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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Thursday, Jan 31, 2019

Posted in: Affordable Housing, Economic issues, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Housing Counseling

Student debt hinders millennials ability to achieve homeownership, new study shows

A new federal study demonstrates that about 400,000 young adults struggle with student debt to the extent that they cannot afford a mortgage.
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Thursday, Jan 24, 2019

Posted in: Affordable Housing, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News

New California governor announces “Marshall Plan for affordable housing”

In unveiling a new budget for California, the state’s newly inaugurated governor Gavin Newsom has emphasized $1.75 billion to address a severe affordable housing shortage.
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Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019

Posted in: Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Water Supply and Drought

Drought a greater threat to California’s rural communities than to urban residents

Insecure supplies and water contamination in disadvantaged rural communities are particularly threatening in times of drought, according to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).
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#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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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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Student debt hinders millennials ability to achieve homeownership, new study shows

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