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Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018Posted in: Community Development, Press Release
USDA partners to help rural leaders build strategies to achieve prosperity
SACRAMENTO, Calif.– Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized four cooperative agreements to help rural communities create and implement economic development plans.
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Thursday, Oct 11, 2018Posted in: Economic issues, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Housing
Californians have highest poverty rate
Despite California’s booming economy – among the largest in the world, surpassing most nation’s output – the majority of its residents are barely getting by, according to a new study.
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Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018Posted in: Press Release
Forum to focus on improving water, sanitation in California’s rural communities
West Sacramento, Calif. (October 8, 2018) — The Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc. (RCAP), its western regional partner, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC), and the California U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development will join federal, state, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in Sacramento on Tuesday, Oct. 16, for a roundtable discussion on improving access to safe drinking water and sanitary wastewater disposal for California’s rural communities.
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