SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework and FFY 2016 Annual Report © University of California 2015

Statewide Objectives: Increase Consumption of Health Food and Beverages MT1 Healthy Eating Behaviors MT1c – Ate more than 1 kind of fruit MT1d – Ate more than 1 kind of veg MT1f – Used MyPlate to make food choices MT1h – Drank fewer sugar-sweetened beverages MT1l – Cups of fruit consumed per day MT1m – Cups of veg consumed per day Pre/post surveys referenced in Interpretive Guide

Example Results – Priority Indicators Template – FFY2016

CA Objective: Improve Food Resource Management Same pre/post surveys MT2 Food Resource Management Behaviors MT2b – Read nutrition facts or nutrition ingredients MT2h – Compare prices MT2i – Identify foods on sale or use coupons to save money MT2j – Shop with a list MT2g – Not run out of food before month’s end

Objective: Increase Physical Activity (PA) Newer outcome – less evaluation data Pre/post surveys MT3: Physical Activity and Reduced Sedentary Behavior Mt3a – PA and leisure sports MT3b – PA when you breathed harder than normal (moderate-vigorous pa) Image Source: USDA-FNS/Public Domain

Objective: Adoption of Nutrition Supports Smarter Lunchrooms Movement Assessments at 57 schools with our over 36,00 students Edible Gardens 123 edible gardens Est. over 15,000 learned in, worked in or ate from the garden ST5 Need and Readiness MT5 Nutrition Supports Adopted MT5a - # of sites that make at least one change MT5b - total population reached LT5 Nutrition Supports Implemented LT5a - # of sites w/ multi-component intervention LT5c - # of sites with improved food environment assessment scores

Objective: Adoption of PA Supports Testing new tools Kansas State University’s and Nutrition Policy Institute’s (NPI) PEARS PSE module Pre/post Playground Stencil Assessment CATCH Lesson Observation Tool For FFY 2016 not able to reliably report on changes adopted only whether reported working on: Incorporating PA breaks in classroom instruction (100 sites) New/improved access to structured PA (CATCH) (85 sites) Access to safe paths/Safe Routes to School (17 sites) Stencils to encourage PA (13 sites)

Disseminating Evaluation Results FFY 2016 Annual Report Example executive summary, indicators template State and County profiles .

CALIFORNIA – multiple SNAP-Ed Agencies Integrated Work plans at County Level Evaluation Workgroup at State Level– all Agencies - Working toward more coordinated & integrated approach to evaluation Overarching statewide objectives Common measures and measures tailored to specific agencies Piloting a single shared reporting system – KSU’s PEARS Recommended evaluation tools Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) designing a new rigorous statewide evaluation

Image Source: Pixabay/ Public Domain Contact Information: Barbara MkNelly Evaluation Analyst bmknelly@ucdavis.edu