The Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) helps victims voice their grievances and bring about closure, and it provides offenders insight into how their actions affected the victims.  Mediators help victims and offenders meet safely face to face, and agree on a reconciliation plan, where the offender meets the victims needs and requests for restitution. This can be monetary or community  service and is generally a combination.  The offenders also sign a contract that is recognized by the courts as meeting their obligations to the court. Re-offense rates are much lower among participants than in the general population of offenders. 

The VORP program was founded as a Mennonite Church program by Mennonites in Kitchner, Ontario.

Boulder Mennonite began "VORP of Boulder" in 1993, using a volunteer from the MVS program as a part time director.  This program is no longer is needed in Boulder as this program is now part of the justice system in Boulder County and the City of Boulder and City of Longmont.  The VORP of Boulder charter is now used in Denver for a VORP program run for the Denver Public School system.

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