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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

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2015

Timberon Water & Sanitation District

Timberon Water & Sanitation District’s water source comes from Carissa Springs and five ground wells. Three of the wells were out of service due to many factors, including drought. Elevation changes and high pressure areas caused frequent breaks (blow-outs) throughout the water system’s estimated 175 miles of distribution piping.
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Tuesday, Mar 24, 2015

Pueblo de Cochiti Housing Authority (PdCHA)

The Native Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) of 1996 significantly changed HUD funding for tribes into a block grant program that allows them to structure their own approaches to developing housing for their members.
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Monday, Mar 23, 2015

Town of Kiowa

RCAC helped the town leaders complete a rate analysis, engineering and financial feasibility reports and apply for federal funding
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San Pasqual Reservation

The San Pasqual Tribe operates two water systems. One well is an older, heavily corroded steel storage tank that leaks. Drought and aquifer depletion forced the tribe to supplement its systems through an emergency connection to Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD).
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Bisbee Disaster Preparedness

RCAC conducted a vulnerability assessment and emergency response planning so that Bisbee was prepared when Tropical Storm Odile hit in September 2014
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Success Stories

Timberon Water & Sanitation District

Pueblo de Cochiti Housing Authority (PdCHA)

Town of Kiowa

San Pasqual Reservation

Bisbee Disaster Preparedness