Meetings of the commission are open to the public. The Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution serves as staff for the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution. ADR court-connected services are now available in 81 counties. Training and other technical assistance has been provided to 29 local programs. Grants to local ADR programs are made using funds from the Georgia Bar Foundation.
Staff are available to assist courts in the design and implementation of new programs.
In fiscal year 1998, the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution continued its on-going project to collect uniform, statewide statistics. The commission received a grant from the State Justice Institute for a survey of participant satisfaction with the mediation process. With analysis of the data gathered from Georgia court mediation programs, a method of evaluating court-connected mediation will be devised. The report of the Long-Range Planning Committee chaired by former Chief Justice Harold Clarke was adopted by the Commission on March 5, 1998.