Center for Conflict Resolution

Ccr provides free mediation services in over 2,000 cases for issues ofcommunity concern, helping over 10,000 people annually. Mediationservices are provided in the following areas: landlord-tenant,neighborhood, public health, housing, foreclosure, consumer, community police mediation, juvenile and adult misdemeanor and discrimination. Ccr mediates cases on zoomand in other locations throughout cook county every week. Ccr respondsto over 2,500 telephone inquiries per year to assist people inconflict.the early Resolution program, funded by the chicago bar foundation, helps address eviction and consumer debt issues in the wake of covid-19. In the first 2 years of the program, ccr served more than 10,000 new clients through both case management and mediation services. Ccr also focused resources on stalking no contact cases with the domestic violence division of the circuit court of cook county. Ccr completed a successful initial six-month pilot in our community-police mediation program, and the program was extended through the end of 2023. Ccr has partnered with communities in schools to provide Conflict Resolution workshops to students in chicago public schools.

Ccr offers performance-based public mediation skills training andconflict management training to hundreds of people each year. Ccrfacilitates meetings and planning sessions for organizations. Duringthe fiscal year ended may 31, 2023, ccr trained approximately 150individuals in the mediation skills training and conducted 20workshops.