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Johnson County, Iowa City pursue field mediation pilot; apply for 15 months of technical assistance
Summary
County and Iowa City staff will apply for a technical‑assistance grant to develop a cross‑jurisdictional field mediation program aimed at diverting certain conflicts from 911, with a proposed 15‑month assistance period and about 800 hours of consulting support starting January 2026.
Johnson County and the city of Iowa City are pursuing a joint application for technical assistance to design a field‑mediation program that would provide unarmed, community‑based mediation responses and help divert appropriate calls from 911. The county’s grants manager told supervisors the application would request roughly 800 hours of technical assistance over 15 months starting in January 2026.
"This initiative would build local capacity to provide an alternative to 911 for conflict related situations as well as diverting appropriate calls from 911 to trained community mediators," Genevieve Angla, the…
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