Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
According to Tampa’s WTSP News “the Florida Sheriff’s Association is happy with the Halloween initiative to keep kids safe during trick or treating and related events.” Why are they “happy” you ask? You need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find out the real reason they are happy. According to the article, “Hours dedicated to this operation:
Read moreOur 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
Read moreDr. 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
Read moreToday, 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,
Read moreWeekly Update #58 Dear Members and Advocates, Today we honor our nation’s military Veterans. To our members who have served in the US Armed Forces, we thank you for your service! The topic of this week’s update is mistakes. We’re not referring to the crimes committed by those on the registry, but mistakes made on the other end of the
Read moreAs 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,
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