Peace is the foundation for all philanthropy. It is time to support peace.
When they need us most
Southern California Family Mediation
We provide free full-day Agreement-Creation Workshops for families in conflict at all L.A. Children's courts.
- A courthouse is no place to raise a kid.
- Without a customized plan, confusion and frustration cause conflict to return to families.
- We support family health, stability, and wellbeing.
- Volunteer mediators donate full days helping families create their own road maps to peaceful co-parenting.
- A six-year agreement rate of 93.5% mean fewer families & kids will return to the juvenile justice system.
- There's nothing else like mediation, where families control their own destinies, to get the job done right.
Every dollar counts.
Help us bring peace to families and children.
This program is scalable, with the ability to serve as many as 4,000 families for as little as $138 per family.
We need $200,000 to shore-up our current distance mediation operations, for the next 12 months.
About Us
Thousands of families served
Brighter, more peaceful futures for 5,000 kids
9 out of 10 families reached agreements
9 out of 10 families reached agreements
Brighter, more peaceful futures for 5,000 kids
9 out of 10 families reached agreements
Brighter, more peaceful futures for 5,000 kids
Brighter, more peaceful futures for 5,000 kids
Brighter, more peaceful futures for 5,000 kids
= Made Possible Thanks To Grants From =
Pritzker Foster Care Initiative, Foster Care Counts
L.A. County Board of Supervisors, Mark Ridley-Thomas
Why this program is so critical
- 30,000 children who are victims of abuse and neglect are entrusted to the care of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice System.
- 73% of foster youth spend two or more years in the system.
- Without mediation as families leave the juvenile justice system, Exit Orders offer little or no guidance or details about how parents will work together to raise their children.
- The Children's Court and Foster Care systems are being pushed beyond capacity by a constant flow of families returning to conflict.
- Only through mediation to parents hear: "Congratulations! Here is your copy of your agreement that you created."
Solving Problems
Solving Problems
Solving Problems
Rebuilding Trust
Solving Problems
Solving Problems
Co-parents learn to create their own Parenting Plan Agreements
Healing the heart of social conflict begins when co-parents learn better - more successful and less harmful - ways to communicate, negotiate, and agree for their children.
For many co-parents, creating their own agreement together can be one of the most transformational experiences of their lives.
Who We Are
Southern California Family Mediation is helping to save a generation, by providing stability for families.
We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation.
We recruit, train, and support expert mediators to help co-parents create their own visitation plans as they exit the L.A. County Child Dependency Court system.
We are not funded by the Court, and rely on private donations.