Federal grants to Roca Inc
Roca Inc in Chelsea, Massachusetts received $19.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 15 awards. Its largest program was Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative, with $6.0 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $2.0 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$19.8 million
- Awards15
- Awarded in FY 2025$2.0 million
- Largest award$5.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $494,230 |
| FY 2022 | 4 | $4.1 million |
| FY 2023 | 2 | $2.7 million |
| FY 2024 | 7 | $10.5 million |
| FY 2025 | 1 | $2.0 million |
Programs that fund Roca Inc
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | 3 | $6.0 million |
| Reentry Employment Opportunities | 1 | $5.1 million |
| Congressionally Recommended Awards | 5 | $4.0 million |
| STOP School Violence | 2 | $2.0 million |
| Services for Trafficking Victims | 1 | $949,920 |
| Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative | 1 | $749,993 |
| Preventing Trafficking of Girls | 1 | $499,736 |
| Community-Based Violence Prevention Program | 1 | $494,230 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | 14 | $14.7 million |
| Department of Labor | 1 | $5.1 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| See notice of award, attachment 1 - terms and conditions, attachment d, statement of work, abstract | Reentry Employment Opportunities | June 27, 2024 | $5.1 million |
| The roca boston community violence response project (CVRP) will expand violence intervention services to young people, specifically those most likely to shoot or be shot, including nonfatal shooting victims or witnesses known to be engaged in violence in thecommunity. The project will serve 225 high | Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | September 28, 2023 | $2.0 million |
| One of the most violent cities in our nation, in 2021, the city of baltimore experienced 332 homicides and 731 nonfatal shootings. Unfortunately, these high rates of shootings have remained stable for close to a decade. Once thought to be gang and/or neighborhood-based, today gun violence in baltimo | Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | September 29, 2022 | $2.0 million |
| The proposed project by roca, inc. Will use the ojp community based violence intervention and prevention initiative grant to expand violence intervention services for youth and young adult females between the ages of 14 and 24 who are the most likely to shoot or be shot in the Massachusetts cities o | Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative | January 16, 2025 | $2.0 million |
| In 2022, the city of baltimore experienced 333 homicides and 688 nonfatal shootings, making it the nations 5th most violent system. To address this challenge, roca baltimore is seeking support to operate a demonstration project designed to utilize a data driven approach to reduce shootings and suppo | Congressionally Recommended Awards | August 15, 2024 | $1.5 million |
| Through this grant, rocas central american youth program in partnership with lynn public schools, will engage over 100 young people per year through prevention services and provide intensive intervention to 50 of lynns highest risk 15-18-YEAR-OLD young people who are at the center of youth violence | STOP School Violence | September 26, 2024 | $1.0 million |
| In chelsea, Massachusetts, school and community-based violence are driven by a highly traumatized group of young people, many recent immigrants from central america. Roca has worked diligently over the past 34 years to create an effective response to violence prevention that helps young people addre | STOP School Violence | September 29, 2022 | $998,969 |
| The cognitive approach to reduce trafficking (CART) project by roca, inc. Will work intensively with youth and young adult females between the ages of 14 and 24 who are confirmed and suspected victims of trafficking in the Connecticut cities of hartford, east hartford, manchester, and new britain. R | Services for Trafficking Victims | September 24, 2024 | $949,920 |
| Managing trauma in corrections (MTC) is a demonstration project designed to address both the trauma faced by incarcerated individuals and the staff who are hired to work with them, helping to break the cycle of incarceration for our most heavily impacted residents. Mtc will address a growing need ac | Congressionally Recommended Awards | August 15, 2024 | $922,000 |
| Despite strong existing reentry efforts and behavioral health services in hampden county, ma, a group of high-risk, violent young offenders continues to demonstrate extremely violent behavior in the community, accompanied by disturbingly high recidivism rates. Many of these young people have and con | Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative | November 9, 2022 | $749,993 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Roca Inc get?
$19.8 million in 15 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Roca Inc the most?
The Department of Justice, with $14.7 million in 14 awards. The Department of Labor follow.
What is Roca Inc's largest federal grant?
$5.1 million under Reentry Employment Opportunities, with its first action in the period on June 27, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Roca Inc?
Its largest are Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative, Reentry Employment Opportunities and Congressionally Recommended Awards.
Other grant recipients in Chelsea
- Lawrence F Quigley Memorial Hospital Inc
- Chelsea Housing Authority
- Community Action Programs Inter-City Inc
- Massachusetts Environmental Police
- North Suffolk Community Services Inc.
- City of Chelsea
- City of Chelsea
- La Colaborativa, Inc.
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