About VACCR
Vision
Virginia’s communities offer early, easy access to conflict resolution and are able to transform conflict situations to prevent violence and to promote strong, harmonious communities.
Mission
Forming this Association, Virginia’s nonprofit community mediation centers aim to help Virginia communities increase their capacity for transforming conflict at the earliest stages into opportunities for creative resolution.
Goals
The Association will strive to be a model of social entrepreneurship, to capitalize and build on the specialties of Centers, and to be a moral compass on mediation driven not by economic pressures but by community needs.
Short Term Objectives
- Establish consistent and formal liaison relationships with organizations and groups that impact the practice of community mediation
- Serve as a clearinghouse for legislative issues and educate elected officials
- Identify and develop collaborative programs
- Increase the circle of skills available within the community relating to mediation/conflict resolution
- Promote the visibility and public identity of VACCR
Long Term Objectives
- Provide standardized information on the state of community mediation
- Serve as a key contact and expert voice on mediation in Virginia
- Build the capacity and excellence of member centers
- Attain financial solvency for the Association
- Foster the establishment of new community mediation centers, especially in western Virginia and under-served areas
Organizational Structure
VACCR is a nonprofit non-stock corporation established as a membership association. Members are drawn from nonprofit community mediation centers in Virginia. The Internal Revenue Service has determined that VACCR qualifies as an exempt 501c3 organization. VACCR’s IRS Determination Letter was issued on June 10, 2004.
Members
Membership in VACCR is open to all nonprofit community conflict resolution centers in Virginia that subscribe to VACCR membership criteria. Click here to see a list of the current member centers.
Affiliations
VACCR is a Statewide Organization Member of the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) and has working relationships with the Virginia Mediation Network and the Department of Dispute Resolution Services at the Supreme Court of Virginia.
