Recent News
-
Friday, Jan 24, 2020Posted in: Featured News, Louis Martin, Rural Broadband
U.S. Department of Agriculture set to open new round of funding for rural broadband
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a second round of funding to expand the broadband capacity in rural areas of the United States.
Read More -
Thursday, Jan 23, 2020Posted in: Economic issues, Hawaii, Louis Martin
Census outreach to native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations
The U.S. Census Bureau collaborated with a native Hawaiian-owned marketing agency based in Honolulu, to produce a music video raising awareness for the upcoming census. The video features celebrities from the native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities and encourages NHPI populations to register for the census.
Read More -
Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020Posted in: Advocacy, Economic issues, Featured News
RCAC, partner organizations lead coalition to fight persistent poverty
In 2020, nearly 400 U.S. communities experience persistent poverty, which means than 20 percent of the population has lived in poverty for over 30 years. A group of community development financial institutions, community development corporations and financial intermediaries, including RCAC, are bringing their respective experience and expertise together to fight it.
Read More