Community Dispute Resolution Center is a nonprofit mediation service established in 1995, specializing in facilitative conflict resolution for individuals, groups, and organizations across Montana. It stands out for its commitment to providing accessible alternative dispute resolution services to all residents, regardless of income, and for its strong focus on community empowerment through volunteer-driven mediation.
The center adopts a facilitative mediation approach, emphasizing active listening, emotional awareness, and cultural humility to help parties uncover underlying issues and collaboratively reach mutually acceptable solutions. It serves a broad client base including families, tenants, landlords, workplaces, and community groups, and offers comprehensive mediator training programs to build local capacity for conflict resolution.
Services Offered
- Mediation service
- Family disputes mediation
- Tenant and housing disputes mediation
- Workplace disputes mediation
- Group conflict resolution
- Meeting facilitation
- Mediator training and certification programs
- Foundations of Mediation training
- Advanced Family Law Mediation training
- Volunteer opportunities
Serving all of Montana from its Missoula County location, the center has been a trusted resource for restorative justice and court diversion since 1995. It offers services in English and focuses on bridging the justice gap by reducing reliance on the formal court system.
