Overview

• Schools  Providing students, families, teachers, and administrators with safe, inclusive and effective ways to prevent and respond to conflict and violence.
• Juvenile Justice  Holding young offenders accountable for their actions; giving victims a voice; and including everyone in deciding how to resolve the incident.
• Neighborhoods  Engaging neighbors to collectively resolve ongoing conflicts.
• Auto Theft  Providing an effective community-based response to juvenile auto theft cases (as approved by the MD State's Attorney's Office for diversion from court).
• Serious Crimes Conferencing  Providing families of victims, offenders and supporters an opportunity for understanding, healing, and finding a way to move forward.
• Workplaces  Engaging employees in ways that increase productivity, improve communication, and constructively address conflict.
• Returning from Prison  Helping people returning from prison confront the social and emotional impact of incarceration and re/develop vital support networks as they re-enter families and communities.
• Returning from Military Service  Assisting soldiers and their families re/establish vital supports as they deal with the social and emotional impact of serving in the war.
• For Law Enforcement  Our current-often overburdened-criminal justice system often does not provide the opportunity for young people to learn how their actions affect others. Community Conferencing is a court diversion program that allows everyone affected by the incident to be part of resolving the crime or conflict.

Alternative to Suspension Saves 17 Students’ Academic Careers...Principal Williams called the Community Conferencing Center after 17 of his students were involved in two fights. The first fight took place in the cafeteria where rumors fueled a fight between two groups of boys...Read More

Read More Stories