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 provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals and visions. For more than 35 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.

Tuesday, Oct 16, 2018

Arctic Box Repair

This video demonstrates how to repair a damaged arctic box. Functional arctic boxes are an important part of water and . . .
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Friday, Jun 15, 2018

Tribal Circuit Riders: A day in Lake County, California

RCAC’s Tribal Circuit Rider program serves tribal communities throughout California and Arizona. The mission, since the program’s inception 25 years ago, is to provide ongoing, dedicated assistance to Tribes so that they can deliver safe water to their customers and properly dispose of wastewater.
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Thursday, Feb 15, 2018

RCAP/RCAC Mora Cooperative

The Mora Cooperative exemplifies how RCAC, as a partner with RCAP, is working in rural communities to provide training, technical, and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals and visions. Hear their stories.
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Monday, Feb 12, 2018

Providing Sustainable Utility Management Strategies and Resources

Many rural and small water and wastewater systems throughout the country face significant management and operational issues. This video highlights the benefits of Workshop in a Box: Sustainable Management of Rural and Small Systems Workshops, the importance of taking part in the training, and why it’s crucial for decision makers to attend.
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Monday, Oct 09, 2017

Water Sampling at the Kotlik Landfill and River

This video explains the process of water sampling at a landfill and in open waters. To learn more about the . . .
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Video Library

Arctic Box Repair

Tribal Circuit Riders: A day in Lake County, California

RCAP/RCAC Mora Cooperative

Providing Sustainable Utility Management Strategies and Resources

Water Sampling at the Kotlik Landfill and River