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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.

Success Stories

Sunday, Mar 26, 2017

Curlew Kai Homeowner’s Association

Curlew Kai Homeowner’s Association applied for funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) grant and loan program to make much needed improvements to its water system. The funds were approved, but in order to proceed, CK needed to comply with USDA’s letter of conditions, including design and engineering. RCAC’s Loan Fund, which provided a feasibility loan before the grant application was submitted, provided a second $105,000 loan to complete the required design and engineering.
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Saturday, Mar 25, 2017

Kunia Village

When Del Monte closed its pineapple farming operations in Oahu more than 600 people living in Kunia Village were in jeopardy of losing their homes.
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Tuesday, Mar 07, 2017

Kauai Habitat for Humanity

On Kaua’i buildable land is in short supply, and energy and living costs are steep. There is a severe lack of affordable housing options for low-income households.
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Saturday, Mar 04, 2017

Agua4All – South Kern County

Through the Agua4All program, RCAC has installed water bottle filling stations in Kern County and distributed reusable water bottles to students. To date, Agua4All has installed 138 water bottle filling stations, with treatment where necessary, in Kern County alone.
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Friday, Mar 03, 2017

Town of Mora, Building Rural Economies (BRE)

Mora County residents are very concerned about their land and its pristine location at the head of five watersheds. Climate change, extreme drought, imminent catastrophic forest fires, and the incursion of oil and gas corporations all threaten the health of the watersheds and the local people. Mora County’s population of 5,000 is very low-income, primarily Hispanic and Native American descent, and geographically isolated. In 2013, RCAC established its Building Rural Economies (BRE) program …
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Success Stories

Curlew Kai Homeowner’s Association

Kunia Village

Kauai Habitat for Humanity

Agua4All – South Kern County

Town of Mora, Building Rural Economies (BRE)