Let’s get reacquainted.
Families Affirming Community Safety Inc. (FACTS) and Nebraskans Unafraid (NU) have consolidated web resources. The organizations always have been linked, but this move is intended to help us make better use of our resources.
NU is the umbrella organization. FACTS is the outreach, communication and public education arm of NU. We enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with the state’s foremost expert on sexual offending, Lisa Sample, Ph.D., who is Reynolds Professor of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She is also the Masters Program Coordinator for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Ours is the only coalition in Nebraska that advocates for and gives a voice to former sex offenders and their families.
Politicians, law enforcement, school administrators and others simply will not stand up for you, and they will freely abuse your civil rights until they are made to stop. We are here to make them stop. If you wish to help, take a few minutes to review the new website.
We will push news and information through this site to you and we will endeavor to keep it fresh daily. The NebFACTS blog feed is on the front page. Look in the upper right-hand column for new Storify items at least several times a week.
The News Page includes links to the NU YouTube page, the national eAdvocate news feed, and Notes From the Handbasket, an excellent blog that provides a perspective from the former offender’s family point of view.
The Research Data Page will be populated with the latest research on sexual offending. This is so important to you because there is a mountain of research evidence that refutes the fear-mongering myths and lies about reoffending, etc. Right now, the only information on that page is the recent UNO study. We want to focus on that for now. It proves that Nebraska’s LB 285 is a failure and does not deliver any public safety benefit. You should share this research study with just about everyone you know.
Because Nebraska state law deprives you of jobs and housing and social networks — all of the things you need to live responsibly – our Resources Page will carry links to information and organizations that might help. There are legal resources as well, which we all need because Nebraska’s former sex offender laws can be enforced in extraordinarily strange and inconsistent ways. There are even a couple of sheriff’s departments that choose to ignore sections of the law that protect you from false accusations about compliance. We have to have each other’s backs on this — no one else is going to do that.
And we have a For Families Page because the family members of former offenders are shunned and mistreated, frightened, alone and needing someone to talk to. Because we have been through it, we’re in the best position to help. Right now, the page links to the NU Compassion Initiative, our first major programmatic effort. As we put in place more services for families, we will post links to them on this page.
Thank you for your interest and support. Never forget: