Central Oregon Mediation, Inc. (COM) is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1997 as the Community Dispute Resolution Program.  COM provided dispute resolution services to residents in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties.  Support comes from donations, fees for service, charitable foundations and government grants.

MISSION

Central Oregon Mediation, Inc.'s mission is to provide alternative dispute resolution services and education on conflict management skills to the citizens of Central Oregon.  Essentially, we help people with difficult conversations.

OUR MEDIATORS

We recruit and train volunteers to provide COM's mediation services.  Mediators also receive ongoing, advanced training.  We make every effort to provide bi-lingual mediators.

MEDIATION SERVICES

Mediation helps individual, businesses, neighbors and families with a variety of disputes providing a neutral setting to discuss important issues.  COM mediates:

• Neighbor Relationships
• Money Issues
• Workplace Conflict
• Consumer/Business Disputes
• Family/Relationship Conflicts
• Landlord/Tenant Disputes
• Manufactured Home Park Issues
• Land Use Disputes

FACILITATION AND OTHER SERVICES

Our staff and volunteer mediators will help facilitate group discussions and meetings.  We can design, organize and facilitate:

• Public Meetings
• Organizational and Board Retreats
• Business Meetings

COM also conducts the mediation program for Deschutes County Justice Court.  Litigants must attempt to resolve their disputes through mediation before proceeding to trial before a judge.