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Press Releases
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Stanley Keasling announces retirement, Board of Directors launches CEO search
West Sacramento, Calif. — Stanley Keasling, Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s (RCAC) Chief Executive Officer, will retire at the end of 2019. Keasling was just the second CEO in RCAC’s 40-year history. He joined the organization in 2008. -
Nalani Fujimori Kaina is RCAC’s board president
West Sacramento, Calif. — Nalani Fujimori Kaina was elected president of Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s (RCAC) Board of Directors. She has served on the board since 2010 and previously was the vice president.
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Articles
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U.S. Supreme Court to consider groundwater contamination with respect to Clean Water Act
The U.S. Clean Water Act, which Congress passed nearly a half-century ago, prohibits pollution in navigable bodies of water, but now the Supreme Court justices will examine whether indirect contamination—specifically in groundwater—is in violation of the landmark legislation. -
Isabel Solorio, 2018 RCAC Yoneo Ono Outstanding Rural Volunteer Award recipient
In the nearly four decades since Isabel Solorio left her native Mexico in search of, as she calls it still, ‘the American Dream,’ she has held tight to the idea that she wanted to give as much back to her adopted country as it gave her.
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Publications
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Network News February 2019
Peach Springs, AZ – In August 2016, Jamie Navenma drew on his nearly 25 years of experience working in Tribal homeownership as he surveyed housing on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in northwestern Arizona. What he saw both encouraged and distressed him.
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Network News January 2019
Lewistown, Montana – In the 30 some years that Tammy Eckhardt worked as a police officer and criminal investigator, it was essential to find solace from the disheartening aspects of her job. She did this by sitting quietly and quilting. And, through the long Montana winters, she was in good company.
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Self-Help Builder December 2018
Happy holidays! Thank you for helping us this year to create vibrant, healthy and enduring rural communities. To reflect, here are a few highights from past issues of the "Self-Help Builder "that exhibit the dedication and perseverance of the people we serve.
Recent News
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Wednesday, Mar 20, 2019Posted in: Press Release
Stanley Keasling announces retirement, Board of Directors launches CEO search
West Sacramento, Calif. — Stanley Keasling, Rural Community Assistance Corporation’s (RCAC) Chief Executive Officer, will retire at the end of 2019. Keasling was just the second CEO in RCAC’s 40-year history. He joined the organization in 2008.
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Monday, Mar 18, 2019Posted in: Affordable Housing, Elizabeth Zach, farmworkers, Featured News
Farmworkers along California’s Central Coast lack housing
More and more farmworkers have arrived in California’s coastal areas in the last year but find too few houses for themselves and their families.
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Thursday, Mar 14, 2019Posted in: Self-Help Builder News
Self-Help Builder March 2019
USDA Rural Development published an Unnumbered Letter (UL) dated Feb. 25, 2019 changing the way credit will be evaluated and Student Loan Income Based Payments will be handled during FY19. It also emphasizes the previous permanent authorization regarding Oral Verifications of Employment.
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