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, Mar 15, 2021

Oroville City Elementary School District

RCAC helped the district secure a $255,362 grant under California’s Drinking Water for Schools (DWFS) program to install and retrofit drinking fountains and bottle filling stations on seven campuses.
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Tuesday, Mar 02, 2021

502 Direct Loan packaging training

Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) provides training to qualified employers and certified 502 Direct Loan packagers to ensure they are qualified to process loan applications.
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Omak, Okanogan County, WA

RCAC’s Loan Fund provides gap financing for a 45-unit affordable housing complex.
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Hawaii Community Assets

Hawaii Community Assets (HCA) is the largest HUD counseling agency in the state with offices in Honolulu, Hilo, Anahola and Wailuku.
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Pine Meadows PUD – Vernal, Utah

For the past two years, Rural Development Specialist Matt Kennedy worked with the Pine Meadows PUD in Vernal, Utah to bring the utility back into compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Success Stories

Oroville City Elementary School District

502 Direct Loan packaging training

Omak, Okanogan County, WA

Hawaii Community Assets

Pine Meadows PUD – Vernal, Utah