Recent News
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Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021Posted in: Press Release
Rural Community Assistance Corporation receives $250,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Rebuilding Better Grant
West Sacramento, Calif. — Rural Community Assistance Corporation is pleased to announce this week that it has received a $250,000 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Rebuilding Better Grant. RCAC will use the funds to launch a pilot advocacy program with Native American entrepreneurs in New Mexico.
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Friday, Sep 17, 2021Posted in: Self-Help Builder News
Self-Help Builder September 2021
Earlier this year, the impacts of increased building material costs became very apparent for our Mutual Self-Help (MSH) families and their sponsors on the ground. I wanted to share some of the data that Dick Kempke at RCAC, along with other MSH intermediaries, put together.
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Posted in: Self-Help Housing
PPP, where are we now?
In April 2020, with the rise of a global pandemic, many self-help agencies found themselves forced to close their doors and stop construction. The Section 523 grant funds helped pay staff in the interim but like many organizations nationwide, self-help organizations scrambled to determine how to cover costs as their build time stretched further into the future than they had anticipated.
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Latest from RCAC
We're looking forward to this book launch, which includes a chapter by our @PfRTorg CEOs! #PersistentProsperity #Rural
What does success in rural communities look like? Learn about a new book on this topic, Investing in Rural Prosperity, in our latest podcast episode http://ow.ly/ZOEl50Gslwf
Excited to release a new study looking at the efforts of rural #CDFIs: @CDCBcdcb @CommunitiesU @Faheonline @Hope_Enterprise @Oweesta @RCACorg @PfRTorg @SuzanneAnarde @HopeCUbill @MsChrystelC @fahejim Nick Mitchell-Bennett @InesPolonius @CorianneScally
https://www.urban.org/research/publication/capturing-shared-impacts-partners-rural-transformation
Fantastic news! We're excited to see communities we've worked with on this list including Pine-Strawberry, AZ, Stites, ID and Lind, WA. #RuralMatters
JUST ANNOUNCED: @usda Invests $272 Million to Improve Rural Water Infrastructure for 270,000 People Living in Rural Communities Across the Country: https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/10/14/biden-harris-administration-invests-272-million-improve-rural-water
@AriNeumann Thank you @AriNeumann and @RCACorg for your leadership, collaboration and work with the community to ensure this success. So honored to have met Jerry Tinoco from your team. Lots more work ahead!