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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

Monday, Mar 23, 2015

San Pasqual Reservation

The San Pasqual Tribe operates two water systems. One well is an older, heavily corroded steel storage tank that leaks. Drought and aquifer depletion forced the tribe to supplement its systems through an emergency connection to Valley Center Municipal Water District (VCMWD).
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Bisbee Disaster Preparedness

RCAC conducted a vulnerability assessment and emergency response planning so that Bisbee was prepared when Tropical Storm Odile hit in September 2014
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Native American Water Masters Association (NAWMA)

Alaska’s Native water systems are often challenged to provide good water quality and quantity, to implement treatment processes and meet regulatory reporting requirements. NAWMA brings together Native water professionals
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Friday, Mar 20, 2015

Boulder City Hospital (BCH)

Rural Boulder City, Nevada suffered through the poor economic conditions of the past decade. The community continues to have a high unemployment rate and few job opportunities, which means many young residents leave the area. As a result, the percentage of elderly residents in the city grew rapidly. Currently, nearly 30 percent of its residents are 65 or older; and that demographic change created a need for medical services targeted toward the elderly.
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Thursday, Mar 19, 2015

Nevada Rural Housing Authority – land sale

RCAC funded a $1,672,649 loan to Citizens of Affordable Housing, Inc. (CAHI) to finance water rights acquisition and land development for a 34-lot single family affordable housing subdivision. However, during the Great Recession the borrower went bankrupt and RCAC was forced to foreclose and take control of the property. Housing market conditions and a water rights issue on the property made selling the property for affordable housing development difficult.
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Success Stories

San Pasqual Reservation

Bisbee Disaster Preparedness

Native American Water Masters Association (NAWMA)

Boulder City Hospital (BCH)

Nevada Rural Housing Authority – land sale