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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?

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.

High unemployment rates, 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. 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

Tuesday, Oct 31, 2017

Breathing new life into Enterprise, Oregon’s historic OK Theatre

Back in the day – nearly a century ago – the OK Theatre in Enterprise was a shining light in eastern Oregon, hosting events both unique and routine. There were plays and musicals at the 350-seat, single-screen theatre and traveling Chautauqua, an adult education movement in the early 20th century that brought musicians, preachers and academic lecturers to rural America.
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Tuesday, Sep 26, 2017

Skyline Homeowners Cooperative

RCAC’s Loan Fund entered into a participation agreement with ROC USA to contribute $600,000 to a $1,320,000 loan for site acquisition to Skyline Homeowners Cooperative. A second $110,880 environmental loan will fund water and wastewater improvements for the park.
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Thursday, Sep 14, 2017

Self-help housing provides home ownership opportunities for low-income Alaska residents

Wasilla, Alaska – Last year, Kolten Conan was scrolling through his Facebook page, and he happened upon photos of a house under construction. He already knew a thing or two about building homes: he’s now 21 and when he was just a little boy, he had scampered among laborers at construction sites around his hometown of Wasilla, fetching boards and helping out with seasonal work.
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Saturday, Aug 26, 2017

Duggan Falls, Washington

Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) provided training and conducted a rate study to help this small system maintain compliance and ensure revenue sufficiency.
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Tuesday, Aug 22, 2017

RCIF partners with RCAC to invest in a sustainable future for rural communities

Oakland, Calif. – In 2008, collapsing home values addled Americans across the nation, bankers were drawing scrutiny and the stock market was collapsing. It was difficult to understand the cause and to know where to keep one’s investments safe.
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Success Stories

Breathing new life into Enterprise, Oregon’s historic OK Theatre

Skyline Homeowners Cooperative

Self-help housing provides home ownership opportunities for low-income Alaska residents

Duggan Falls, Washington

RCIF partners with RCAC to invest in a sustainable future for rural communities