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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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