ProgramsEXAMPLES of MODR Community Mediation Assistance
Collaborative Planning Meetings for Coalition of Community Mediation Programs - MODR has been providing consultation and facilitation services in support of the Massachusetts Coalition of Community Mediation Programs. Recently, MODR provided facilitation services to assist the Coalition with collaborative planning and decision-making about its identify and structure, and its message and communication strategy with legislators regarding the state budget process and securing public funding for their programs.
Funding Advocacy Workshop for Community Mediation Programs— MODR presented a workshop on communicating the value of court and community mediation in building healthy safe communities drawing on the evidence-base of ADR research. The workshop engaged Community Mediation Program Directors and was based on a Working Paper prepared by MODR on research-informed models for viewing ADR as a financial investment that benefits the courts and the state as a whole.
Attorney General's Office and MA Association of Mediation Programs & Practitioners (MAMPP) — Cultural Competency Training for CIT Mediators: MODR delivered cultural competency training for community program mediators who serve on Conflict Interventions Teams that intervene in schools when large-scale conflicts arise. MODR collaborated with CIT mediators and the Attorney General's Office to tailor the training to the specific needs of this program.
Massachusetts Housing Finance Authority (MHFA)— Tenant Assistance Project Mediation Program: MODR collaborated with MHFA, MAMPP and five community mediation programs representing various regions on a housing mediation program. The community programs provided mediation services and training to management companies and tenants at MHFA housing sites, and MODR provided project design, oversight and evaluation.
Coastal Access Legal and Mediation Service (CALMS) Training --MODR conducted regional trainings for attorneys and community mediators focused on public policy mediation and legal issues involved in coastal access disputes. MODR collaborated with the Dept. of Environmental Management, the Attorney General's Office and community mediation programs in eastern Massachusetts.
Department of Telecommunications and Energy (DTE) ADR Program -- Pursuant to electric industry deregulation legislation, MODR worked with DTE to establish an ADR Program, in collaboration with ten community mediation programs that agreed to accept referrals for mediation of consumer complaints regarding electric bills and damage claims from interruptions in electric service. This collaboration enabled mediation services to be available to DTE consumers in their local communities.