News & Updates

Our Board would like to send a heartfelt thanks to our members Sarah, Maryann and Jacob who attended last night’s Clay County Board of County Commissioners meeting. Although the Commissioners voted to enact their Ordinance, which included a doubling of the residency restriction, Halloween restrictions and a fee for any registrations, the reality is by them showing up to the

Dr. Jill Levenson, professor of Social Work at Barry University in Miami, Florida, and one of the foremost experts in sex offender issues was awarded the ATSA Lifetime Significant Achievement Award at their annual conference last week.  The Award recognizes individuals who have contributed to the state of knowledge in the field of sexual abuse; the reduction or prevention of

Today, at 4PM in Clay County, the county commission is scheduled to consider a proposed amendment to the “Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators Ordinance” The agenda item can be seen here: https://claycounty.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=5470&MeetingID=1352 The proposed amended ordinance can be found here: https://claycounty.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=10291&ItemID=5470 The meeting will take place at the Clay County Administration Building, 4th Floor, BCC Meeting Room, 477 Houston Street,

As the Florida Action Committee grows, we get more and more calls for Outreach; registered citizens looking for housing, food, clothing, transportation, help in re-locating, tents to shelter the homeless, a small sum of money that will keep them from a violation of probation. The FAC Organization does not have the resources to give the help that is needed.  Fortunately,

Joe Morrissey was jailed and lost his license to practice law after being convicted of having sex with his 17-year-old secretary. He pled guilty to a misdemeanor in the ensuing court case and served for only three months in a “work-release term.” He was also forced to resign from his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, but then ran

FAC has sent a letter to the Florida Department of Education on behalf of parents who are being denied access to their children’s school plays, parent-teacher conferences and graduations. Depriving a child of their parent’s involvement in their upbringing unfairly punishes the child, not the ex-offender. Plus, there is no evidence that parents who are required to register are entering