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.

Tuesday, Jun 14, 2022

RCAC and RCAP webinar focuses on relations between utility boards, staff

The workshop addresses the need for small utility boards to understand what utility staff do and for staff to effectively communicate their needs to their boards.
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Chelan County, Washington

Where: Chelan County, Washington Problem: Rural homeowners often rely on private water supplies for their drinking water, such as those . . .
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San Benito County Community Services Development Corporation

“RCAC played a key role in making this project a reality at a reasonable cost that ultimately trickles down to local families and saves them money,” said Sonny Flores, executive director of CSDC.
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Monday, Jun 13, 2022

Trouble in Apple Country: How RCAC Helped a Family Overcome Nitrate-Laden Well Water

A rural Washington homeowner struggled to find a solution, and then he found the free drinking water well assessment RCAC provides through its Individual Well Program.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Flattening the impact – How RCAC’s RELieF program helped sustain a freelance journalist during the pandemic

Hawaii-based advocacy journalist Libby Leonard was leaning into her new career as a freelancer until the pandemic abruptly derailed her career, her finances, and seemingly her entire life.
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Success Stories

RCAC and RCAP webinar focuses on relations between utility boards, staff

Chelan County, Washington

San Benito County Community Services Development Corporation

Trouble in Apple Country: How RCAC Helped a Family Overcome Nitrate-Laden Well Water

Flattening the impact – How RCAC’s RELieF program helped sustain a freelance journalist during the pandemic