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Speaker 1: This pilot program focuses on young mothers experiencing acute trauma.

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Speaker 1: It's run by the local nonprofit group Rocca. State lawmakers

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Speaker 1: were briefed on the progress of the program by Cnindia

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Speaker 1: Bala with Rocca, who talked about the focus of the program.

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Speaker 2: Everybody needs and deserves the chance. Everybody needs and deserves

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Speaker 2: a chance to be the young women and moms they

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Speaker 2: want to be. Some need more support than others, but

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Speaker 2: we see the resilience the hope in everybody and we

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Speaker 2: want to help them get there.

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Speaker 1: Lawmakers learn that around three hundred at risk young mothers

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Speaker 1: have been served by the program and many are seeing

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Speaker 1: reductions in depression, PTSD symptoms and levels of domestic violence.

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Speaker 1: From the State House Carl Stevens WBC Boston's News Radio