SNAP-Ed Toolkit

 

The Supplemental Nutrition Education (SNAP-Ed) Toolkit: - Hosts a database of nutrition education and physical activity promotion interventions which have been peer-reviewed and determined to be evidence-based interventions for use in SNAP-Ed. - Contains the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework, an interactive tool including recommended behavioral indicators and evaluation tools for use in SNAP-Ed programs. - Includes a literature review database of peer-reviewed SNAP-Ed funded literature. - Provides technical assistance resources that State and implementing agencies can use to improve implementation of SNAP-Ed, such as a list of interventions and resources for online education.

Active 10.533 Food and Nutrition Service, Department of Agriculture B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2019 In FY 2019, intervention developers submitted 74 nutrition education interventions for peer review. 50 of these interventions were determined to be evidence-based for use in SNAP-Ed by 64 researchers and practitioners in the fields of nutrition and public health. Detailed descriptions of the 50 new nutrition interventions, including behavioral outcomes associated with each, were added to the SNAP-Ed Toolkit by the close of the fiscal year.
Fiscal Year 2020 In FY 2020, an additional 21 new interventions were added to the SNAP-Ed Toolkit. There are now more than 150 evidence-based interventions available to State and implementing agencies. Existing interventions were updated to include cost of materials, with additional updates made, as needed. Additional training resources, such as a list of interventions that are evidence-based for use online, and an online resource list, were added to facilitate SNAP-Ed program's ability to operate while complying with distancing requirements to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiscal Year 2021 In FY2021, in addition website updates and maintenance, the SNAP-Ed Toolkit convened an expert working group to assess gaps and update selected SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework indicators. The training resources section of the website was updated and enhances.
Fiscal Year 2022 In FY2022, in addition to website updates, operation and maintenance, the SNAP-Ed Toolkit (Toolkit) called for new evidence-based interventions to promote increases in public health approaches to address nutrition security, and alignment with the Thrifty Food Plan and the most current Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Thirteen new interventions and three new resources were selected and added to the collection of 147 evidence-based interventions, including curricula that celebrate diverse cultural traditions; policy, systems and environmental change strategies; and a social marketing campaign. The Toolkit team also developed a compendium of SNAP-Ed funded outcomes included in peer-reviewed papers, as directed by the 2018 Farm Bill, which required the creation of an online clearinghouse for best practices to assist SNAP-Ed providers with program planning, implementation and evaluation. Additionally, the Toolkit team conducted a series of equity-focused training webinars to address community engagement, staff recruitment, development and retention and community needs assessment through an equity lens.
Fiscal Year 2023 In FY 2023, in addition to website updates and maintenance, the UNC team added a new Literature Review database to the SNAP-Ed Toolkit website. This is a searchable database with peer-reviewed literature on outcome evaluation results from SNAP-Ed funded projects. The database includes categories, such as target behavior, setting, and outcome level, to enable a more focused list of published papers for review. Each paper included in the online database includes an Abstract and link. If the published paper includes an intervention in the SNAP-Ed Toolkit, a link to the intervention is also provided. The Toolkit team also worked to gather information about updates needed to the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework. This included feedback from internal and external SNAP-Ed partners. (d)(2)(vii)(D)SNAP-Ed activities must include evidence-based activities using two or more of these approaches: individual or group-based nutrition education, health promotion, and intervention strategies; comprehensive, multi-level interventions at multiple complementary organizational and institutional levels; community and public health approaches to improve nutrition and physical activity, Title 7 CFR, Part 272, Section 2 This is a noncompetitive cooperative agreement. Not applicable. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is required. This listing does not require an environmental impact statement or assessment. This listing is exempt from E.O. 12372 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. This assistance is available as a noncompetitive grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the operation, maintenance and update of the SNAP-Ed Toolkit website. This is a noncompetitive award to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the operation, maintenance and update of the SNAP-Ed Toolkit website. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. This assistance was awarded in FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022 and FY 2023 for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to operate, maintain and update the SNAP-Ed toolkit website. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The funding for this award is determined on an annual basis. In FY 2023, this assistance was awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Quarterly. The SNAP-Ed Toolkit is located at https://snapedtoolkit.org/. Divyani Pendleton
Food and Nutrition National Office
1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
Divyani.Pendleton@usda.gov
Phone: 703-305-2031 https://snapedtoolkit.org/ 12-3505-0-1-605 (Cooperative Agreements) FY 22$277,602.00; FY 23 est $235,764.00; FY 24 Estimate Not Available FY 21$194,664.00; FY 20$169,091.00; FY 19$140,836.00; FY 18 FY 17 - An award was made to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the amount of $140,836 for FY 2019. An award was made in the amount of $160,091 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for FY 2020. An award was made in the amount of $194,664 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for FY 2021. An award was made in the amount of $277,602 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for FY 2022. An award was made in the amount of $235,764 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for FY 2023. Not applicable.