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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

Thursday, Jun 01, 2017

Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

RCAC’s Loan Fund provided a $1.475 million loan to Community Housing Improvement Program, a USDA Section 523 self-help grantee, for acquisition of 33 finished lots to build affordable housing for families in Orland, California.
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Castroville, California

Castroville is a farming community in Monterey County that has struggled to obtain grant funding for its water infrastructure and other facilities. RCAC surveyed Castroville’s Median Household Income (MHI) to demonstrate that it is eligible to apply for grant funding.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Agua4All—Merced County

Many Californians lack access to safe drinking water. The Agua4All program helped to install nearly 70 water bottle filling stations in five Merced County school districts and distributed nearly 4,500 reusable water bottles to Merced County students during 2017.
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Friday, Apr 28, 2017

Tribe, school collaborate to provide safe water to students

Jack Norton School, in a rural remote area of northern California, lacked reliable surface water filtration and disinfection. The Yurok Tribe, school and RCAC worked together to connect the school to the Tribe’s nearby water system.
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Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017

Country Health and Life

RCAC’s Loan Fund provided an $85,000 small business loan to a business owner for working capital. This loan will retain jobs, provide economic stimulus and contribute to a vibrant rural community.
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Success Stories

Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

Castroville, California

Agua4All—Merced County

Tribe, school collaborate to provide safe water to students

Country Health and Life