Organizational Replication Work

Roca takes a unique approach to moving very high-risk young people out of violence and poverty. Roca doesnt wait for these young people to re-engage in society on their own. Left to their own devices, most never will. Instead, we go out and find them on the streets. We tell them the truth, teach them to trust, and help them learn and practice the skills needed to transform their lives and get on the path to achieving economic independence.

Intervention Model
Roca has developed and operates an Intervention Model designed to help the most high-risk young people break the destructive cycles of poverty, violence and perpetual incarceration. The Intervention Model pushes young people to identify, confront and overcome destructive behaviors and learn the skills needed to re-engage and succeed in society, education, and the economy.

Rocas Intervention Model is based the combined principles of cognitive restructuring, skills development, motivational interviewing, and transitional employment .
To the best of our knowledge, Rocas Intervention Model for very high-risk young people is the only full-time, long-term, behavioral change intervention delivered on the street, for this population, by a non-mandating authority.

Intervention Model
The Intervention Model is a cognitive-restructuring and skills development intervention, enabling young people to transform their lives and move toward the outcomes of economic independence (successfully keeping a job) and living out of harms way (with a primary focus of staying out of prison). Building off of our success to date and pulling from evidence-based practices in behavioral health, criminal justice and workforce development, the Intervention Model includes two years of intensive programming with two additional years of follow up for retention and sustainability.

Based on a framework for change used in medical and mental health fields, the Intervention Model has four core components: 1. relentless outreach, on-going and aggressive outreach and follow-up designed to meet young people where they are and build trust; 2. transformational relationships, an intensive case management model; 3. stage-based programming designed to increase young people ability to move toward economic independence through life skills, educational and prevocational, and employment programming; and, 4. work with engaged institutional partners, a partnership model with criminal justice, health, education, and other institutions to increase systemic capacity for intervention with very high risk young people and provision of needed supports.

Target Population
Roca seeks out the most difficult, challenging individuals for whom other programming has failed, and systematically works to establish positive, consistent relationships built on trust and respect. Rocas target population has become more focused over the past year. Through this business plan, Roca proposes to continue to focus the delivery of its Intervention Model to address the needs of 17-24 year old young men who demonstrate a strong propensity for violence, crime and/or adult incarceration, who are either: 1. 2. 3. aging out of the juvenile justice or juvenile probation systems; connected with the adult justice system; or, are high risk youth from the community being served.

Note: Roca will continue to serve high risk young women and young parents through its site in Chelsea as a secondary target population.

Participant Outcomes
Reduction in incarcerations and/or days of incarceration as tracked through violations and/or convictions of new crime; Increase in compliance with court-ordered conditions; and, Quantifiable movement towards economic independence through retained employment.

Rocas First Replication Springfield, MA

Launched in July 2010 Target Population:
Young Men 17 to 24 years of age No high school diploma or GED (unless they obtained their GED in prison) Felony charge on their record Limited or no work history Not ready, willing or able to participant in traditional jobs or programming

Rocas First Replication Springfield, MA

Site selected based on need and relationships in the community

Lead Government/Criminal Justice Partner: Hampden County Sheriff

Local Advisory Board
33 members focused on providing fundraising and support

Representation on Roca Board of Directors

Budget:
FY 11 - $475,000 FY 12 - $1,238,528 Raised $1 million before starting operations

Purchased and renovated building for program operations

Rocas First Replication Springfield, MA

Number of young people to be served
FY 11 Goal 50, Served 60 FY 12 Goal 100

Transitional Employment
2 basic transitional employment crews (14 slots) 8 advanced transitional employment slots

Operate full intervention model with identical programming to services offered in Chelsea site

Roca Springfield - Recruitment

Roca recruited young people for Roca Springfield through referrals from key partners including: The Hampden County Sheriffs Department, the Department of Youth Services, District and Superior Probation, Parole, and the Springfield Police Department. Additionally, young people were engaged through street outreach. Roca Springfield enrolled a total of 95 young people
60 of the 95 young people were identified as meeting the criteria for Intervention Model.
83% were retained in the Intervention Model Dismissal reasons included: incarceration for an extended period of time, moved out of geographic location, and unable to contact / locate.

