{"id":304,"date":"2022-01-24T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2025-10-22T00:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:07:43","slug":"mediation-and-new-direct-service-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/mediation-and-new-direct-service-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediation and Direct Service Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"304\" class=\"elementor elementor-304\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-918ad6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"918ad6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6caaa72\" data-id=\"6caaa72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a1f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9a1f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mediation and Direct Service Programs\u200b<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5abe55a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5abe55a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f36e97\" data-id=\"0f36e97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2ecb4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2ecb4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Contra Costa County Superior Court Program<\/h4><p>The Congress of Neutrals provides mediation services in <a href=\"http:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/smallclaims.html\">small claims<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/unlawful-detainer\/\">unlawful detainer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/harassment.html\">civil harassment<\/a> cases throughout Contra Costa County. Participation in these mediations, which are held on the day of trial in all three of the local branch courts (Pittsburg, Richmond and Martinez) is free of charge, voluntary and confidential.<\/p><p>Since the program\u2019s inception in 2001, the number of mediations we have performed for the court on an annual basis has increased dramatically and we have conducted several thousands of mediations to date. The Congress also has a mentoring program for new mediators which provides them with volunteer mediation opportunities at the court under the supervision of experienced staff through our <a href=\"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/mediation-mentoring-program\/\">Mediation Mentoring Program (MMP)<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2053d03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2053d03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"clinics\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947c469 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"947c469\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"AotD_Program\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80dfe87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80dfe87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Family Law Contempt Mediation Program<\/h4><p>The Congress of Neutrals offers mediation services to litigants referred by the Contra Costa County Superior Court hearing Family Law Contempt matters to help parties resolve the issues which caused one of them to ask the court to find the other in contempt of Family Law orders.<\/p><p>For more information about this program please contact our office at <a href=\"mailto:contempts@congressofneutrals.org\">contempts@congressofneutrals.org<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:albaz@congressofneutrals.org\">albaz@congressofneutrals.org, <\/a>or call Alba Zavala at (925)289-8730.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-347f36a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"347f36a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cfa67f\" data-id=\"4cfa67f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mediation and Direct Service Programs\u200b Contra Costa County Superior Court  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-304","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PdExWU-4U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/congressofneutrals.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}