Slide Deck: RNC 101- The Building Blocks to Successful and Sustainable Rural Summer Meals

This workshop introduced 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. Attendees tried a streamlined summer meals financial calculator to make RNC budgeting easier and more actionable. Whether you work in a state agency or as a summer meals sponsor, you’ll learn with concrete tools and next steps to pilot or scale RNC in your community.