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RCAC awarded $2.5 million in U.S. Treasury CDFI fund grants

West Sacramento, Calif. — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) $2.5 million through its Capital Magnet Fund (CMF). RCAC is among 25 CDFIs and 15 nonprofit housing organizations that received a CMF award.

Foundation partnership will focus on America’s housing crisis

America’s housing crisis continues with no end in sight. As rents increase threefold over wages, more than 11 million families spend more than half of their pay for housing. According to Huffington Post, nine foundations formed a partnership to fund policy, advocacy and organizing to increase access to affordable housing for low-income families and those facing homelessness.

Rural Supportive Housing training workshops offered

Behavioral health, affordable housing and homeless services agencies have a common goal to improve the wellbeing of their clients, but they often work in silos, with different languages, acronyms, cultures, operating practices and resources.