Program Activities

How PEARS Program Activity data maps to the Direct Education section in N-PEARS.

Program Activities in PEARS map to the Direct Education section of Project and Activity Results in N-PEARS. Data is aggregated by project.

Inclusion Criteria

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

• Only programs with an assigned project in SNAP-Ed Custom Data are included.

• Programs must have at least one session or module 20 minutes or longer.

• Only sessions with dates within the Federal Fiscal Year (October 1 through September 30) are counted.

Field Mapping

Mode of Delivery

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Methods used to deliver this program → In person	How was direct education delivered? → In person	Checked if any activity in the project has "In person" selected
Methods used to deliver this program → Virtual, live online	How was direct education delivered? → Virtual, live online	Checked if any activity has "Virtual, live online" selected
Methods used to deliver this program → Virtual, self-directed & interactive	How was direct education delivered? → Virtual, self-directed & interactive	Checked if any activity has "Virtual, self-directed & interactive" selected

Session Types

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Sessions	Single Session	Checked if any activity has exactly 1 session/module of 20+ minutes
Sessions	Series of 2-4 sessions	Checked if any activity has 2-4 sessions/modules of 20+ minutes
Sessions	Series of 5-9 sessions	Checked if any activity has 5-9 sessions/modules of 20+ minutes
Sessions	Series of 10 or more sessions	Checked if any activity has 10+ sessions/modules of 20+ minutes

Session Counts and Time

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Sessions → Virtual = False	Total sessions delivered → In Person	Count of non-virtual sessions
Sessions → Virtual = True	Total sessions delivered → Virtual	Count of virtual sessions plus virtual modules
Session Length / Module Avg Time	Estimated total time participants engaged	Sum session and module lengths per activity, then calculate mean per project

Languages

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Language(s) used to deliver this program	In what languages was direct education offered?	All languages used across qualifying activities are checked
Please specify additional language(s)	Other Languages	Each unique "other language" adds a new row

Sites and Settings

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Site	Project Sites	All sites from qualifying activities are included with "Direct Education" as the intervention approach
Setting (SNAP-Ed Custom Data)	Setting	Each site is annotated with the distinct settings from its associated program activities

Reach and Demographics

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Total (Demographics)	Total number of SNAP-Ed direct education participants (unduplicated)	Sum of the Total field across all qualifying activities in the project
Method used to determine demographic makeup	Actual Count / Estimated Count	Demographics are grouped by actual vs. estimated collection method

Demographic fields (Gender, Age, Ethnicity, Race) are mapped directly from PEARS to N-PEARS with the following exceptions:

• Non-Binary (Gender) → Reported as "Unknown" in N-PEARS.

• Prefer not to respond (Age) → Reported as "Unknown" in N-PEARS.

Age Subgroup Splitting

NOTE: For reporting years 2024 and later, if participation is recorded in the broad 5-17 age range and the total exceeds the sum of the age subgroups (5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-17), the difference is distributed evenly across the four subgroups.

Project-Level Fields

PEARS Field	N-PEARS Field	Calculation
Project (SNAP-Ed Custom Data)	Does this project include direct education interventions?	"Yes" if any qualifying activity exists for the project; otherwise "No"
Project (SNAP-Ed Custom Data)	Stage of direct education intervention at end of fiscal year	"Implemented" if any qualifying activity exists; otherwise "Not yet implemented"