Data & Evaluation

Here you will find resources to help programs with reporting and evaluations efforts, including data, profiles, reports, and other examples.

Title III-C Reporting

• Title III-C & Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) Data Elements training webinar: Outlines the importance of nutrition service data, explains the Title III-C and NSIP data elements, and discusses how to submit the State Performance Report.
• ACL's Managing a Grant: Reporting Requirements
• FAQ: New State Performance Report (SPR) and OAA Performance System
• SPR Data Definitions
• Title III State Program Report: COVID-19 Reporting Guidance (Jun 2022)

Data & Statistics

• 2021 Food & Health Survey (Food Insight)
• 2021 Profile of Older Americans (ACL)
• Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) Basic Findings
• ACL's CPSTF Findings Graphic Sheet
• National Core Indicators: Aging and Disabilities (ADvancing States)
• National Survey of OAA Participants (NSOAAP) 2003-2019 (AGID)
• Profiles of State OAA Programs (AGID Program Data Portal)
• Senior Food Security 2018 (Missouri SUA)
• Senior Report 2021 (United Health Foundation)

Issue Briefs & Reports

• NRCNA Needs Assessment Report 2022 (Oct 2022)
  • Needs Assessment Presentation
• Older Americans Act Title III Programs: 2020 Summary of Highlights (Oct 2022)
  • Introduction to the Older Americans Act
  • Quick Guide to the OAA Title III Programs: 2020 Summary of Highlights
• ACL Volunteerism Study (Jul 2021)
  • Final Report
  • Infographic Booklet
  • Effective Volunteer Practices
  • Volunteer Stories Brief
  • Webinar
• Urgency for Change: A Call to Action for the Aging Network (2019)
• Opportunities to Improve Nutrition for OA & Reduce Risk of Poor Health Outcomes (Mar 2017)
• Enhanced Training for Congregate Meal Staff
• Improving the Dining Experience - Congregate Meals
• Marketing: Re-thinking Your Understanding and Re-Assessing Your Strategy
• Maximizing Use of Commercial Kitchens
  • Summary brief
  • Extended brief
• Quality Nutrition Services for SNP 101
  • Summary brief
  • Extended brief
• Sustainability
  • Summary brief
  • Extended brief
• The Dining Experience: Congregate Meal Policy Myth Busters

Evaluation

• AmeriCorps Evaluation Resources

Title III-C Elderly Nutrition Services Program (ENSP) Evaluation

• 2020:
  • Technical Assistance and Training Needs Assessment
    • Environmental Scan of the Nutrition and Aging Training Landscape
    • Gap Analysis and Training Strategy Recommendations Report
• 2018: 
  • Client Outcome Study: Part II
  • Briefing slides
• 2017: 
  • Client Outcome Study: Part I
  • Briefing slides
  • Responses to questions posed
• 2015: 
  • Process Evaluation Report 
  • Cost Study Report
  • Briefing recording and slides

Title III-C ENSP Evaluation Issue Briefs

• Understanding Participants’ Monetary Contributions (Aug 2020)
• Effect on Participants’ Longer-Term Health Care Utilization (Jul 2020)
• Adverse Health Events Preceding Entry to Home-Delivered Meal Program (Jun 2020)
• Diagnoses Underlying Adverse Health Events (Jun 2020)
• Prevalence of Chronic Conditions among Congregate Meal Participants (Jun 2020)
• Program Entrance and Retention (Jun 2020)
• Key Food Sources of Sodium, Saturated Fat, Empty Calories, and Refined Grains (Jan 2019)
• Social Activities at Congregate Meal Sites and Their Role in Improving Socialization (Jan 2019)
• Types of Foods Older Adults Consumed from Program Meals and Over 24 Hours (Jan 2019)
• Needs of and Service Use Among Participants (Oct 2018)
• Nutritional Quality of Congregate and Home-Delivered Meals (Oct 2017)

Title VI Programs

• Evaluation of Title VI Programs (Mar 2021)
• Title III and Title VI Grantee Collaboration Study (2020)
  • Summary report
  • Full length report
• Understanding the Training Needs of OAA Title VI Program Nutrition and Aging Program Professionals (2019)
• Native Elder Nutrition Education & Training Needs Assessment
• Recommendations for Training Curricula for OAA Title VI Nutrition Program Professionals

Impact

• Your Community Meal Program is Waiting to Serve You (ACL)

Partner Resources

Reports & Studies

• A Spotlight on Low-Income Older Adults: 2017 Food & Health Survey (IFIC)
• Building a More Sustainable, Resilient, Equitable, and Nourishing Food System (National Academies Press)
• Food Data Central (USDA)
• Food Insecurity and Health: Overcoming Food Insecurity Through Healthcare-Based Intervention (NQF)
• Grocery Delivery for Older Americans - 2018 Report (IFIC)
• Healthy People 2030
• Household Food Security in the United States in 2019 (USDA)
• How Food Insecurity Affects Older Adults (University of Michigan)
• Hunger, Poverty, and Health Disparities During COVID-19 and the Federal Nutrition Programs’ Role in an Equitable Recovery (FRAC)
• Improving Food and Nutrition Security During COVID-19, the Economic Recovery, and Beyond (BPC)
• Increasing Voluntary Contributions at Congregate Meals Program Sites (OES)
• Loneliness and Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions (CDC)
• Mental Health and Aging in America Issue Briefs (CDC)
• National Blueprint: Achieving Quality Malnutrition Care for Older Adults (Malnutrition Quality Collaborative)
• Nutrition Assistance Programs: Agencies Could Do More to Help Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adults (GAO)
• Nutrition Over 50: A Special Report on Low-Income Adults Over 50 - 2018 Report (IFIC)
• Older Americans Key Indicators of Well-Being (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics)
• Poverty, Hunger, Health, and the Federal Nutrition Programs: A Profile of the Southern Region (FRAC)
• Senior Hunger in the United States (Feeding America)
• Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System (National Academies Press)
• Understanding and Addressing Inequalities in the Food System (University of Missouri)