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PRESS RELEASES

Janet Lingerman to Present at Brain Injury Conference

New Ayer Office & Services

New Day Habilitation Library

Eliot Street Open House January 17, 2008

New Advocates program aids individuals with traumatic brain injury

Advocates to host Job Fair for Human Service Professionals

Metro Suburban Art Show

Advocates staff present at national conference on aging

EVP Diane Gould Receives Award

Advocates Sponsors Mental Health & Recovery Conference (WRAP)

Advocates and the Cancer Project partner to teach health and nutrition

Advocates Coordinates 7th Annual Drug Court Conference in Boston

Advocates to provide Boston-based services for Chinese, Vietnamese communities

Jail Diversion Program Earns Award

Advocates Employee Presents at MAOA Conference

Sandy Fallon Receives Award from DMH

Chris Gordon, M.D. Receives Award from DMH

Bill Taylor receives the Irvin Rutman award from the USPRA

Advocates is Invited to Join National Prader-Willi Advisory Board

Advocates Employee Wins Leadership Award

Advocates' Staff Present at National Conference in Phoenix

Art Exhibit in Observance of Mental Health Month

2006 Gala A Great Success

IN THE PRESS

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. February 2006

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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