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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 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.

Success Stories

Friday, Mar 22, 2019

OverTime Sports Bar & Grill serves up entertainment in historic setting

Battle Mountain, Nev. – Aside from the retro façade, with slanted posts that buttress the roof overhang at 870 Broad Street, the storefront is mostly unnoticeable. Nearby are gas stations, a bank, a liquor store and coffee shop. Like much else in this high desert plain, it would be easy to drive right by to your next appointment …
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Wednesday, Mar 20, 2019

Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii

In response to a chronic housing shortage on the Hawaiian Islands, the Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii (SHHCH) was founded 34 years ago to improve the living conditions of low-income families. A strong economy in Hawaii means a single family house sells for on average about $600,000, which precludes low-income families, single parents, native Hawaiian families, and middle income workers from entering the conventional homeownership market. With the cost of living 30 percent higher than the mainland U.S., many residents have little to no savings.
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Kahakuloa Acres Private Water Company

Kahakuloa is a village on the north side of West Maui, Hawaii. It is a small, isolated and picturesque community of about 100 residents, some of whom are direct descendants from the community’s original inhabitants and survive on an agricultural economy.
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Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation

The nation is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis and Colorado is not exempt. Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation (CRHDC), a USDA Section 523 grantee, has developed more than 1,700 affordable Colorado homes through the self-help housing program.
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Quiet Oaks Mobile Home Park

Quiet Oaks Mobile Home Park is a 45-unit park located in Sunshine Summit, a very rural community in unincorporated San Diego County. There are about 400 residents who live in homes and the mobile-home park. The median household income (MHI) was $36,838, which is far below the county MHI of $64,309.
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Success Stories

OverTime Sports Bar & Grill serves up entertainment in historic setting

Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii

Kahakuloa Acres Private Water Company

Community Resources and Housing Development Corporation

Quiet Oaks Mobile Home Park