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Hoarding Resources

On this page, you'll find a number of links, organizations and other resources to help you address hoarding.

Hoarding Task Force Network Support Group and Event Calendar

The Hoarding Task Force Network and The Hoarding Project have established a calendar to serve as a central database for hoarding and/or cluttering support groups and events. If you are sponsoring or are aware of a group or event in your area, please add it to the calendar and help build this valuable resource for individuals, families, and professionals.

Massachusetts Hoarding Resource Directory

The Massachusetts Hoarding Resources Directory, which lists individuals, organizations and groups to help you confront hoarding, is now available. Download the Directory today.

Hoarding Best Practices Guide

The Hoarding Best Practices Guide offers expertise and guidance on addressing hoarding. Download the Guide.
 Upcoming Events, Trainings and Opportunities
Document  Buried in Treasures | Fairhaven/New Bedford | Fall 2019
Document  Buried in Treasures | Falmouth | Fall 2019
Document  Buried in Treasures | Greenfield | Summer/Fall 2019
Document  Buried in Treasures | Provincetown | Fall 2019
Document  Buried in Treasures | Yarmouth | Fall 2019
Document  Buried in Treasures Veteran Group | Marlborough | Fall 2019
Web Link  Clutter Reduction Support Group | South Shore | December-June
Document  Clutter Treatment Group | Newton | Fall 2019
Document  Hoarding Peer Support Group | Falmouth | Fall 2019
Document  Monthly Family Hoarding Support Group | Marlborough
Document  Support Groups & Workshops | MetroWest and Nashoba Valley | Fall...
 General Information
Web Link  Hoarding | Local Public Health Inst. Mass.
Document  Definition of Hoarding
Document  Hoarding Presentation: Hampden County Hoarding Task Force
Document  Hoarding: What it is, Consequences and Intervention
Document  Hoarding: Best Practices Guide
Document  Who Needs to Be Involved in Compulsive Hoarding
Document  Massachusetts Hoarding Fact Sheet
 Tools: Assessments & Forms
Web Link  Buried in Treasures Facilitator's Guide
Document  Case Management Agreement
Document  Collaborative Plan and Agreement
Document  Hoarding Intervention Essentials
Document  Hoarding: What to Look For
Document  HOMES® Multi-Disciplinary Hoarding Risk Assessment
Document  How to Talk to Someone with Hoarding: Do’s and Don’ts
Document  ICD Clutter-Hoarding Scale
Document  Protocol for Dealing with The Problem of Hoarding
Document  Readiness to Change Questionairre & Scoring
Document  Sample HUD Language for Service Provider Release
Web Link  Uniform Inspection Checklist
 Massachusetts Resources
Document  Addressing the Health and Safety of Compulsive Hoarders
Document  Addressing the Health, Safety, and Tenancy Preservation Needs of...
Web Link  Children of Hoarders/MA
Document  DPH Support for Hoarding Situations
Web Link  Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts
Document  How to Talk to Someone With a Hoarding Problem
Document  MA Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Web Link  Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
Document  Massachusetts Hoarding Resources Directory
Document  Massachusetts Housing Court
Document  MBHP Hoarding and Code Enforcement Protocols
Web Link  Metro Boston Housing Partnership Hoarding/Sanitation Initiative
Web Link  National Association of Professional Organizers
Web Link  New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development
Document  TPP Regions and Contacts
Web Link  Visiting Nurse Associations of America/MA
Document  Worcester Fair Housing: Hoarding and Reasonable Accommodation
 Treatment & Self-Help Groups
Web Link  Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland, LLP
Web Link  Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Web Link  Clutterers Anonymous
Web Link  Institute for Challenging Disorganization
Web Link  IOCF Hoarding Center
Web Link  National Alliance on Mental Illness
Web Link  The Clutter Movement Facebook Group
Web Link  The Clutter Movement Family Support Facebook Group
Web Link  Treatments That Work, Oxford University Press
 Statewide Steering Committee & MA Hoarding Task Forces
Document  Statewide Steering Committee on Hoarding: Goals
Document  Statewide Steering Committee on Hoarding, Contact Information
Document  Massachusetts Local Hoarding Task Forces
Document  FY’20 Local Hoarding Task Force Awards
Document  FY'19 Local Hoarding Task Force Report
 April 2014 Hoarding Conference
Document  Addressing the Health and Safety of Compulsive Hoarders (2014)
Document  Applying CRAFT to the Problem of Hoarding
Document  Community Based Promising Practices to Address Hoarding
Document  Engaging People Who Hoard: A Harm Reduction Approach
Document  Enhancing Motivation and Engagement for Hoarding
Document  Sample Draft Accommodation Plan
Document  Sample Hoarding Issue Entry Form
Document  Sample Hoarding Lease Violation Letter
Document  Sample Hoarding Protocol
Document  Sample RSC Hoarding Resources Questionnaire
Document  The Power of Peer Response
 Codes Related to Hoarding
Web Link  Code of Mass. Regulations: MA Trial Court Law Library
Web Link  Codes Related to Hoarding: Fire: 527 CMR
Web Link  Codes Related to Hoarding: Safety: 780 CMR
Web Link  Codes Related to Hoarding: Sanitary: 105 CMR 410.000
Document  Potentially Condemnable Conditions
Document  Summary of Hoarding Related Code Regulations
Document  Sample Hoarding Court Order
Web Link  Massachusetts Legal Services
Document  Thinking Outside Our Box(es): Health Codes
Document  Hoarding: Reasonable Accommodations and Court Involvement
Document  Hoarding: Tenancy, Reasonable Accommodations and Court Involvemen...
 Publications and Research
Document  Hoarding Bibliography List
Document  Hoarding Survey Summary Report, January 2017
Document  Prevalence and correlates of hoarding behavior
Web Link  The Hoarding Handbook