SPRINGFIELD — About four years ago, Breasia Mitchell was living at a women’s shelter in Holyoke. She had been in an abusive relationship for years, and shelter staff there referred her to a violence intervention program for young women and mothers at Roca.
The nonprofit agency addresses urban violence by working with victims and perpetrators across locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Baltimore, Maryland.
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