CAN WE TALK? Nonprofit mediation agencies do...
CAN WE TALK? Nonprofit mediation agencies do more than cool down confrontations between hot-headed students (A1). The five agencies in Orange County help settle disputes between neighbors, between landlords and tenants, between juvenile offenders and their victims. . . . The county reports that during the last nine months, about 68% of all mediation proceedings were “resolved.”
Working It Out
In the previous nine months, 919 mediation cases were opened in Orange County within these categories: Domestic: 36% Criminal: 29% Business: 17% Landlord/tenant: 7% Neighbors: 4% Schools, other: 7% Source: Orange County Consumer Services Agency
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