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?

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 provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals. For more than 35 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.

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Monday, Aug 29, 2016

Posted in: Colorado, Featured News, Riamy Beuscher, Wastewater, Water

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe receives grant for water, wastewater

U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $9 million grant to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Colorado for upgrades to its water and wastewater infrastructure in Towaoc and White Mesa.
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Thursday, Aug 25, 2016

Posted in: Network News

Network News August 2016

Coachella Valley Agua4All program evaluation shows increased water consumption: More than one million Californians lack access to safe drinking water—a little known fact in a state bountiful in agriculture and renowned for its technological industry. For these Californians, the only alternatives to unsafe water are expensive bottled water or sugary beverages, and at a time when one in three Latinos and nearly half of California adults are pre-diabetic.
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Posted in: Alaska, Drinking Water, Featured News, Riamy Beuscher

Concern in Point Lay, Alaska over possible drinking water contamination

North Slope Borough and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are working to determine if numerous industrial drums contaminated drinking water at Point Lay’s drinking water lake.
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Upcoming FREE #training: Capital Improvement Plans. 2-27-19. 8 am - 2 pm Yuba City, CA. Register: https://t.co/OyUQ1Sdzsq

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Upcoming FREE #training: Capital Improvement Plans. 2-27-19. 8 am - 2 pm Yuba City, CA. Register: https://t.co/OyUQ1Sdzsq

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13 Feb

#WheresWally He's been traveling along California's North Coast with #Agua4All staff. He stopped off of Highway 299 near Blue Lake during a recent trip to Eureka. Want to know more about Wally and the #Agua4All program? Go here: https://t.co/NGb88pO0Cd

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13 Feb

We must demand that Congress & the Administration #FullyFundHousing & ensure affordable housing and community development programs maintain support through full-year spending bills

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13 Feb

Our most vulnerable communities suffered because of #shutdown2018. Tell Congress & the WH No More Shutdowns & #FullyFundHousing by passing full-year spending bills

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Ute Mountain Ute Tribe receives grant for water, wastewater

Network News August 2016

Concern in Point Lay, Alaska over possible drinking water contamination

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