Mediation is offered as an informal, constructive way of resolving disputes. You and the person (or people) you disagree with sit down with a person who’s neutral (the mediator), and the mediator helps you find a solution you can live with. The session is private, and reaching agreement is voluntary (you can back out of the process at any time). If you resolve your dispute, the agreement is really yours. The mediator only helps you look at the problem in new ways – ways that may offer more options than just one person winning or losing. The mediator’s role is to establish an atmosphere that will allow you to communicate openly, but safely and effectively, so that you can find solutions to disputes you thought were insoluble – solutions you might not otherwise have been able to think of.

Offers dispute resolution and mediation services.

Provides mediation and conflict resolution services for school truancy and interpersonal disputes involving juvenile cases, domestic relation cases and civil cases in Clark County and surrounding counties upon request.

Provides dissolution, legal separation, annulments, divorce, and all non-criminal domestic violence, the court also hears matters involving child custody, visitation, child and spousal support are also under the jurisdiction of the Domestic Relations Court, which is a division of the Court of Common Pleas

Mediation is a process utilized throughout the continuum of Court services from early prevention to re-entry from Department of Youth Services to promote reconciliation, settlement, or compromise. The emphasis is on facilitating a dialogue that allows each party to discuss the full impact of the conflict, to assist each other's common humanity, despite the conflict. Mediation is a facilitated process, supporting individuals working together to develop their own solutions and to assume responsibility for arriving at an agreement. Mediation services offered: Truancy Mediation Parent/Child Mediation Youth/Youth Mediation School/Family Mediation Victim/Offender Mediation

Provides mediation services for the court. Where deemed appropriate, civil cases filed in the General Division may be referred to mediation in an attempt to avoid the need for formal litigation. Mediations are conducted by court staff and trained community volunteers under the supervision of the Administrative Assistant of the Self Help Center and Dispute Resolution Department. Does not mediate criminal or domestic relations cases.

Provides conciliation, mediation and arbitration for marketplace disputes between customers and businesses.

Focuses university and community resources on the solution of real problems and the development of public and civic leadership capacities.

Provides formal or informal mediation to either tenant or landlord.

Mediates fee disputes against lawyers with offices in Portage County. The committee will review and assign an attorney familiar with the type of case in which the fee dispute arose. The assigned attorney will try to mediate a resolution of the dispute between the petitioner/client and the attorney.

Provide Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention services to Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; 24/7 2-1-1 Information and Referral access for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties and after hours for Ashtabula and Lake Counties; after hours link to various agencies in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; support groups for Survivors of Suicide; Senior Line; housing assistance and payee programs; Intensive Guardian Program; Recovery Services (Mahoning and Trumbull counties); Victim's Assistance; Community Center (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties); Special Navigator for Families with Special Needs.

Provide Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention services to Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; 24/7 2-1-1 Information and Referral access for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties and after hours for Ashtabula and Lake Counties; after hours link to various agencies in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; support groups for Survivors of Suicide; Senior Line; housing assistance and payee programs; Intensive Guardian Program; Recovery Services (Mahoning and Trumbull counties); Victim's Assistance; Community Center (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties); Special Navigator for Families with Special Needs.

Offers mediation or arbitration services for consumers and businesses to resolve disputes involving the purchase of a product or service.

Mediation is offered as an informal, constructive way of resolving disputes. You and the person (or people) you disagree with sit down with a person who’s neutral (the mediator), and the mediator helps you find a solution you can live with. The session is private, and reaching agreement is voluntary (you can back out of the process at any time). If you resolve your dispute, the agreement is really yours. The mediator only helps you look at the problem in new ways – ways that may offer more options than just one person winning or losing. The mediator’s role is to establish an atmosphere that will allow you to communicate openly, but safely and effectively, so that you can find solutions to disputes you thought were insoluble – solutions you might not otherwise have been able to think of.

The Mediation Center helps to prevent conflict through; prevention education & activities, conflicts mediated by third parties, and training people to serve as mediators to help resolve conflicts. The program assists parties in resolving conflicts in the areas of: *Civil Conflict*Divorce *Parent-Child Conflict *Employee Disputes *Parenting -Visitation. *Business. *Abuse-Neglect-Dependency cases. *Juvenile-Juvenile.*Victim-Offender. *Neighbor issues. *Other mediation issues on an as request basis.

