Consumer Fraud Mediation: Assists in resolving disputes or complaints filed by individual consumers concerning their purchases.

VR Behavioral Health Services has a certified divorce mediator and fellow with the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. They can provide collaborative mediation and coaching for couples interested in moving through their divorce in an effective and efficient way that causes the least amount of emotional and financial damage. Along with divorce and separation mediation, they also provide general mediation for all types of situations in which two parties cannot come to a joint decision on several issues, but would rather settle outside of the court setting. These situations may include; business deals, neighborhood issues, small claims damages, juvenile rehabilitation, inheritance settlements, etc.

Offers the following dispute resolution services:

- Mediation - Mediation can be a less expensive alternative to litigation. Typically mediation occurs between both parents and a neutral mediator.

- Parenting Coordination - Parenting coordination is a child-centered option for resolving common or day-to-day conflicts between divorced parents. Not only does this service help resolve disputes between parents without the need to go to court, it also gives parents tools and techniques to work together and find child-focused solutions to their conflicts.

- Neutral Evaluation - The goal of neutral evaluation is to improve communication between disputing parties and provide everyone with a better understanding of important issues. During this process, a neutral expert assesses the case and works to understand each party.

Dispute resolution professionals assist individuals and families in reaching mutually acceptable agreements to resolve conflict through the use of mediation. Cases most often mediated include parenting plans, divorce settlements, neighbor-to-neighbor disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, business and consumer matters, educational concerns, work-place disputes, Small Claims Court, etc. Also provides group/meeting facilitation and conflict resolution skills training.

Offers farmers and ranchers mediation as an effective means to resolve agricultural disputes. The mediation process maintains confidentiality, fosters positive relationships, allows participants a voice in the solution and is cost effective.

Free one-on-one clinics are held monthly at various sites throughout Nebraska. Professionals provide education and resources on mediation, farm finances, legal matters, farm succession planning and USDA farm programs.

Handles complaints of unlawful discrimination or sexual harassment.

Human relations education.

Mediation for any level of conflict resolution.

Team building exercises.

Provides community-led mediation services to members of the community who are in a disagreement or dispute. Both parties share their side of the story and explore possible solutions. DRI equips local community members with the tools needed to resolve their specific problems and helps coordinate mediators with cases. Works with landlords and tenants, families, members of faith communities, small claims, and businesses.

Provides community-led mediation services to members of the community who are in a disagreement or dispute. Both parties share their side of the story and explore possible solutions. DRI equips local community members with the tools needed to resolve their specific problems and helps coordinate mediators with cases. Works with landlords and tenants, families, members of faith communities, small claims, and businesses.

A private, confidential, cooperative and voluntary process in which an impartial team helps individuals resolve and settle issues.

Provides professional services to defuse family conflicts that can lead to family abduction, child abuse, and the sense of hopelessness that can cause children to run away.

Offers crisis intervention, conflict management, communication/parenting skill-building, safety planning, and more.

Information & Referral services provide additional options and resources regarding legal assistance, financial challenges, child support, kinship care, domestic violence, child abuse, youth-at-risk and other issues related to child well-being.

Services provided via phone or online.

Helps with parenting after a separation or divorce, offering joint parenting sessions at no cost to any Iowa parents.

Sessions are designed to help parents find common ground, reduce conflict, improve communication and design a communication plan, resolve parenting disputes, craft parenting plans.

Offers a unique child-centered approach helps keep kids out of the middle and helps parents make progress.

Kids First serves as a neutral exchange location for parents who need help exchanging their children peacefully.

Provides a child-friendly environment that ensures a smooth transition for children from one parent to the other without the parents meeting. Kids First also coaches parents so they can work toward having conflict-free exchanges on their own. Exchanges are free.

Mediation Services including Family (divorce,child custody/visitation, parenting plans), Intergenerational issues (elder care - daily or long term care, guardianship/power
of attorney, financial issues, visitation of grandchildren), Restorative justice - victim/offender, Business and Consumer matters, Employment and work place concerns, Landlord/Tenant disputes, Special education, and Other civil matters.

Large and small group facilitation.

