emotional regulation
CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT
Enrolled 24 months or longer
58% HAD A HISTORY OF ARRESTS but 98% Had No New Arrests
100% were not incarcerated for new charges
*Massachusetts and Connecticut, Fiscal 2025
2025
Roca Young Women
At-A-Glance
Young Families
$1,000 funds 25 hours of case management and public systems navigation for young parents and children