The Family Mediation Program provides free and confidential services to Coös and Carroll County families in conflict with adolescents. Trained Lead and Volunteer Mediators use an established neutral process for dispute resolution. The mediators act as facilitators, enabling the participants to negotiate solutions to serious family disagreements. The process includes helping both parties learn new ways to resolve conflicts that may have resulted in a breakdown of communication or unwillingness to cooperate.

The Family Mediation Program is specifically aimed at parents and youth between the ages of ten and eighteen. Mediation is meant to be short term conflict resolution and not a replacement for individual or family therapy.

Family Mediation is a Tri-County CAP Youth Alternatives Program

To learn more about Family Mediation,
contact Youth Alternatives at (603) 752-1872, or send

Get involved!

The program model being used by our Family Mediation Program relies on trained Volunteer Mediators from the community. Volunteer recruitment is ongoing, and training sessions are held periodically to develop new Volunteer Mediators.

After successfully completing training, Volunteer Mediators work in paired teams, “co-mediating” with each family using the service. This provides an “internship” period for newly-trained mediators to work with experienced mediators. It also offers the opportunity for peer supervision, support, and continuing growth and development as mediators by learning from each other.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities with the Family Mediation Program, contact Youth Alternatives at (603) 752-1872, or send

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