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 How to Update SMART Objectves How to Update SMART Goals Enter the Target Audience and Needs Assessment Module Mark as Incomplete Navigate … 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 next … Read more
Overview If your State 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
The State 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 State 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
The following instructions outline how to create a PDF of your work in N-PEARS to print or save. Print a PDF Google Chrome Navigate to the final review tab, click actions, and select Export Report (or Plan) to PDF. A print dialogue will appear. Select your printer from the drop down options to the … Read more
Import template The Excel template can be downloaded from within N-PEARS in the Budget Import section within the Planned Staffing and Budget module. You can also download the template here: annual_plan_budget_template. When should an agency use the budget import? The budget import section is optional. Agencies may input budget data directly into N-PEARS instead of … Read more
After entering data for all modules, review the State plan. The Final Review combines data from all IA plans and the State plan into one comprehensive view. This format matches the Regional Coordinator’s view of the plan. From the homepage, click Start State Plan. From the State plan Overview page, go to the navigation menu … Read more
After Implementing Agencies submit plans, the State Agency can review IA plans and request changes. Each IA plan is reviewed separately. From the State plan Overview page, go to the navigation menu and select Review Implementing Agency Plans. The Review Implementing Agency Plans section lists each IA within the state. Click the arrow to … Read more