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RCAC’s programs and services deliver solutions to complex community needs. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet those goals. RCAC and our partners provide the tools to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course. Collaboration, plus community effort will equal community change. How can we help you?

RCAC’s Loan Fund is a financial resource for rural communities. The Loan Fund fills financing gaps and serves in unconventional markets. We offer loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses in rural locations.

Decent housing, safe drinking water, education, financing, jobs, community facilities, leadership, families are the many facets to RCAC's work.

RCAC expands the knowledge base of the rural public through education and training. Our training expertise is in technical, financial, and administrative issues that affect rural communities. We take great pride in our professional trainer team's capacity and effectiveness. Our trainers maximize audience participation to keep trainings relevant and memorable.

RCAC's news and publications are a compilation of timely news, announcements and accomplishments produced for the rural development world.

Sub-standard housing and poverty are commonplace in low-income rural communities. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access safe, clean drinking water and to develop other vital infrastructure. These issues are often overlooked in policy because rural communities lack the resources, training or social networks that are found in urban areas. Learn how you can advocate for the under-served population in the West.

Founded in 1978, RCAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with underserved rural and Indigenous communities to achieve their vision and well being through technical assistance, training, financial resources and advocacy. For more than 45 years, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. Learn more about who we are and how we operate.

News & Publications

Thursday, Jan 27, 2022

Posted in: Network News

Network News January 2022

If you’ve ever driven through California’s Central Valley, odds are you may have missed a pretty resilient small town tucked away in Kern County. Located just a few miles southwest of Bakersfield, the town of Arvin, California has often found itself in the news …
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Wednesday, Dec 22, 2021

Posted in: Network News

Network News December 2021

Warm wishes from RCAC! Don’t miss our story highlights from 2021.
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Posted in: Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder December 2021

It is interesting to reflect on the phrase “home for the holidays” regardless of the cultural holidays you and yours might celebrate, they are always better when celebrated at home. What does home mean to you? It can have so many meanings, depending on your perspective or the context where you insert the word “home.”
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Monday, Nov 22, 2021

Posted in: Network News

Network News November 2021

West Sacramento, Calif. — In the quarter ending Sept. 20, 2021, Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s (RCAC) Loan Fund closed 29 loans in 13 states, which totaled $12,650,523.
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Monday, Oct 25, 2021

Posted in: Network News

Network News October 2021

Despite school closures last year, RCAC’s Agua4All team kept busy. Since the program’s launch in 2014, the team has installed 580 drinking water stations in 121 schools, 71 public places, 37 communities, 43 districts and 14 Tribal communities.
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News & Publications

Network News January 2022

Network News December 2021

Self-Help Builder December 2021

Network News November 2021

Network News October 2021