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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, Aug 24, 2016

Matheny Tract has access to water after struggling for decades

For decades, Matheny Tract residents bathed in murky tap water that reeked of bleach. They worried about washing dishes in the water and wouldn’t even consider letting their children drink it. The water, warned public health officials, had arsenic levels too high for consumption.
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Coachella Valley Agua4All program evaluation shows increased water consumption

Agua4All spotlights the lack of safe drinking water access in schools and communities, and encourages unique public-private partnerships to increase access and promote consumption. The idea is simple—install water bottle filling stations where they are needed most, such as in schools and community centers, and include water treatment where necessary. The project has attracted national attention and enjoyed great success—so much so that it is now set to expand beyond the pilot areas …
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Monday, Aug 15, 2016

Mosca, Colorado

RCAC conducted a rate study that allowed the community to access grants and loans to replace its aging wastewater system, which threatened the community’s drinking water supplies.
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Lybrook water system

Lybrook Water Users Association was out of compliance and suffered from severe revenue decreases and management problems. With RCAC’s assistance the system is in compliance and on its way to financial sustainability.
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Nevada Rural Housing – Larios Arms

RCAC’s Loan Fund provided gap financing to Nevada Rural Housing, Inc. for a low-income senior housing complex.
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Success Stories

Matheny Tract has access to water after struggling for decades

Coachella Valley Agua4All program evaluation shows increased water consumption

Mosca, Colorado

Lybrook water system

Nevada Rural Housing – Larios Arms