100% men 17 to 24 years of age 52% African American, 40% Hispanic, 7% Bi/Multi Racial, 2% Other 87% street/court/gang involved, 85% high school drop outs, 45% young parents, 2% immigrants or refugees

Roca Springfield Year 1 Outcomes

Actual % Met contact standards (2 Actual Contacts per Week) % Attending Stage Based Programming % Attending programming at least monthly % Attending programming at least 2x/month % Attending programming at least 1x/week % Engaged in Life Skills/Engagement Programming % Engaged in Alternative Education/Pre-Voc Training % Had No New Arrests % Had No New Pregnancies 67% 90% 64% 44% 40% 88% 84% 72% 86%

Roca Springfield Year 1 Outcomes

Actual Basic Transitional Employment Programming # of participants enrolled # of participants still actively enrolled # in an active slot # in a bench slot # in a re-hire process Advanced Transitional Employment Programming # of participants enrolled # of participants still actively enrolled # in an advanced slot # in advanced replacement 2 2 2 0 36 36 7 21 8

Roca Organizational Growth Plan

Roca is in an early-stage growth for impact that meets the criteria of organizations that have demonstrated a significant level of effectiveness and are increasing their capacity for scale readiness. Roca is proposing to scale social impact through an increase in direct services and indirect influences through increases in: 1. the quantity of services and geography through expansion of services at our existing locations and through two additional program replications, growing from serving 795 to 1,630 young people per year the quality of services through expanding the organizations delivery capacities and demonstrating the Intervention Model as an evidence based practice; and,

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3. influencing public policy and practice through demonstrating alternative programming models, advocacy, the Roca engaged institution strategy, networks, and a knowledge development/sharing agenda.

To serve these young people most effectively, Roca will:

complete its transition to a two year Intervention Model with two years of follow up; expand to an additional two (2) sites within the next four (4) years through direct program replications; increase the number of young people served from 795 in FY 2012 to 1,630 in FY 2016; advocate for public funding sources to support its outcome-based work (this may include using financing tools such as pay for success and social impact bonds); demonstrate the model as evidence based, through an independent, comprehensive impact evaluation; build internal capacity to bring the intervention model to scale while ensuring fidelity to the model, through both internal capacity building and enhanced performance based management; and, develop a long term plan for scale and impact by FY 2015.

Organizational Growth: Service Capacity

EXPAND THE INTERVENTION MODEL TO SERVE STREET/COURT/GANG INVOLVED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND OUT OF WORK.
Increase the number of young people served through TRs from 795 to 1,630 CHELSEA/REVERE/EAST BOSTON Primary Target Population: Increase number of young people served at any given time from 225 young people in FY 2012 to 350 young people in FY 2016 Secondary Service Population: Reduce number of young people served at any given time from 290 young people in FY 2012 to 250 young people in FY 2016 Follow Up Services and Support: Increase number of young people served at any given time from 180 young people in FY 2012 to 380 young people in FY 2016 SPRINGFIELD Primary Target Population: Increase number of young people served at any given time from 100 young people in FY 2012 to 250 young people in FY 2016 Follow Up Services and Support: Increase number of young people served at any given time from 0 young people in FY 2012 to 225 young people in FY 2016

Organizational Growth: Service Capacity

Replicate the Intervention Model for Very High-risk Youth in two additional locations by FY 2016 serving an additional 325 young people Site 3 - Serving 275 young people by FY 2016 (150 in TR1/2, 125 in Follow Up) Site 4 - Serving 50 young people by FY 2016 (50 in TR1/2) Expand Rocas business development efforts, including internal capacity and partnerships, to create transitional and advanced transitional employment opportunities for young people in transformational relationships, ensuring 1 basic transitional employment slot per every 10 young people and 1advanced transitional employment slots per every 25 young people.

Preliminary Criteria for New Sites

1. Determine clear need for the program
Documented value proposition Clear mapping of institutions, programming and resources, as well as identified gaps

2. Develop appropriate finances to support start up and operations

Have commitment for $4M over 2- 3 year period and work crew contracts for the first two years Create a comprehensive development strategy that both addresses community needs and ensures long-term financial sustainability Viable capital plan (see #6)

Preliminary Criteria for New Sites

3. Identified and committed lead partners City/Government Leader Criminal Justice Leader 4. Have in place key secondary partners Additional key criminal justice partners Key providers either through contracts and/or referrals 5. Advisory Board with lead partners, business leaders, and other key supporters
Purpose to raise funds and assist in leveraging work contracts, provide support and introductions, and advocate for the organization At least one of the members will also be on the Roca Board of Directors

Preliminary Criteria for New Sites

6. A place to be (physical place) and clear capital campaign strategy
Place to start working prior to completion of capital project Capital Project
Approximately 5,000 square feet for the building with additional space for parking Located in an accessible place for the majority of the target population and on public transportation routes with consideration for gang neutrality Preliminary interest in funding capital project

7. Organizational capacity to support planning, start-up and then implementation phases clarified and in place
Time needed by senior staff have preliminary determination, will need to review Review of Springfield start-up strengths and challenges, time, training, fiscal and development department time, etc. Complete talent analysis and training plan for management Determine appropriate independent evaluation strategy