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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.

News & Publications

Thursday, Apr 23, 2015

Posted in: Keli James, Network News

Network News April 2015

When Sarah Deer was a college student in Lawrence, Kansas, in the early 1990s, she volunteered at a crisis hotline for battered women where she heard both stories of despair and resilience.
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Sunday, Mar 08, 2015

Posted in: Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder – March 2015, Volume 8, Issue #2

Tony Hernandez, Rural Housing Service administrator, kicked off the Mutual Self-Help Housing Program’s 50th birthday and 50,000th home celebration, and encouraged grantees and the T&MA contractors to help him “wave the flag” for self-help housing.
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Friday, Dec 05, 2014

Posted in: Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder Dec. 2014 Volume 8, Issue #1

Among homeless Americans, one group can report some good news this holiday season-veterans. The number of homeless veterans is on the decline.
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Thursday, Sep 04, 2014

Posted in: Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder Sept. 2014 Volume 7, Issue #4

Building dreams for 50 years USDA Rural Development Section 523 Mutual Self-Help Housing program will celebrate 50 years and 50,000 . . .
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Monday, Jun 30, 2014

Posted in: Self-Help Builder News

Self-Help Builder June 2014 Volume 7, Issue # 3

The mark-up of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) budget was completed in both the House and Senate.
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News & Publications

Network News April 2015

Self-Help Builder – March 2015, Volume 8, Issue #2

Self-Help Builder Dec. 2014 Volume 8, Issue #1

Self-Help Builder Sept. 2014 Volume 7, Issue #4

Self-Help Builder June 2014 Volume 7, Issue # 3