Welcome to Community Solutions of Central Oregon, where our focus is to help people have difficult conversations.

Take a look at our recently released 2016 Annual Report that captures last year's community services, initiatives, and volunteer contributions!

Community Solutions - formerly Central Oregon Mediation - serves the diverse communities of Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties in Central Oregon. We help people have difficult conversations by providing a variety of comprehensive mediation, facilitation, and education programs focused on improving communications needed during life's more difficult moments. As a long-standing community dispute resolution center (CDRC), our staff and more than 35 volunteer mediators are highly qualified and capable people who continue to offer standard-setting programs and customer service.

Our organization continues to evolve following its first 19 years as a CDRC. We’re expanding our education and facilitation services through a combination of new and improved programs designed to reach a broad range of audiences, while addressing an ever growing number of issues and circumstances. Also, we’re proud to now be leveraging the power of the web and social media to make our message and opinions heard. 

Stay tuned to our new Facebook and Twitter efforts, as well as our news announcements and upcoming events via the website. Combined with revolutionary ways of thinking through and resolving conflict, it’s our hope that you’ll not only tune in but join an ever growing number of volunteers, Board members, and community advocates that make Community Solutions the premier dispute resolution resource in Central Oregon.

Helping people have difficult conversations, 

Gary Winterstein
Executive Director

Latest News

Facilitating 5-Star Meetings!

In partnership with the Oregon Mediation Association (OMA), Community Solutions is proud to co-sponsor trainer Kon Damas who'll present 'Facilitating 5-Star Meetings.' Kon brings 20+ years of experience as the Director of the City of Boulder Community Mediation Service (CMS), all of which helped him develop this one of a kind interactive training opportunity.

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“Thank you…mediation is a valuable service to many people.”
Landlord-Tenant Dispute Client, LaPine, Oregon
"The mediator was great, well mannered and a good communicator...great asset to the court."
Small Claims Court Defendant, Redmond, Oregon
“I avoided foreclosure…it was great and the facilitator was wonderful.”
Home Foreclosure Avoidance Program Client, Bend, Oregon
"[The co-mediators had] good and calm personalities, [and were] focused and helpful with ideas."
Divorce Client, Bend, Oregon
"The mediation help worked well and kept my blood pressure down!"
Small Claims Court Defendant, Bend, Oregon
CS 2016 Annual Report