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Rural Community Assistance Corporation receives $250,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Rebuilding Better Grant
West Sacramento, Calif. — Rural Community Assistance Corporation is pleased to announce this week that it has received a $250,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Rebuilding Better Grant. RCAC will use the funds to launch a pilot advocacy program with Native American entrepreneurs in New Mexico. -
Newly created Vector Fund leverages $20 million MacKenzie Scott grant to deepen RCAC’s impact in Indigenous and rural communities
Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) recently formed the Vector Fund to house its game-changing $20 million MacKenzie Scott grant, awarded in late 2020.
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California’s Project Homekey coverts hotels into homeless shelter
Built on the success of Project Roomkey, a state program that provided those experiencing homelessness safe space to quarantine after exposure to COVID-19, California's Project Homekey buys motels and turns them into housing for its homeless population. -
Tips for managing a mobile-home park utility
Managing a water and/or wastewater system is an often overlooked and overwhelming aspect of mobile-home park ownership. If you just purchased a mobile-home park, there’s a strong chance you also just became the park’s de facto water and/or wastewater systems operations manager.
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Self-Help Builder June 2021
It is a national problem, building material costs are skyrocketing. And it isn’t getting better anytime soon. The Building Contractors Association stated that in the United States the total lumber package price for the average home right now is up 208 percent. That is, if you can even get all the lumber you need.
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Network News June 2021
Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) embarked on its journey in 2012 to help homebuyers access affordable mortgages through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) 502 Direct Loan Program. After nearly a decade RCAC built a powerhouse partnership network across the rural West and beyond.
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Network News May 2021
After a community lifts fire evacuation orders and it is safe to return home, the real work begins. When a disaster affects a water system, it could be weeks or months before potable water is widely available. The water system’s long to-do list includes public relations, engineering, finances and even relocating meters.
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Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021Posted in: Network News
Network News September 2021
It took Bernard Garcia 14 years to see his dream take shape. It was not for lack of trying, but due to invisible barriers that keep him and other indigenous entrepreneurs who do business on Tribal lands from expanding.
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Rural Community Assistance Corporation receives $250,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Rebuilding Better Grant
West Sacramento, Calif. — Rural Community Assistance Corporation is pleased to announce this week that it has received a $250,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Rebuilding Better Grant. RCAC will use the funds to launch a pilot advocacy program with Native American entrepreneurs in New Mexico.
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Friday, Sep 17, 2021Posted in: Self-Help Builder News
Self-Help Builder September 2021
Earlier this year, the impacts of increased building material costs became very apparent for our Mutual Self-Help (MSH) families and their sponsors on the ground. I wanted to share some of the data that Dick Kempke at RCAC, along with other MSH intermediaries, put together.
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What Does It Take to Transform Persistent Rural Poverty into Opportunity? https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0H11B9OKSdecdVp_ovASbQ?t=1632427181074