Recently, a group of twelve students at Compton Unified’s Enterprise Middle School were invited to take part in Restorative Circles...

The story of why Nicole brought a knife to school revealed profound hardships in her life and threats to her well-being.

CYS’s new Mediation Office Hours program, has become a powerful, positive and well-attended program.

Crafting meaningful restitution agreements in Victim-Offender Restitution (VORS) mediations is a collaborative process combining input...

CYS is proud to announce it recently received a $50,000 general operating support grant from the S. Mark Taper Foundation.

The City of Vernon’s CommUNITY Fund provides financial support to organizations like CYS that promote the positive social development of...

The LA County DA’s announcement provides details of the new partnership with CYS to expand use of restorative justice for non-violent felony

Every successful mediation has a turning point....In this VORS case, this special moment came after hours of exchanges between parties...

A friend and colleague of CYS asked if there was a way for her family to help a CYS family over the holidays.

It’s been a year of many exciting firsts for CYS and our community of clients.Thanks to you and to all our volunteers and supporters, CYS ha

Last month, 28 people convened by video conference for the largest-ever victim-offender restitution services mediation hosted by CYS.

Your donations have made a difference! Thanks to all who donated time or money to help get our youth and families digitally connected.

Ever wonder why the end of an educational journey is called a commencement?

Of all our adaptations to the COVID-19 environment, the most inspiring has been the innovation and flexibility of our volunteers and staff t