Definition of Terms
Definition of Terms
Acronyms
100

SNAP participants and low-income individuals eligible to receive SNAP benefits or other means-tested Federal assistance 

What is Target Audience/SNAP eligible?

100

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?

100

FNS

Food Nutrition Service

200

Broad approaches to intervening on nutrition education and obesity prevention target areas.

What is Strategies?

200

Refers to a system for storing , editing, and displaying geographical information on a computer

What is Geographic Information System Mapping?

200

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

300

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?

300

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?

300

GIS

Geographic Information System

400

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?

400

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?

400

NEOP

Nutrition Education Obesity Prevention
500

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?

500

Actual work performed by program personnel to implement objectives.

What is Activity?

500

SNAP-Ed

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education