Blue Valley seeks York community input through needs survey

The survey will be open through July 5. Go to https://www.research.net/r/BVCA-PCA-CNA-Survey to participate.

This confidential survey asks respondents about their financial stability and about issues that might make it hard for them to be financially stable, such as inadequate or lost benefits, too low wages, lack of reliable transportation, child care issues, medical bills and housing problems.

It also asks about the participant’s current employment status and whether they are currently using any services such as child support, disability income, food pantries, Medicaid, SNAP/EBT or WIC.

Participants are also asked about their housing type, whether they own, rent, are without housing or live with family members. They are asked about the age of the residence in which they live. Another question about housing deals with issues such as lead, mold, pests and radon.

A general question asks what are the top five reasons people struggle to meet basic needs, such as disability, generational poverty, not enough affordable housing, expensive child care, health care costs, not enough jobs, not enough pay and substance abuse.

There is also a question about the top needs in the community.

There is a segment regarding health care, in which the participant is asked to discuss their own personal health, their access to health care, their access to mental health care and their access to dental care.

There is a question regarding whether the participant, in the past year, worried about running out of food.

Participants are also asked how they hear about services in their community and what Blue Valley services they are familiar with.

During the regular meeting of the York County Board this week, Commissioner Joe Burgess encouraged everyone to take the survey. He sits on the Blue Valley board as the representative of York County.