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

The need for dispute resolution throughout Central Oregon has never been greater. With ever increasing growth across the tri-county region, a broad range of community, business, and family conflicts continue into 2020.

As a precautionary measure our offices are closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis. We will tentatively reopen on Monday, April 6th at 8:30 am PST. 

Our concern for staff members, mediators, and clients remains our top priority. As such, all appointments, meetings, and training events are being rescheduled into April or later as the situation dictates. 

For current clients; a staff member will be in touch to discuss next steps and rescheduling. For inquiries about our services; we will be checking email during this time and someone will get back to you at the earliest opportunity.

Helping people have difficult conversations, 

Gary Winterstein
Executive Director

Latest News

Office Closure a Precautionary Measure

Due to this precautionary office closure, our current clients are being rescheduled for appointments resuming no earlier than Friday, April 10th, 2020. This includes all Pre-Trial, Community, and Family casework that was previously planned during March 2020. As the current situation evolves, CS will post updates about further precautionary measures and changes in scheduling, as needed. Our Home Foreclosure clients casework remains on schedule throughout the month of April and we anticipate an announcement from the Oregon Department of Justice (ODJ) to allow homeowners to attend their scheduled appointments via pre-arranged conference call.  For more on changes to our annual Basic Mediation Training (BMT) course, please note the following details.

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"The mediation help worked well and kept my blood pressure down!"
Small Claims Court Defendant, Bend, Oregon
"The mediator was great, well mannered and a good communicator...great asset to the court."
Small Claims Court Defendant, Redmond, Oregon
"[Our mediator] is a very good listener and also has a lot of knowledge about the human side when dealing with separation."
Separation Client, Bend, Oregon
"[The co-mediators had] good and calm personalities, [and were] focused and helpful with ideas."
Divorce Client, Bend, Oregon
"Thank you! I would likely have lost an employee."
Workplace Dispute, Small Business Owner, Bend, Oregon