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Member Submission: Employment opportunities for people on the registry

Jun 8, 2022 | 6 Comments

If you know of anyone in any of the states listed below who is looking for entry level work, please send them my way. This work-from-home position involves talking on the phone through a computer. Much of it is doing political surveys. It is not difficult work, though...

Martin County Sheriff: to ask county leaders to require sex offenders to live farther from schools, parks, day cares

Jun 7, 2022 | 46 Comments

Martin County commissioners Tuesday will consider expanding the distance registered sex offenders in the county have to live from playgrounds, schools and day care centers. Current registered sex offenders living in the county would be grandfathered into the new rule,...

Member Submission: Check your registry information

Jun 7, 2022 | 47 Comments

In December 2020 I moved out of Florida to another state. At that time, I went to the sheriff's office to notify them I was moving. They changed my registry, at that time, to show I had left the state. Fast forward to last month (June 2022): For the heck of it, I...

Congress can’t punt its lawmaking responsibility to the attorney general

Jun 6, 2022 | 14 Comments

In 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which requires states to keep registries for those convicted of sex offenses. SORNA also makes it a federal crime for an offender to fail to register with his state. But Congress did...

Controversy highlights difficulty of housing sex offenders who have completed their sentences

Jun 6, 2022 | 9 Comments

At a public meeting in Joliet, residents stood up and spoke out against an apartment building that houses sex offenders in a city neighborhood — with one resident lamenting that she wouldn’t let children play outside unless she was on her lunch break, according to a...

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Ex Post Facto – Sustainer 2022

Text Registration Reminders

2022 Annual Donation Drive

Thank you for your contributions to the General Operating and Membership Fund. FAC does not receive grants or funding as a 501c4 organization. Each dollar received is needed to cover the costs of communications, membership meetings, mailings, conference attendance, professional organization fees, supplies, printing, and postage. Our goal is to reach every registered citizen in FL, and have a seat at every possible table to let our voices be heard. This is a non-profit organization; the more we can raise, the more work we can do, and the more places we can be. No one in the organization is paid for their time and service.

Non-Registrant Collateral Consequences Challenge

This lawsuit will challenge the registration requirements imposed on people not on the registry! It will be brought on behalf of registrants' family, friends, employers and others who are impacted by the registry by virtue of living with, employing, or even sharing the same family name as a registrant. Plaintiffs will be spouses who have their vehicles registered and flagged, children who can't have a parent watch them graduate or perform in a school play, roommates who are prevented from decorating their home for the holidays, and others.