The Time Is Now, We Need Your Help
To drive change, we MUST organize our population; We MUST raise our voices in solidarity to improve the lives of Persons Forced to Register (PFRs) in Missouri. With a large and committed organization, we can respond rapidly to proposed legislation and can fight for reform of existing restrictions.
Lobbyist Funding:
Please Give to Help Us Reach Our Goal
Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration became a 501c3 on October 6, 2023. We have a website and 800 number for receiving support calls as well as Missourians just learning of our organization thanks to an amazing team of snail mailers who are participating in this outreach initiative at their own expense. We have a conference call line and hope to soon to have a ‘Zoom Room’ with a variety of guests to provide empirical data information and teach advocacy.
We have a major hurdle in 2024 due to the Missouri Supreme Court Ruling in February which if legislated by the Senate and House and signed into law by the governor will take our state back to everyone being required to register for life. We can’t allow that to happen. How can we push back?
It is our hope to hire a lobbyist to instruct us as to what we should do and not do during the legislative session. How can you help? We are working with Attorney Matt Fry in hopes of raising $25,000 to make that happen. A good lobbyist is $4,000 a month.
Other ways to donate
Snail Mail
You may mail checks to:
Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration
P.O. Box 362
Festus, MO 63028
Latest News & Challenges
- The MO legislature passed a bill that provided a path for removal from the registry based on the same tier system set forth in federal law (The Adam Walsh Act).
- In February 2023, the MO Supreme Court ruled that a poorly drafted paragraph in the 2018 statute makes it impossible for the vast majority of registrants to petition for removal, despite that very legislative intent.
- We need a lobbyist to assist us in identifying members of the MO House and Senate who would sponsor a bill revising this language.
- We also need to prevent the legislature from preemptively passing a bill that would block registrants’ ability to petition for removal.
- All but 1 or 2 states provide a path for removal. Missouri is now an outlier with laws that are unduly harsh towards registrants who have been living offense-free lives.
MOAFR Attorney Sponsor
Frank & Juengel, Law Group, P.C.
The attorneys of Frank & Juengel Law Group P.C, provide clients thorough and experienced legal representation.
We have built a reputation for success by tirelessly investigating our clients’ cases, leaving no stone unturned, in order to achieve the best possible result.
7710 Carondelet Ave, Suite 350
Clayton, MO 63105
(314) 725-7777
Welcome to “Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration“ also known as “MOAFR”
Our 2025 goals:
- Raise enough funds to hire a lobbyist that would help us revise the registry removal statute
- Educate Missouri legislators who pass more and more sex crime laws that prevent registrants from fully contributing to society; but that do NOT increase public safety
- Educate legislators and the public that recidivism rates in sex crime cases are in the low single digits as verified by numerous peer-reviewed studies.
WE HAVE A PLAN
We have interviewed a well-known and successful lobbyist with solid connections to Jefferson City legislators and staff. Ideally, the lobbyist would start identifying potential sponsors of a bill after the 2024 November election. Legislators can begin pre-filing bills on December 2, 2024. The 2025 legislative session convenes January 8, 2025 and ends May 30, 2025.
Hiring a lobbyist is expensive and we anticipate our goal requiring more than one legislative session. We desperately need participation from our Missouri PFRs and from family members. Please contribute!
About Us
Find out more about who we are and how we came together.
Donation Options
We have a variety of ways you can help our cause financially, learn more about those here.
How You Can Help
This page will give you a better understanding of how you can help us pursue this lobbying effort which will eventually help you and your family.