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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 partners with underserved rural and Indigenous communities to achieve their vision and well being through technical assistance, training, financial resources and advocacy. For more than 45 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

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Meadowlark Vista

The housing affordability crunch continues to pose a serious threat to rural people and economies. Businesses across RCAC’s service area express that the lack of low-cost housing undercuts their ability to attract and retain employees, which in turn threatens small-town and rural area economies.
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Palermo Union Elementary School District

More than 10 years ago, California acknowledged that reliable running water is a prerequisite for a healthy, prosperous and happy life when it recognized access to clean, safe and affordable water as a human right.
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Blue Sky Center

RCAC catalyzes economic growth and facilitates rural development through capacity-building partnerships with community-led organizations like Blue Sky Center in New Cuyama, California.
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Monday, Apr 24, 2023

Little Colorado Meats brings farm-to-table benefits, food justice to struggling family ranches

“RCAC walked us through those really important steps of capacity building; they helped us with policies, procedures and procurement. RCAC helped us hold ourselves together, which was important to secure funds and develop and administer larger projects.”
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Tuesday, Apr 11, 2023

Sun Country Estates Maintenance Association

RCAC completed a Median Household Income (MHI) survey for Sun Country Estates in Yakima, Washington to broaden access to funding opportunities.
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Success Stories

Meadowlark Vista

Palermo Union Elementary School District

Blue Sky Center

Little Colorado Meats brings farm-to-table benefits, food justice to struggling family ranches

Sun Country Estates Maintenance Association