Videos Archive

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.

Video Library

Videos listed here are a combination of RCAC produced videos that highlight services and community residents we serve, and non-RCAC produced videos that our network can use as a resource.

Thursday, Sep 30, 2021

A Brief History of Self-Help Housing in the United States

Learn about the roots of the modern Mutual Self-Help Housing, a USDA program that allows low-income individuals and families to . . .
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Monday, Jul 12, 2021

Product Disposal for Alaska Tribes
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Monday, Oct 05, 2020

Proper Disposal of Drugs for Rural Alaskan Villages

This video explains how to safely dispose of pharmaceuticals in rural Alaska.
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Thursday, Apr 16, 2020

Tribute to Richard Elías, 1958-2020

Richard was chairman of the Pima County Board of Supervisors and RCAC board member. Produced by Pima County, Arizona.
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Friday, Aug 09, 2019

BRE: Lewistown, Montana’s transformation

Our Building Rural Economies training helped bring change to Lewistown, Montana.
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Video Library

A Brief History of Self-Help Housing in the United States

Product Disposal for Alaska Tribes

Proper Disposal of Drugs for Rural Alaskan Villages

Tribute to Richard Elías, 1958-2020

BRE: Lewistown, Montana’s transformation