Community Publications and Reports
The following publications and reports are available in pdf format unless otherwise noted:
Quick Guides
Quick Guide for Community Services (English version) (PDF)
Quick Guide for Community Services (Spanish version (PDF)
Community Needs Assessments and Demographics
2009 Roanoke Regional Community Indicators Report
Each year the Council of Community Services publishes the Community Indicators Report containing indicator data and trends on a wide range of factors describing the well being of people in the Roanoke Region. The report covers eight jurisdictions in the Roanoke Valley providing the most recent demographic updates and projections.
2008 Roanoke Regional Community Indicators Report
The Council of Community Services released the “Roanoke Regional Community Indicators Report” in Fall 2008. The data-rich report identifies and tracks key household economic indicators, presentations of valuable data that show change over time, for the eight jurisdictions in the Roanoke/Alleghany Region. The report tracks 39 indicators including, unemployment rates, job growth by industry and salary band, per capita income, annual average wage, consumer price index, poverty rates, graduation rates, affordability of single family homes and many others.
The Economic Impact of Nonprofits in the Roanoke Virginia Region
The Community Needs File - Report to the Community
2003-2004 Roanoke Valley Community Needs Assessment
The Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Region Demographic Profile, Roanoke Valley - Alleghany Regional Commission
Homelessness - Reports and Power Point Presentations
Every year in Virginia each jurisdiction participates in a point in time count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness. In the Commonwealth, the annual point in time count is conducted in January. For details of the survey results please refer to the 2010 Winter Shelter Survey Report conducted by the Roanoke Regional Advisory Council on Homelessness.
2009 Point in Time Survey 2009 Point in Time PowerPoint Show
Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Advisory Council on Homelessness 2009 Point in Time Survey shows an eighteen percent increase in homelessness in the Roanoke Region.
2008 Point in Time Survey 2008 Point in Time PowerPoint Show
Roanoke Valley Alleghany Regional Advisory Council on Homelessness
2008 Winter Shelter Survey just released shows slight reduction in number of people experiencing homelessness in the region.
2007 Report on Homelessness Power Point
10 Year Plan to End Homelessness PDF
10 Year Plan to End Homelessness PowerPoint
Senior Citizens - Reports and Issues
Senior Independence Issues - This report was compiled by the Council of Community Services at the request of and funding by United Way of Roanoke Valley.
Report to the Community on Senior Citizen Issues
Adolescents - Reports and Issues
City of Salem
2007 Salem City Youth Pride Survey Report
City of Roanoke
2007 Prevention Priorities: Roanoke Prevention Planning Team
Roanoke County
HIV and AIDS
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, revised June 2007
2008 Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan
HIV/AIDS Demographic Slide Show
HIV and Its Transmission—HIV Prevention
A Glance at the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
2009 Ryan White Client Needs Assessment
2007 Ryan White Client Needs Assessment
2005 Ryan White Client Needs Assessment
2007 Ryan White Client Needs Assessment Powerpoint
2007 Ryan White Subcontractors Survey Powerpoint
2006-2007 Southwest/Piedmont HIV Care Consortium ADAP Non-ADAP Formularies
Brochures and Informational Pamphlets
Council of Community Services Brochure
Nonprofit Resource Center Brochure
