Exhibit 3.1.1                                           FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
NOTE:  Left hand column has the following:                     NO. 04-2601571 
       Space for initials for Examiner, Name Approved,
       C, P, M, R.A. and P.C.

NOTE:  Stamped by the Secretary of the Commonwealth 
       97 FEB 10, PM 1:40 Corporation Division


                       THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
                             William Francis Galvin
                          Secretary of the Commonwealth
              One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

                               ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                      (General Laws, Chapter 156B. Section 72)
 
 
We,  Bruce A. Shear, President

and  Paula C.Wurts, Assistant Clerk

of   PHC, Inc. 
    _______________________________________________  
        (Exact name of corporation)
 
 located at:   200 Lake Street, Suite 102, Peabody, MA 01960
                  (Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)

certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:
                              3                   
___________________________________________________________________________  
   (Number those articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and/or 6 being amended)

of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on December
31, 1996, by vote of:

2,165,526 shares of Class A Common stock in favor out of 2,483,522  shares
outstanding.        (type, class, & series if any)

742,218 shares of Class B Common Stock in favor out of 800,628* shares
outstanding.      (type, class, & series if any)


     ** being at least a majority of each type, class or series  outstanding and
entitled to vote thereon.
     * The Class A and Class B Common  Shares vote  together  as a single  class
upon all  matters  except  the  election  of  directors;  each  Class A Share is
entitled  to one vote per share and each Class B share is entitled to five votes
per share.
 

                                      .
For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B.  Section 70.
For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B.  Section 71.

     NOTE::  If the space  provided  under any  article  or item on this form is
     insufficient,  additions  shall be set forth on one side only of separate 8
     1/2 x 11 sheets of paper with a left  margin of at least 1 inch.  Additions
     to more  than one  article  may be made on a  single  sheet so long as each
     article requiring each addition is clearly indicated.


To change the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type,  class or
series of stock  which  the  corporation  is  authorized  to issue,  fill in the
following: The total presently authorized is:

        WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                 WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS

  TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES      TYPE       NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE
Common:                         Common:   Class A  10,000,000         $.01
                                          Class B   2,000,000         $.01
                                          Class C     200,000         $.01
Preferred:                     Preferred:           1,000,000         $.01
                                          


Change the total authorized to:

        WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                 WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS


  TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES     TYPE       NUMBER OF SHARES       PAR VALUE
Common:                         Common:  Class A  20,000,000         $.01
                                         Class B   2,000,000         $.01
                                         Class C     200,000         $.01
Preferred:                     Preferred:          1,000,000         $.01
                                        








     The foregoing  amendment(s)  will become  effective  when these Articles of
Amendment are filed in accordance  with General  Laws,  Chapter 156B,  Section 6
unless  these  articles  specify,  in  accordance  with  the vote  adopting  the
amendment,  a later  effective date not more than thirty days after such filing,
in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date.

Later effective date:  _________________________________________________

SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 28th day of January, 1997

     Bruce A, Shear__________________________________,  President    

     Paula C. Wurts _________________________________,  Assistant Clerk






                THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

                      ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
             (General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 72)



            I   hereby    approve    the   within
            Articles   of   Amendment.   and  the
            filing   fee  in  the   amount  of  $
            __________  having  been  paid,  said
            article   is   deemed  to  have  been
            filed  with me this  __________  date
            of __________, 19_______.






            Effective date:  _______________________________________________


                      WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
                  Secretary of the Commonwealth








                  TO BE FILED IN BY CORPORATION
               Photocopy of document to be sent to:

                       Roslyn G. Daum, Esq.
                      Choate, Hall & Stewart
                 Exchange Place, 53 State Street
                         Boston, MA 02109