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# Direct Education Reach and Time

Displays total reach, sessions, and hours for direct education programs along with a breakdown by delivery method.

#### Location

This panel appears on the following dashboards:

* [SNAP-Ed Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/snap-ed-dashboard.md)
* [Extension Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/extension-dashboard.md)
* [Unit Snapshot Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/unit-snapshot-dashboard.md)
* [User Dashboard](/analyze/impact-dashboards/user-dashboard.md)

#### Modules Included

* Program Activities

#### Filters

**Applied Filters**

* **Viewable records** — Only Program Activities the current user has permission to view are included.

**Non-Applicable Filters**

All standard Program Activity filters are supported by this panel.

#### Calculations

1. PEARS retrieves all viewable Program Activities that match the current dashboard filters.
2. The panel calculates three summary statistics, each displayed as a large number:
   * **Participants** — Sum of each program's demographics **Total** value across all matching programs.
   * **Sessions** — Count of the session records on all matching programs.
   * **Hours** — Sum of each session's **Length (min)** value across those same sessions, converted to hours.
3. Each matching program is counted once under a single delivery method category:
   * **In person**
   * **Virtual, live online**
   * **Virtual, self-directed & interactive** — reporting years 2023 and later only.
   * **Mix of virtual** — more than one delivery method, all of them virtual; reporting years 2023 and later only.
   * **Mix of online and face-to-face** — both an in-person and a virtual delivery method.
   * **Other** — reporting years before 2023 only; also counts programs with no delivery method recorded.
4. A donut chart titled **Delivery Methods** displays each category's share of the total.

#### Additional Notes

* A program activity with more than one delivery method is counted under a **Mix** category rather than under each method, so the delivery method percentages always total 100%.
* Hover over a slice to see the delivery method name, percentage, and program count.
* When a **Session Date Range** filter is applied, **Sessions** and **Hours** count only the sessions that fall inside the range, while **Participants** reflects each matching program's full demographics total.