Parent education workshop for parents experiencing divorce or have custody/visitation issues.

Family group conferencing.

Conflict resolution training.

Mediation provides an impartial and neutral professional to help parties negotiate differences or disputes when dealing with various issues.

Provides a neutral third party to facilitate discussion between the parties and aids them in making their own settlement decisions. - For issues including but not limited to: - Landlord-tenant -Neighbor issues such as noise, trash, parking, or pets, -Small businesses and workplace issues between coworkers

Provide a neutral third party who is acceptable to all parties to a dispute, facilitates discussion between the parties and aids them in making their own settlement decisions.

This family mediation helps resolve disputed issues for parents involved in family court litigations while affording privacy in a non-biased atmosphere. It is designed to empower parents of minor children so they can become their child's best and most effective parent.

Provides mediation services to members of the community who need help managing a conflict. Mediations take place in a location that is mutually agreeable to all parties and are facilitated by two trained volunteer mediators

Offers Polk County residents several programs if they qualify as an alternative to the justice system.

MEDIATION is a confidential and "out-of-court" procedure which gives parties involved in a dispute a chance to meet and, with the help of a mediator, reach a resolution or agreement.

TRUANCY COURT PROGRAM is a joint effort between the Polk County Attorney's Office, the Des Moines Public Schools and the Polk County District Court to reach the parents of truant children between the ages of 6 to 16 years before the filing of formal charges.

VOD, or Victim-Offender Dialogue, offers crime victims the opportunity to confront offenders in a controlled setting with the assistance of a trained facilitator.

CHILD WELFARE MEDIATION assists parents and other involved adults in developing cooperative solutions for children and families.

YOUTHFUL OFFENDER PROGRAM uses a community approach to the rehabilitation of youthful offenders and is designed as an alternative for targeted offenders to divert them from prison sentences or ineffective probation sentences by providing programming in the areas needed.

JUVENILE DIVERSION SHOPLIFTING PROGRAM is for youth involved with the juvenile court system that meet with a facilitator, program staff and an individual from a volunteering business within the community to hear the impact Theft has on the community as a whole.

JUVENILE FIRE DIVERSION PROGRAM is to enable youth to understand the costs and dangers that exist with fire starting behavior by choosing better options besides fire starting. Youth will meet with a Fire Chief and complete some form of restitution that is mutually decided during a mediation with the chief.

VOLUNTARY PAYMENT PLANS and wage assignments are for those that don't qualify for LRP or who have court debt that is not traffic related. Staff will assist setting up a payment plan to get them off probation and their vehicle(s) registered.

COLLECTIONS FOR VICTIM RESTITUTION for Polk County victims who have been victimized by a crime, restitution has been ordered but payments are not being made.

Center For Conflict Resolution (CCR) provides free and flexible mediation services. Mediation is a voluntary process in which two or more parties involved in a dispute work with an impartial party, the mediator, to generate their own solutions in settling their conflict. Unlike a judge or an arbitrator whose decisions subject one party to win and the other party to lose, mediation is about finding a solution that works for both parties. Services are available online or in-person.

Greenlight Family Services offers mediation services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and foster parents who are in disagreement with the caseworker assigned to their child. These disagreements can be about subsidy payments, visitation, service plans, and much more. Greenlight contracts independent mediators who are not affiliated with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Offers free mortgage counseling for homeowners and will help with a third-party mediation to help get modifications on home loans. Works in conjunction with Iowa Legal Aid if legal services are needed during the advocacy process.

Greenlight Family Services offers mediation services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and foster parents who are in disagreement with the caseworker assigned to their child. These disagreements can be about subsidy payments, visitation, service plans, and much more. Greenlight contracts independent mediators who are not affiliated with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Lawndale Christian Legal Center hosts Peace Circles, a practice of restorative justice that helps to holistically address issues and resolve conflicts.

Greenlight Family Services offers mediation services to adoptive parents, birth parents, and foster parents who are in disagreement with the caseworker assigned to their child. These disagreements can be about subsidy payments, visitation, service plans, and much more. Greenlight contracts independent mediators who are not affiliated with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.