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DocuSign Envelope ID:6CD4A528-52AE-410E-B18B-BA619068A9AB t A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> 2. AGENCY INFORMATION <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency (Limit of 2 pages total): <br /> a. Date of Incorporation: September 28, 1978 <br /> b. Agency's Purpose/Mission <br /> "To promote and bring about the peaceful settlement of disputes and prevent the <br /> escalation of conflict through mediation,facilitation, conciliation and training." <br /> c. Types of Services the Agency provides: <br /> With the assistance of the Orange County Board of Commissioners the Dispute <br /> Settlement Center (DSC) was founded in 1978 in order to provide an alternative for <br /> the resolution of community disputes, including those brought to Criminal District <br /> Court. The Center relieves the local criminal court of hundreds of interpersonal cases <br /> which can be best handled through mediation. <br /> With County and community support the DSC has grown to include youth, <br /> training and public disputes programs, serving nearly 3000 people each year. <br /> Separating couples, neighbors, family members, business people, co-workers, <br /> Medicaid recipients, school staff, local government departments, nonprofits <br /> agencies, congregations, and others call upon the DSC for conflict intervention <br /> including training, mediation, and facilitation. With the support of the <br /> Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, DSC provides a parent-teen training series <br /> for court-referred youth and their families, as well as mediations with the court- <br /> referred youth. <br /> Dispute Settlement Center's renowned Public Disputes Program provides meeting <br /> facilitation, consensus building and process design, and group facilitation and <br /> mediation training. <br /> Dispute Settlement Center's Youth Programs include peer mediation trainings for <br /> middle and high school students, school mediation for students, faculty, and staff, <br /> afterschool programs, and support for suspended students in the Boomerang program. <br /> The program is a leader in developing "restorative practices" for school communities, <br /> and currently contracts with the Orange County Schools and Chatham County <br /> Schools to develop ways to re-integrate suspended students (or students after <br /> infractions) in to the school community. <br /> d. Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request <br /> Our funding request is similar to ones we have made since FY13. From the early <br /> 1980s through FY11, state legislative support enabled DSC to provide mediators in <br /> Orange County Criminal District Court, relieving the system of hundreds of cases <br /> involving interpersonal disputes. Legislative cuts reduced the allocation for this <br /> service from $84,530 to $60,227 to zero for FY12. <br /> Main Application 5/24/2016 9:47:14 AM P of 2 <br />