POSSIBLE HOUSING

SEX OFFENDER HOUSING – POSSIBLY

Palm Beach County FL 

 500 BLOCK  of 26th and 5^th Street W.P.B.

 More coming soon

Legislation

Get all the news at www.floridaatsa.com 

ACLU in the NEWS
The ACLU has asked Florida Govenor Charlie Crist to convene a task force that would address the issue of convicted sex offenders who are homeless.
The letter, signed by ACLU of Greater Miami President Carlene Sawyer and ACLU of Florida President Jeanne Baker, states that the living restrictions were "not effective in protecting the public the community....In short these regulations have had the unintended consequences of jeopardizing, not protecting, the public welfare.

ATSA in the NEWS

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers

The bill requiring a uniform State-wide   buffer of 1500 foot did not make it to the floor on Congress in 2008, BUT is expected to make it in 2009.  It should have a good chance of passing-----Gov. Crist is supporting it. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers lobbied for years just to get it into Committee.

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ATSA was successful in changing the Sex Offender & Predator Registries to include the date of the incident—not the arrest date ----.  This is good.  The public then knows how long ago the offense was committed

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SORNA mandated registration for Juvenile Sex Offenders has come under scrutiny. Professionals working with this group share concerns that registration requirements for juveniles can have even harsher consequences for juveniles than the consequences adult offenders suffer. Registration for juveniles can severely undermine treatment efforts, foster negative self images for the youths and subject youths to redicule or mistreatment from the immature minds of their peers. Perhaps worst of all, being on the registry may be setting youths up to be victimized by adult offenders who are not only alerted by perusing the registry to the fact that a juvenile has abnormal sex issues, but gets the youths address as well. The Florida ATSA Board has created a forum to further address these concerns ands create an advocacy for this vulnerable population. FATSA is in the initial stages of attempting to define what path such advocacy may take. Currrently, FATSA is contributing to information that will be distributed to the school system outlining the realities of registration.


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