When the Annual Report launched in 2024, maintained PSE changes could only be updated manually. However, now the system supports importing maintained PSE Changes similarly to importing adopted changes. The following article details how to use the data importer to add or update your PSE Changes Maintained. To jump to a specific section, click one … Read more
FNS received feedback that agencies needed a more efficient way to update the PSE Changes Maintained records in their FY 2024 reports. At its initial release, the importer template did not support updating the PSE Changes Maintained records, which copied from the agency’s FY 2023 report. FNS and Canopy are working on a solution to … Read more
Beginning with FY24, PSE Changes will be split between adopted and maintained changes. The following article explains how the system will navigate these updates. Changes are Copied from your Previous Report When you click the Begin Annual Report button, the system automatically copies several items into your report, including PSE changes from the previous year. … Read more
The FY 2024 Report modules will open in N-PEARS for all agencies on October 28, 2024. State agencies must submit Reports through N-PEARS to their Regional Coordinator(s) by January 31, 2025. There will be several differences from the FY 2023 Report. Applicable information from the Planned Projects and Activities, Planned Evaluations, and Coordination and Collaboration … Read more
FY23 was the first year Annual Reports were submitted through National PEARS. As there wasn’t a FY23 plan in the system to generate the FY23 report from, adjustments were made to the system to help facilitate data entry. The following list briefly outlines a few features that will vary from FY23 reports. Setup There will … Read more
State agencies can edit SMART goals and objectives at any time in the plan submission process. The following instructions detail how to modify goals and objectives as necessary. How to Update SMART Goals Enter the Target Audience and Needs Assessment Module Mark as Incomplete Navigate to State Priority Goals using the menu in the left … Read more
A recent update for the Annual Plan affects the display of the Total Agency Budget within the Planned Staffing and Budget Module. The total budget layout has been reworked to more clearly separate the line-item breakdown of your total budget and the source of funding by year. Similarly, State agencies can now see their total … Read more
The Coordination and Collaboration module allows you to copy Minority Serving Institutions, Multisector Partnerships/Coalitions, and Tribal Organizations from prior Plan years: Projects can be copied over from a prior year’s plan, as well as any Partnership/Coalitions, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, or Minority-Serving Institutions. Multisector Partnerships/Coalitions To copy data, there will be a dropdown arrow … Read more
Overview If your Annual Plan is a Comprehensive Needs Assessment, census data will be pre-populated according to the federal poverty limit identified in the setup module. The following instructions detail how data is pulled from the American Community Survey to be populated in National PEARS. How to View Demographic Data from ACS Counties Go to data.census.gov … Read more
Support for Multiple Social Marketing Campaigns The Annual Plan now supports multiple social marketing campaigns to be listed for a single project. Simply select the relevant Social Marketing Campaigns in the Approaches section of that project, and then add multiple campaigns using the “Add Campaign” button on the Social Marketing Campaign section of the project. … Read more