Roca Inc

Roca is an independent, private non-profit working in 22 communities across Massachusetts to provide a cognitive behavioral intervention to young people at the center of urban violence with the goal of helping young people move out of violence and poverty.?? We work with individual young men and young mothers to support long term behavior change and move towards the long term goals of getting and keeping a job, staying out of prison and delaying subsequent pregnancies until the age of 24.

Roca is a fast-paced, data-driven, and relentless organization that serves over 1,200 high-risk young people every year. Through our unique intervention model, Roca proves that young people who are often feared, forgotten, and left out, can in fact build safe, stable, and hopeful lives. At Roca, we believe that every young person matters and that with enough time and the right opportunities, change is possible. Roca???s strong outcomes and thousands of graduates are the proof that less jail is more future and that progress happens with work. Established in Chelsea, MA in 1988, Roca now has additional sites in Boston, Springfield, Lynn, and Holyoke, MA, and in Baltimore, MD.