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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.

Success Stories

Saturday, Feb 15, 2020

Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona

RCAC staff helped the town of Jerome, Arizona, develop plans to improve its system’s safety and security.
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Thursday, Feb 13, 2020

Tips for managing a mobile-home park utility

Managing a water and/or wastewater system is an often overlooked and overwhelming aspect of mobile-home park ownership. If you just purchased a mobile-home park, there’s a strong chance you also just became the park’s de facto water and/or wastewater systems operations manager.
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Monday, Feb 10, 2020

Quechan Tribally Designated Housing Entity-Fort Yuma Reservation

RCAC staff provided technical assistance to help the community manage its U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) grant.
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Saturday, Feb 08, 2020

Hooper Bay and Russian Mission water systems

RCAC worked with the systems to submit approved sampling plans and bring them back into compliance with regulations.
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Friday, Feb 07, 2020

Neighborhood Housing Solutions

A $5.97 million RCAC loan will partially finance a 66-unit apartment complex’s construction, and various units will be reserved for low-income families, veterans, domestic abuse victims and families with developmental disabilities.
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Success Stories

Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona

Tips for managing a mobile-home park utility

Quechan Tribally Designated Housing Entity-Fort Yuma Reservation

Hooper Bay and Russian Mission water systems

Neighborhood Housing Solutions