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Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives AssociationMailing Address20678 Eastleigh CrescentLangley, BCV3A 4C4Phone: (604) 534-5515Fax: (604) 534-6989E-mail: cjibc@axionet.comProgram InformationStructure of organization:Non-profit societyMM CJIBC has three programs which will each be described here. MMVictim Offender Reconciliation ProgramContact:Eric Stutzman, Lydia Steer, or Catherine BargenTarget Group:Goals and Objectives:Program Model:Youth and adults from Delta to AbbotsfordTo affect understanding and reconciliation between victimand offender; to involve community people in work withproblems that normally lead into the criminal justice process.Victim Offender Mediation, Conciliation, and application ofvarious restorative justice modelsCrown, probationB&E, theft, assault, mischief, etc.Provincial Alternative Measures contracts; private donationsTwo full-time equivalents10: involved in case development and facilitationReferral Source(s):Referral Types:Support/ Funding:Staffing Structure:Volunteers Involved:Years in Operation: 21Partners Involved: Crown Counsel, ProbationTraining:Indicators of Success:Challenges/ Obstacles:36 hour training in restorative justice and Victim OffenderMediation, or Justice Institute Certificate plus three dayVictim Offender Mediation orientation.New understanding; victims and offenders encountered byeach other as real people; responsibility taken; healing ofrelationships; agreements reached and carried through;victim restitution; service; behavioral contracts; lowrecidivism.Limited public sector funding; limited community resourcesto which to refer clients; co-opting of restorative justice byretributive criminal justice system.