Slide Deck and Recording: Non-Congregate 101: The Building Blocks To Successful And Sustainable Rural Summer Meals

This session provided an introduction to the rural non‑congregate (RNC) summer feeding model and how it expands meal access across geographically dispersed communities. A panel of experts—a former school nutrition director, a community‑based sponsor, and a state agency staff member—explained how RNC works, offered practical budgeting approaches for long‑term sustainability, and shared outreach, training, and menu strategies that boost participation. Participants received a tutorial on our new streamlined summer meals financial calculator to make RNC budgeting easier and more actionable.

This session was offered at our Summer Nutrition Summit in January, and we’re excited to offer it again as part of our webinar series to reach those of you who weren’t able to join us there in person!