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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Tuesday, Jun 16, 2020

Posted in: Featured News, Louis Martin, Oregon

$5 million allocated for COVID testing in rural Oregon

U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have announced that $5 million in federal funding will be distributed to 102 rural health clinics in Oregon to help boost their coronavirus testing capacity.
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Monday, Jun 15, 2020

Posted in: Featured News, Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder June 2020

Grit, commitment and unity have always been cornerstones of the self-help housing program and the families who participate. Now more than ever, these characteristics are showing through.
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Posted in: CEO updates

A message from Suzanne Anarde, RCAC Chief Executive Officer

Mutual Self-Help Housing is my favorite housing program … from the first time I heard about it in the early 90s, it fascinated me! MSH doesn’t just build community, neighborhoods and quality, affordable homes, it also builds confidence and stability for homeowners/builders.
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2 Jul

Join us and leaders of @HopeCreditUnion, @Oweesta, @RCACorg, @southernbancorp, & Alliance of African American CDFI CEOs for a discussion, Racial Justice: What Can I Do Now? on July 15th @ 11am PST. Anyone deploying impact capital is invited to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t7ZG6VZmSS6iK_25g3IasA

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1 Jul

In the June special edition, learn about RCAC's response to COVID-19, from PPP lending to cloth mask and PPE deliveries. See how self-help housing groups have persevered during the pandemic, and more! #ruralmatters Read it here: https://www.rcac.org/network-news/network-news-june-2020/

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30 Jun

The self-help housing build program continues, even with adjustments for safety! Here's a great highlight from @RCACorg covering some of the ways our partner nonprofits are making sure homeowners complete their houses on time: https://www.rcac.org/success-stories/self-help-perseveres-through-pandemic/
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30 Jun

"... once CDFIs were brought in as PPP lenders they swiftly mobilized to help many of the smallest of these businesses—and recent data shows CDFI performance outpaced the larger lenders in the program." Read more https://shar.es/abHbNQ

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