Slide Deck and Recording: Amplifying Impact: Advocacy Strategies for Rural, Non-Congregate Programs

This session helps equip community-based organizations, program sponsors, and state agencies with effective strategies to advance rural non-congregate (RNC) summer meal programs. Participants heard from a summer meals sponsor and a state agency SFSP director as they examined approaches for engaging and building support among stakeholders, as well as strategies for showcasing successful models to build a broader understanding of RNC’s benefits. Attendees also learned about the Mayor’s Alliance to End Hunger and how engaging local elected officials can strengthen advocacy efforts and foster collaboration to expand access for rural children and families.