Roanoke Valley Community Health Needs Assessment - Final Report

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Challenges: • High cost of living impacts healthy choices

Resources: • Food stamps • Homeless shelter

Health Literacy: • Value placed on healthy foods & exercise

Lack of access: Homeless Mothers • Membership to a fitness facility cost prohibitive • Healthy foods- dependent on whatever food is available at the shelter

Transfer for Food Stamps

The food stamp program is good and you can go to the farmers market and get vegetables.

people cannot afford $20/person for the YMCA. For families it is $45. We would all like to use these services.

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