About Us - Local Programs and Services
 
Parents For Megan's Law, Inc. (PFML) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 community and victim's rights organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse through the provision of education, advocacy, counseling, victim services, policy and legislative support services. We are a New York State Certified Rape Crisis Center and provide a 24 Hour Hotline. We staff the Local and National Megan's Law Help lines. PFML has recently expanded its mission to include the new Crime Victims Center, a program designed to link all victims of violent crime with crime victim compensation and multi-agency referrals for support and assistance.  
 
1 (888) ASK-PFML
 
NATI ONAL MEGAN’S LAW HELPLINE to assist and provide advocacy to communities in accessing information about registered sex offenders, to assist in effectively and responsibly managing Megan's Law notifications and to educate about sexual assault prevention. Provides crime victim referrals for victim services and law enforcement referrals. Sex Offender Registration Tips (SORT) is a program available to community members who want to report sex offender registration violations. Call the Helpline toll free (888) ASK-PFML.
 
NATIONAL MEGAN’S LAW SURVEYS Evaluating the registration and notification components of Megan's Law in all 50 states. In 2001 Parents for Megan’s Law conducted the first of many national surveys to evaluate the implementation of sex offender registration and notification laws in all 50 States, DC and the US Territories.   Surveys revealed that where you lived, would determine how well you could protect yourself or your children from known convicted sex offenders. PFML surveys indicated that all 50 states had enacted registration and notification laws but the laws completely lacked uniformity. Further, a 2003 registration survey conducted by Parents for Megan’s Law found that nearly 25% of the nations’ registered sex offenders were not complying with state registration requirements. This meant, that over 100,000 sex offenders were “missing” from registries across the country. When citing this statistic, refer to parentsformeganslaw.org.
 
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND CHILD SEX TOURISM REPORTING for the community to anonymously report child pornography and child sex tourism websites which get forwarded to law enforcement for investigation. 
 
LITERATURE to educate the children and adults regarding prevention and to inform adults about sex offender registration and notification laws.
 
POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES to close loopholes which make communities vulnerable to registered offenders and to increase victim’s rights.  Laura Ahearn, Executive Director of Parents for Megan’s Law, presented PFML national survey results and community level implementation loopholes to the United States Justice Department which were used to help craft the newest registration and notification amendments to Megan’s Law, more commonly known as the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.   For her national registration and notification implementation surveys, community level support contributions and lobbying efforts, Ms. Ahearn was invited to the White House on July 27, 2006 when the Child Protection Act was signed into law by President Bush.