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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

Thursday, Mar 28, 2019

Excelsior

Schools often face challenges to expand or build new facilities, especially in rural areas. Erda, Utah, a Census Designated Place in Tooele Valley, has a charter school called Excelsior, which is open to all students on the same basis as a public school.
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Skull Valley Tribe

The Skull Valley Indian Reservation, located in rural Tooele County, Utah, about 45 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, is a closed Tribe, meaning it does not allow visitors on its land. The Reservation is home to the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah, a federally recognized Tribe. The population consists of about 30 people in seven households. Virtually all residents live below the poverty line.
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Epicenter

The city of Green River, like many western rural communities, lacks economic opportunities. Young people are leaving town, and wages are low. Residents and visiting workers face a lack of adequate, affordable housing. Main Street, once vibrant and alive, has struggled as businesses closed.
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Lawson Acres Water Association

Lawson Acres Water Association (LAWA) serves about 75 people who live in a small cluster of homes near Riddle, in southern Douglas County, Oregon. Riddle is a rural community with just more than 1,100 population. The association has 27 water connections and operates a surface water treatment plant from the Cow Creek River. A regulatory agency contacted RCAC in 2014 to ask for assistance with LAWA’s management and operation issues.
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Alto De Las Flores Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association

RCAC staff completed a rate study, which the water board adopted in May 2018, and which allows the community to qualify for USDA funding.
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Success Stories

Excelsior

Skull Valley Tribe

Epicenter

Lawson Acres Water Association

Alto De Las Flores Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association