COMMUNITY MEDIATION SERVICES

Community Mediation
CMS provides mediation services to disputing parties involved in a variety of neighborhood, business, and community conflicts. Typical problems may involve barking dog complaints, contract disputes, business/patron complaints, minor assaults, harassment, etc.

Family Mediation (Parenting Plan)
CMS provides child custody/visitation mediation services to divorcing/separating parents. By using mediation, parents are able to develop a parenting plan that reflects the best interests of the children.

Victim-Offender Mediation
This program is designed to allow juvenile offenders to meet with their victims to develop a restitution plan. One of the goals of this program is to help the offender feel empathy for victims.

Peer Mediation in Schools
CMS assists schools in implementing a Peer Mediation Program in which student mediators help other students to peacefully resolve their disputes. CLICK HERE for more information.

Truancy Mediation
This process allows the student and his/her parent and/or guardian to meet with a mediator and the lead attendance/truancy officer at the Public Safety Building. The purpose of the mediation is to review and confirm the student’s attendance status and determine what can be done to resolve matters that prevent the student from attending school and/or arriving on time. CLICK HERE for more information.