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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

Wednesday, Mar 20, 2019

Pixley Public Utility District

Pixley Public Utility District provides water service, sewage collection and treatment to residents in the unincorporated area of Pixley in Tulare County, California. Pixley is located approximately 30 miles south of Visalia. Pixley, with a population of just more than 3,310, has a $27,917 median household income, and the State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB) determined it to be a severely disadvantaged community.
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North Park Apartments

Oildale is located in Kern County, California, near Bakersfield. The median household income (MHI) is $33,818, much lower than Kern County’s $48,574 and the statewide MHI of $61,489. The majority of community members are renters.
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Clear Water Mutual Water Company

Clear Water Mutual Water Company (CWMWC) is a small nonprofit water system that provides water to approximately 100 households in Konocti Bay Estates, in the unincorporated Lake County area near Kelseyville. The water company needs to replace an aging redwood storage tank, which has inadequate capacity and is leaking treated water. If it fails, CWMWC would be unable to provide drinking water to its customers.
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Smith River CSD

In 1970, the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of a Community Services District (CSD), which oversees the community’s public water system. The system provides drinking water to 546 residents in the Smith River community and adjacent neighborhoods along Highway 101. The population, however, is likely to grow in the coming years as a result of planned residential development, an expanding tourism industry and the Smith River Rancheria expansion.
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Round Valley Indian Tribe

The Round Valley Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Tribe. Its Reservation in Northern California was established in 1856. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the Tribe’s total resident population is about 300, of whom 99 live in the town of Covelo. The next nearest town is Willits, which is about a 45-minute drive from the Reservation. Most residents live at or below the poverty level.
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Success Stories

Pixley Public Utility District

North Park Apartments

Clear Water Mutual Water Company

Smith River CSD

Round Valley Indian Tribe