Success Stories Archive

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.

Success Stories

Success stories are a compilation of staff written success stories and case studies that highlight our impact in rural communities.

Monday, Nov 28, 2022

How RCAC helped a woman-owned law firm in Arizona’s ‘legal desert’ endure the pandemic

In Arizona, two-thirds of counties have fewer than one lawyer per 1,000 residents. Despite this imbalance, traditional banks and lenders were a no-show when COVID-19 threatened to shut down a woman-owned law firm in rural Mohave County. RCAC’s timely Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan enabled Attorney D’Arcy Downs-Vollbracht to continue providing low-cost and free legal assistance to her community.
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Monday, Nov 21, 2022

Rough and Ready Fire Protection District

RCAC helped the Northern California fire district meet its critical financial obligations with loans totaling $300,000.
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Tuesday, Nov 08, 2022

Colorado Workshop Attendance

RCAC significantly increased event participation by testing various outreach strategies, gauging their effectiveness and determining which worked best.
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Little Colorado Meats

“RCAC walked us through those really important steps of capacity building; they helped us with policies, procedures, procurement.”
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Kawaihae Village Sewage Treatment Association

“RCAC is not a luxury for communities such as ours – it is vital. It is impossible … to state how important this organization is.”
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Success Stories

How RCAC helped a woman-owned law firm in Arizona’s ‘legal desert’ endure the pandemic

Rough and Ready Fire Protection District

Colorado Workshop Attendance

Little Colorado Meats

Kawaihae Village Sewage Treatment Association