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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

Saturday, Dec 03, 2016

Agua4All

Through the Agua4All program, RCAC has installed nearly 200 water bottle filling stations in California schools and communities throughout the state to increase access to and consumption of safe drinking water.
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Wednesday, Nov 23, 2016

Santo Domingo Tribe Tribal Housing Authority

Santo Domingo Tribal Housing Authority (SDTHA) members graduated from RCAC’s Tribal Housing Excellence Academy (THE Academy) in 2015 and broke ground on a 41-unit housing project in May 2016.
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Thursday, Nov 10, 2016

Eek, Alaska

Eek is a remote town with less than 300 residents in far eastern Alaska. About 30 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. One small airport serves the town, and in winter, residents travel on trails with snow machines. Partly because of Eek’s isolation, it has faced several environmental and economic challenges.
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Friday, Nov 04, 2016

Kauai Habitat for Humanity – 502 loan packaging

RCAC staff provide training and support to nonprofit housing organizations that want to package USDA 502 loans. RCAC staff also review the completed packages to make sure they are complete before sending them to USDA for approval.
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Thursday, Nov 03, 2016

Arvin point-of-use treatment filters

Where: Arvin, California Problem: The arsenic levels in the municipal water supply in Arvin exceed the EPA maximum contaminant level . . .
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Success Stories

Agua4All

Santo Domingo Tribe Tribal Housing Authority

Eek, Alaska

Kauai Habitat for Humanity – 502 loan packaging

Arvin point-of-use treatment filters