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Counseling Services Big Buddy/Little Buddy Program Teen Night at NSYC most Fridays from 6:30 – 9:00. Homework Buddies with the rec. programs, from 5-6 p.m. Job
Bank Services Meghan's Law Update
Washington State’s 1990 Community Protection Act included America’s first law authorizing public notification when dangerous sex offenders are released into the community. However, it was the brutal 1994 rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka that prompted the public demand for broad based community notification. On May 17, 1996, President Clinton signed Megan's Law. Megan's Law requires the following two components: 1. Sex Offender Registration – The
1994 Jacob Wetterling Act requires the States
2. Community Notification – Megan’s Law allows the States discretion to establish criteria for disclosure, but compels them to make private and personal information on registered sex offenders available to the public. Community notification:
Our interactive Megan’s Law map
is color coded to reflect Internet access of community notification laws
to better serve America’s evolving, fast paced, transient society.
Young parents considering day care providers or businesses and organizations
whose employees or volunteers have unsupervised access to children require
this critical information so that they can make informed In order to remain current and maintain relevance we ask the public to provide updated information that we may have overlooked, including new, broken or invalid web links so that the KlaasKids Foundation can continue to be the Internet’s premiere Megan’s Law destination. Accessing Megan's Law - International Efforts - Updated 2/7/03 |
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