Pre-populated Demographic Data

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

2024-07-02 – N-PEARS Annual Plan Update

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

2024-06-05 – N-PEARS Annual Plan Updates

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

Comprehensive Needs Assessment vs. Needs Assessment Update

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

Annual Plan Project Copy

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

Word Count Limits in N-PEARS

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

Approve an IA Amendment

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

Canceling an Amendment (IA)

To cancel an implementing agency Amendment, begin by clicking Work on Amendment. The Annual Plan Amendment Overview appears. Select the Implementing Agency Amendments section from the navbar.  Implementing agencies involved in the Amendment appear. Select Cancel Amendment. A modal will appear to confirm the action. Select Cancel Amendment to confirm the cancellation of the Amendment. … Read more

Start an Amendment

Amendments allow you to make changes to a Plan after the submission period. Amendments can only be initiated by a State Agency but can apply to both State Agencies and implementing agencies. To begin an amendment, select Start Amendment. The Start Amendment modal will appear. Select the checkbox under “Select IAs to initiate an Amendment” … Read more

Implementing Agency Amendment Final Review and Submission

Once you’ve completed data entry on your your amendment, it’s time for the final review and submission. Navigate to the Final Review section in N-PEARS  Any modules you made updates in will need to be reviewed. Click the Review button Click the arrow next to reviewed to expand each item and review the information entered. … Read more