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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 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, Mar 20, 2019

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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Robbins Elementary School

The school gets its water from the Sutter County Waterworks District, which has one groundwater well, a backup well and a storage tank to serve the community of just more than 300 people. The well system treats for iron and manganese but there are high arsenic levels in the groundwater. As a result, it is unsafe for students to drink.
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Tuesday, Mar 12, 2019

Hualapai Tribe participates in THE Academy

The Hualapai Tribe is in northwest Arizona and members number about 2,300, with a median age of 25.4 years. The Tribe’s median household income is $36,250. According to the Tribe’s leaders, housing for low-income members is a primary concern.
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Wednesday, Feb 27, 2019

Hualapai Tribe puts THE Academy training into practice

Peach Springs, AZ – In August 2016, Jamie Navenma drew on his nearly 25 years of experience working in Tribal homeownership as he surveyed housing on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in northwestern Arizona. What he saw both encouraged and distressed him.
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Success Stories

Smith River CSD

Round Valley Indian Tribe

Robbins Elementary School

Hualapai Tribe participates in THE Academy

Hualapai Tribe puts THE Academy training into practice