Provide Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention services to Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; 24/7 2-1-1 Information and Referral access for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties and after hours for Ashtabula and Lake Counties; after hours link to various agencies in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; support groups for Survivors of Suicide; Senior Line; housing assistance and payee programs; Intensive Guardian Program; Recovery Services (Mahoning and Trumbull counties); Victim's Assistance; Community Center (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties); Special Navigator for Families with Special Needs.

Provides conciliation, mediation and arbitration for marketplace disputes between customers and businesses.

Provide Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention services to Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; 24/7 2-1-1 Information and Referral access for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties and after hours for Ashtabula and Lake Counties; after hours link to various agencies in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; support groups for Survivors of Suicide; Senior Line; housing assistance and payee programs; Intensive Guardian Program; Recovery Services (Mahoning and Trumbull counties); Victim's Assistance; Community Center (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties); Special Navigator for Families with Special Needs.

Provides a continuum of related services and are often interrelated. -Mediation Mediation is an alternate method of dispute resolution. PWH mediation is facilitated by a trained mediator and parties are guided to solve problems and reach agreements. The goal is that they create a self-determined, personalized agreement – one that they are comfortable with and feel a sense of ownership and commitment to. Our Mediation services focuses mainly on co-parenting issues. -Parenting Plan Development PWH works with parties to create a detailed Parenting Plan. Families may already have a plan that is part of a ivorce decree or other court action, or they may not have yet established any plan. Either way, PWH is able to work with families to establish a realistic working agreement, identify problem areas and/or create an agreed upon modification. PWH’s parenting plan development process is accomplished through a twopronged approach including both education and mediation skills. Plan development can result from the mediation, or ongoing case management processes; it can also be done as a stand-alone process. Parenting plan development through PWH addresses more than the normal court ordered components (residence, holidays, time-sharing, etc.). PWH starts with a worksheet/exploration of potential areas of disagreement (i.e., discipline & rules, first haircut, transportation, religious upbringing, extracurriculars, stepparent involvement, parent teacher conference attendance, etc. etc.) and from this creates a very individualized planning process for the family. The finished child-centered plan will outline the roles, responsibilities and parameters of co-parenting relationships. -Parenting Coordination Parenting Coordination is an advanced dispute resolution process where in high-conflict parties, by order of a court or official arrangement agree to work with a trained Parenting Coordinator. The PC assists parents in the implementation of and compliance with their parenting plan. They help resolve conflicts in a timely manner first by a mediation approach but when no agreement is reached, the PC has actual decision-making authority on some aspect of the case. The goal is to resolve issues in a timely manner, reduce litigation, protect children who may be at risk for harm due to exposure to ongoing conflict between parents. The process is designed to focus on the children’s needs; not on the parents' demands or dislike of one another. The process keeps children out of the middle and protects and sustains safe, healthy and meaningful parent-hild relationships

Offers mediation services. Services include civil disputes, small claims court mediation, rent escrow and private mediation.

Provide Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention services to Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; 24/7 2-1-1 Information and Referral access for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties and after hours for Ashtabula and Lake Counties; after hours link to various agencies in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; support groups for Survivors of Suicide; Senior Line; housing assistance and payee programs; Intensive Guardian Program; Recovery Services (Mahoning and Trumbull counties); Victim's Assistance; Community Center (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties); Special Navigator for Families with Special Needs.

Provide Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention services to Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; 24/7 2-1-1 Information and Referral access for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties and after hours for Ashtabula and Lake Counties; after hours link to various agencies in Mahoning, Columbiana, Trumbull and Ashtabula Counties; support groups for Survivors of Suicide; Senior Line; housing assistance and payee programs; Intensive Guardian Program; Recovery Services (Mahoning and Trumbull counties); Victim's Assistance; Community Center (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties); Special Navigator for Families with Special Needs.

Mediation of ongoing court cases as nominated by the Judges or party's attorneys.

Offers mediation or arbitration services for consumers and businesses to resolve disputes involving the purchase of a product or service. Clients must first file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and if the complaint process does not produce satisfactory results, the case is then eligible for mediation/arbitration.

Court program that provide a neutral third person who is acceptable to all parties to a dispute who facilitates discussion between the parties and aids them in making their own settlement decisions.

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