Center for Community Dispute Settlement (CCDS)

What is the Center for Community Dispute Settlement (CCDS)?

The Center for Community Dispute Settlement (CCDS) is a nonprofit mediation organization that helps individuals, organizations, and communities resolve conflicts through mediation and other dispute resolution services. CCDS has provided mediation services in the Tri-Valley communities and through the Alameda County Superior Court since 1995.

CCDS provides a neutral and confidential space where people involved in a dispute can communicate, understand each other’s concerns, and work toward their own solutions with the help of trained mediators.

In this OmbuDesk Directory entry, you can find information about the Center for Community Dispute Settlement (CCDS) and how to contact them.

What is its purpose?

CCDS helps you:

  • Resolve conflicts through mediation.
  • Find a neutral space to discuss disagreements.
  • Improve communication between people involved in a dispute.
  • Reach agreements without needing to go through a court process when mediation is appropriate.

Who can ask for help?

You can contact CCDS if you:

  • Have a personal, community, workplace, business, housing, or other dispute.
  • Want help resolving a conflict through mediation.
  • Need a neutral third party to help people communicate and explore solutions.

What kinds of problems can you bring?

CCDS provides mediation services for disputes involving, among others:

  • Neighborhood conflicts.
  • Landlord and tenant issues.
  • Workplace conflicts.
  • Business disputes.
  • Real estate disputes.
  • Construction disputes.
  • Personal conflicts.
  • Court-related disputes.

What does CCDS do?

CCDS can:

  • Provide trained mediators who help people communicate and work toward solutions.
  • Offer confidential mediation services.
  • Provide court-related mediation through Alternative Dispute Resolution programs.
  • Help neighbors resolve conflicts through community mediation.
  • Provide landlord and tenant mediation services.
  • Provide restorative justice programs for youth and communities.

What doesn’t CCDS do?

  • Mediators do not give legal advice.
  • Mediators do not make decisions for the parties.
  • Mediation is a voluntary process, and agreements are created by the participants themselves.

How can you contact CCDS?

You can contact the Center for Community Dispute Settlement by:

 

Address:

291 McLeod Street
Livermore, CA 94550

Appointments are available upon request.

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