Definition of Terms
SNAP participants and low-income individuals eligible to receive SNAP benefits or other means-tested Federal assistance
What is Target Audience/SNAP eligible?
Cooperative Extension offices, universities, State departments of health or education, State level nutrition networks, foodbanks, and other organizations that contract with State agencies to provide SNAP-Ed.
What is Implementing Agencies?
FNS
Food Nutrition Service
Broad approaches to intervening on nutrition education and obesity prevention target areas.
What is Strategies?
Refers to a system for storing , editing, and displaying geographical information on a computer
What is Geographic Information System Mapping?
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
A tool developed by FNS that consists of evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental change (PSE) strategies and interventions that are appropriate for the SNAP-Ed population.
What is the SNAP-Ed Toolkit?
A resource website for SNAP-Ed administrators, State agencies, Implementing Agencies, Educators, and others involved in the SNAP-Ed program.
What is SNAP-Ed Connection?
GIS
Geographic Information System
This resource was established to provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities
What is Public housing?
A collection of copy-right free images that can be used in social marketing campaigns, brochures, and other SNAP-Ed materials.
What is Photo Gallery?
NEOP
The process of identifying and describing the extent and type of health and nutrition problems and needs of individuals and/or target populations in the community.
What is Needs Assessment?
Actual work performed by program personnel to implement objectives.
What is Activity?
SNAP-Ed
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education