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Northborough family opens heart, home
Advocates, Inc. seeks additional providers to fill match need
; December 22, 2006

Open Minds Shameful Wages Article by William J. Taylor, Advocates, Inc.

Shameful wages in human services community; February 9, 2006

Agencies Respond to PILOT Committee Questions; November 20, 2005

Proposed group home; Newton Tab November 2, 2005

Festa: Jail Diversion for repeat offenders; October 27, 2005

Taylor: A helping hand is not far away, October 8, 2005

The social services mud fight continues; September 2, 2005

Spilka: The state's role in resolving local social services debate; September 2, 2005

Social Service Opponents Going Too Far?; August 30, 2005

Human Services Moratorium a civil rights violation?; August 26, 2005

Editorial Lines of Communication Opened; August 21, 2005

Group Home 'Fears' Faced;
August 17, 2005

4 Agencies Share Group Home Pacts; August 4, 2005

The State Needs to Re-evaluate the Role of Human Services; July,2005

Pennies for Direct Care Workers; July 3, 2005

City Shows Off Affordable Housing Efforts; November 26, 2004

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Addressing Concerns About the Impact of Human Services

Statehouse Testimony: Salary Equity Bill; To the Joint Committee on Children and Families; by William J. Taylor, November 1, 2005

Framingham Selectman's Meeting, Presentation (printable version) by William J. Taylor, Advocates, Inc. August 16, 2005

The NADD Bulletin: Consideration of Cultural Diverity in Service Provision by Jeffrey Keilson, MA and Thomas Wagner, LICSW
Vol. 8, Number 4 July/August 2005

The Provider: The State needs to re-evaluate the role of human services by William J. Taylor; Advocates, Inc. July 2005, page 5

The Provider: Cutting Section 8 Vouchers Hurts People with Disabilities By Helen Rivard and Lisa Chabot, Advocates, Inc. January, 2005; page 5.

INFORMATION RESOURCES

Legal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities Stanley J. Eichner; Christine M. Griffin et.al., MCLE, Vol. 1

Why Affordable Housing Does Not Lower Property Values A study prepared by: Habitat for Humanity

The Impact of Group Homes on Residential Property Values
A Study Prepared by: Greater Baltimore Community Housing Resource Board, Inc.

Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act
A Joint Statement of the Department of Housing & Urban Development and the Department of Justice

Fair Housing Law and Group Homes
The Fair Amendments Act and Group Homes

Reprinted from the Journal of the Section on Local Government Law of the Virginia State Bar, Vol. III, No, 1, Sept. 1997

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