Community-based mediation centers, including the Fairfield Center in Harrisonburg, face a difficult financial reality as payments for court-ordered referrals have stagnated. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.
The Fairfield Center’s two dozen mediators deal in resolution – sitting down with families, parents, tenants and landlords, and church and community groups who are at odds with one another and trying to find a mutually acceptable path forward.
NOEL LEVAN: This is a collaborative process. … Every voice is heard, and you’ve got somebody neutral who can reality test whether something is actually doable, and somebody is going to commit with their signature to doing what they say they might…