CENTER MISSION

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1. A community-based agency with experienced practitioners, educators, staff and governing board representative of the diversity of the community served.  Restorative services include circle processes, family group conferencing, mediation, victim offender dialogues, restorative institutional programs, and reentry services. 
2. Engaging trained community volunteers as providers of services that are open to all persons in Fresno County.  
3. Providing direct access to the public through self and community agency referrals, striving to reduce barriers to service including physical, linguistic, cultural, programmatic and economic.  
4. Providing service to community members regardless of their ability to pay.  
5. Providing services and hiring for persons of any race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability, national origin, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender orientation, family responsibilities, educational background, political affiliation, criminal conviction, source of income, or any other barriers.   
6. Providing a forum for dispute resolution at the earliest stage of conflict.  
7. Providing a restorative alternative to the punitive system at any stage of a conflict.  
8. Initiating, educating, and facilitating collaborative community relationships to effect positive transformative systemic change.  
9. Engaging in public awareness, education, training, advocacy, and research about the values and practices of restorative initiatives, peacebuilding and community well-being. 

*Member of the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM)