SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP ) - Roca, a non-profit organization, has been working for 37 years to help high-risk young women in Massachusetts find safety and stability.

"Over the past few years, we've seen a steep rise in female-perpetrated violence and incarceration," said Sunindiya Bhalla, Executive Vice President of Women and 2Gen at Roca.

Roca's three-year million-dollar intervention program is making a way to decrease the rise, despite the U.S Department of Justice deciding to terminate tens of millions of dollars in grant funding for community violence intervention programs.

State Representative Carlos González emphasized the importance of funding, stating, "This brings value to the work we do in the state house because we have to fight for funding."

In the last year, Roca Springfie

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