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
Since the launch of the 2025 Annual Plan there have been a few updates worth mentioning. Copy Features – Planned Projects and Activities, Coordination and Collaboration The Annual Plan now has copying features for Planned Projects and Coordination and Collaboration. Projects can be copied over from a prior year’s plan, as well as any Partnership/Coalitions, … Read more
The Annual Plan will fall under the category of a comprehensive needs assessment or needs assessment update. You will be asked to select one of these options in the Basic Information section of the State Plan Setup. If you select comprehensive needs assessment will be prompted to choose the Gross Income Limit for this Plan. The corresponding data set … Read more
To ease the data entry burden, you can copy a project and all of its data from last year’s plan. From the Annual Plan Overview, click the View All Projects button. Click the Arrow Button next to Add Project Click Copy Previous Project Click in the Select an Existing Project Box and select the previous … Read more
Module 1 – Target Audience and Needs Assessment Section Field Limit Needs Assessment List the Stakeholders engaged… 500 Words Needs Assessment Describe the process used to determine… 250 Words Program Access List the areas of your State….. 250 Words Program Access What factors limit the geographic… 250 Words Program Access How can the SNAP-Ed State… … Read more
To approve an IA amendment as a State Agency, begin by clicking Work on Amendment from the homepage. The overview page opens. Select Implementing Agency Amendments. Implementing Agencies with amendments display. Press the dropdown arrow to view the amendment. Review each module of the amended Plan before approving, using the Review buttons. 4. Once all changes have … Read more