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?

RCAC’s Loan Fund is a financial resource for rural communities. The Loan Fund fills financing gaps and serves in unconventional markets. We offer loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses in rural locations.

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 and visions. For more than 40 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, Feb 27, 2017

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Network News February 2017

Whitehall, Mont. – In the late 1970s, Barbara Miller was a newspaper reporter writing about Missoula and Butte, Montana, and as such, she paid attention to all sorts of trends-from the local and national economy, to housing, to scientific breakthroughs. As it turned out, her reporting and stories eventually intersected when she came across some technological research that would have a significant real-world impact in Butte.
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RCAC Loan Fund lends nearly $2 million to rural communities

West Sacramento, Calif. — In the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2016, RCAC closed 40 loans and grants totaling more than $2 million to assist rural communities in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Washington.
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Posted in: California, Drinking Water, Featured News, Riamy Beuscher

North County landowners pursue sustainability through self-governance

…landowners from regions east of Paso Robles in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County—Estrella-El Pomar-Creston and Sandon-San Juan— are now collaborating to form their own water districts.
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Katrina Badger @KatrinaEBadger·

22 Jan

Across the U.S., nearly 400 communities have grappled with poverty rates of 20% or higher for more than 30 years. An undaunted coalition is combating this deep, persistent poverty in rural areas & communities of color: https://shelterforce.org/2020/01/17/how-a-dozen-organizations-are-fighting-persistent-poverty-together/, @shelterforce, @Faheonline, @RCACorg

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RCAC @RCACorg·

22 Jan

A great example of the work our staff is doing to ensure vibrant, healthy and enduring rural communities: Ensuring a clean environment for all https://www.abqjournal.com/1401419 #abq via @abqjournal

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RCAC @RCACorg·

22 Jan

#TrainingTuesday Native American Water Masters Meeting - 1-30-2020 - Yerington, NV. RCAC and the Yerington Paiute Tribe are hosting this meeting to provide networking and educational opportunities for Native American water operators. https://bit.ly/2TMcWx8

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21 Jan

@usdaRD home Loans make home buying possible. Contact one of our loan professionals today and get into a new home by spring! https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-direct-home-loans/nv

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RCAC Loan Fund lends nearly $2 million to rural communities

North County landowners pursue sustainability through self-governance

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