Coalitions

How PEARS Coalition data maps to the Multisector Partnerships and Coalitions section in N-PEARS.

Coalitions in PEARS map to the Multisector Partnerships and Coalitions section within Coordination and Collaboration in N-PEARS. Data is exported per coalition with member counts grouped by sector.

Inclusion Criteria

In addition to the global criteria, the following rules apply:

• Only coalitions with at least 5 distinct sectors represented among their members are included.

• Coalitions with a jurisdiction level of International are excluded.

TIP: The distinct sector count includes both named sectors and unique "Other" sector values. A coalition with 4 named sectors and 1 unique "Other" sector qualifies.

Field Mapping

Coalition Summary

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Coalition name	Partnership/Coalition Name	Direct mapping
Jurisdiction Level	Geographic Level of Partnership/Coalition	Mapped from PEARS levels to N-PEARS levels (see table below)
Briefly describe any accomplishments of this coalition for the current reporting period	Describe Key Activities Planned With the Partnership/Coalition	Truncated to 250 words if longer

Members by Sector

Each coalition member's sector of influence is mapped to N-PEARS and members are counted per sector.

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Member's sector of Influence	Sector Represented	Mapped from PEARS sectors to N-PEARS sectors (see table below)
(count)	Number of Members	Count of members within each sector

Sector Mapping

PEARS Sector	N-PEARS Sector
Agriculture	Agriculture
Childcare	Childcare
Commercial marketing	Commercial marketing
Community design	Community design
Community members	Other (specify)
Education	Education
Food industry	Food industry
Food retailers	Food retailers
Government	Government
Health care	Public health and healthcare
Media	Media
Public health	Public health and healthcare
Public safety	Public safety
Social/human services	Other (specify)
Transportation	Transportation
Other, please specify	Other (specify)

TIP: "Health care" and "Public health" in PEARS both map to the single "Public health and healthcare" sector in N-PEARS. Members from both sectors are counted together.

Geographic Level Mapping

PEARS Level	N-PEARS Level
Local (e.g. community, district, parish, city, town, county, borough, or region)	Local
State	State/Territory
Territorial / Commonwealth	State/Territory
Tribal	Tribal
Multi-state	Multi-State
Federal / National	National
International	Excluded from export