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Family Group Conferencing offers a new approach for families in which children have been maltreated. The process is based on the belief that families and communities must partner together to ensure child safety and well-being. FGC is a facilitated process through which an extended family works to develop safety plans that protect their children. Family Group Conferencing Recognizes that: 1. Families have strengths, and are capable of making decisions and plans which keep their children safe. 2. Families have the most information about themselves to make well-informed decisions. 3. Individuals find security and a sense of belonging with their family; families provide a sense of identity for their children. 4. Families have the ability, if given the opportunity, to activate helping networks within communities to keep children safe. 5. Plans to protect children are most effective when they develop out of the strengths of the community and the culture in which the family lives. Juvenile Victim-Offender Mediation is a different way of perceiving and approaching crime and punishment. It is a process in which a victim of a criminal act and the juvenile offender can voluntarily meet with each other with the assistance of trained mediators. Juvenile Parole and Probation Mediation is a service of Nebraska's rural mediation centers. It is offered to youth who are currently part of the probation or parole system, including those youth who are wards of the state under the Office of Juvenile Services. |
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