CALL TO ACTION: WESTLAKE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY PROPOSES MOVING TO 2500-FOOT RESIDENCY RESTRICTION

What you need to know: Westlake in Palm Beach County will be considering expanding their residency restriction to 2500 feet for Persons Forced To Register.   This proposed ordinance will include any public or private school, public library, day care center, park, playground, community center, day camp, or any other place where children regularly congregate. This proposed ordinance contains the false

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CALL TO ACTION:  Volusia councilman continues to push for drafting a sex offender ordinance

Some policy makers are starting to listen to the concerns of registered citizens and their family members.  Now is not the time to let up but to continue to be strong as a united force.  In the past, proposed restrictions or laws would pass immediately without pause or discussion…but no more.  We are seeing change happen in county and city

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CALL TO ACTION: Contacting Florida Legislators to Make Changes so That People on the Sex Offender Registry Can Receive Long-Term Health Care

Major Concerns: The need for nursing home care for people required to register is beyond a crisis state – it is catastrophic. Most nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and rehab facilities in Florida are not accepting people on the registry. The two major reasons are: (1) residency restrictions and (2) facilities will not accept people on the sex offender registry.

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CALL TO ACTION: Proposed Sex Offender Ordinance in Crestview City, FL

Major Concerns: On September 11, the Crestview City Council voted unanimously to approve a draft of a sex offender ordinance that would change the residency restrictions from the state’s 1000 feet to 1500 feet within the city of Crestview, Florida. This ordinance includes school bus stops, schools, parks, playgrounds, child care facilities, and community centers. The second and final reading

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CALL TO ACTION: We have a chance to make a difference in the homeless problem for people on the sex offender registry

How we can make a difference:   A reporter from 8 WFLA Tampa Bay said he has heard from registrants in several other areas of the state besides Pinellas Park that probationers are being “assigned” to wooded camps:  Hillsborough, Hernando, Manatee, Flagler, Brevard, and Palm Beach Counties.  Additionally, some FAC members are telling us that it is also happening in

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