The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) launched the National Program Evaluation and Reporting System (N-PEARS) on May 22, 2023.
N-PEARS updates SNAP-Ed State plan and data collection requirements to support FNS’s vision of high-quality, accessible national program data and allows for an improved understanding of program effectiveness and accountability.
This page describes the process changes for the submission of SNAP-Ed plans and reports in N-PEARS beginning with the FY 2024 State plans due by August 15, 2023, and the FY 2023 annual reports due by January 31, 2024. These changes only apply to the SNAP-Ed portion of the SNAP State Plan of Operations.
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| Item | Previous process | New process |
| SNAP-Ed State Plan | State and implementing agencies used templates from the SNAP-Ed Guidance to draft their plans. State agencies then submitted the plans in PartnerWeb for FNS review and approval. |
State and implementing agencies draft and submit plan modules in N-PEARS for FNS review and approval. |
| Annual plan submission deadline | August 15 | No change |
| Plan amendments |
State and implementing agencies’ plan amendments emailed to FNS by May 1 |
State and implementing agencies’ plan amendments submitted in N-PEARS by May 1 |
| Item | Previous Process | New Process |
| Annual Report | State agencies emailed reports to FNS by January 31 | State and implementing agencies complete annual report modules and submit them into N-PEARS by January 31 |
| Education and Administrative Reporting System (EARS) form (FNS-759) | State agencies submitted through Food Program Reporting System (FPRS) by December 31 | The EARS form is discontinued. States and implementing agencies submit program data into N-PEARS annual report modules by January 31 |
| Federal Financial Report form (SF-425) | State agencies submitted through FPRS quarterly | No change |
| Unobligated funds report | State agencies informed FNS of prior year's allocation amounts they do not plan to obligate by December 31 | No change |
- For SNAP-Ed program administration updates and announcements, subscribe to the SNAP-Ed Connection newsletter and visit the N-PEARS page on the SNAP-Ed Connection.
- For N-PEARS questions and support, visit the N-PEARS support documentation page.
