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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT FROM THE SENIOR STAFF OF THE CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) is an independent, not-for-profit 501(C)(3) organization with a mission to work with individuals, communities, courts and other institutions to manage and resolve conflict. Since 1979, CCR has accomplished this mission by offering pro bono mediation services and conflict management training to Chicago area institutions, organizations, and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution offers a 40-hour Mediation Skills Training designed to provide a foundational understanding of the mediation process while simultaneously developing critical dispute resolution skills, such as Creative Problem Solving, Interest-Based Negotiation, Managing Emotionally Charged Situations, Reality Testing, Active Listening, Effective Questioning, Mediating Multi-Party Disputes. CCR's Mediation Skills Training program has been approved by the Presiding Judges of the Law, Chancery and Domestic Relations Divisions of the Circuit Court of Cook County as satisfying one of their requirements to become a certified Mediator in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution offers free mediation services in the community and through volunteer Court-certified mediators in small claims, eviction, juvenile victim-offender, mortgage foreclosure, contract, partition, business, condo association, neighbor, parenting, and other disputes. The Center for Conflict Resolution may be appointed to handle discretionary mediations by judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution is supported in part by fees paid to the courts; the County is entitled to a refund of fees paid to them in excess of $200,000.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby request that...
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