SNAP-Ed Needs Assessment Toolkit

This Needs Assessment Toolkit helps SNAP State agencies meet program requirements and enhance their existing needs assessment capabilities. The toolkit offers suggestions to increase the diversity of voices involved throughout the needs assessment process and strategies to link needs assessment findings to State goals and SNAP-Ed programming. The Needs Assessment process is organized into 6 stages including: 1) Plan needs assessment; 2) Collect and assess existing data sources; 3) Plan primary data collection activities; 4) Conduct data collection; 5) Analyze data and synthesize findings; and 6) Determine State priority goals