Empowering Registrants
Leading the way for a better future
On February 24, 2026 the Fort Worth City Council approved an ordinance that makes it unlawful for registrants who have been convicted of sexual offenses against minors below the age of 17 to establish a residence within 2,000 feet of a Child Safety Zone. The ordinance can be downloaded from here.
Empowering Registrants aims to be a central source of information for people in the Fort Worth, Texas area who are required to register with the state due to a conviction for a sexual offense. Our goal is to provide accurate information to Registrants on various issues that concern them, such as employment, housing, registration requirements, treatment, and connecting them with their parole officers if they are on community supervision.
Why?
We believe that by offering a central source of information to Registrants, they will be better equipped to get back on their feet and become valued and productive members of society again. Studies have shown that recidivism is greatly reduced when opportunities to succeed are made readily available.
Who can sign up?
Anyone who is on the State Offender Registry and lives in the Fort Worth area is eligible for an account on our website.
Parole officers are welcomed and invited to establish accounts on our website to provide oversight.
We hope to be able to offer accounts to licensed therapists in the near future.
We plan to offer accounts to ministries who provide halfway housing to registrants.
We do not allow anyone under the age of 18 to use our services.
When will the website be open?
We are currently hard at work developing the backend and creating the content. It may be a few weeks before we are ready to launch the website and start accepting applications for accounts.
