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.
RCAC envisions vibrant, healthy and enduring rural communities throughout the West.
RCAC is monitoring COVID-19 notices and resources for our communities and partners. We have compiled and posted information such as federal funding/relief bills, resources specific to the states in our region, homeowner and renter resources, and links to informational websites.
Even during the best of times, Hawaii Community Assets (HCA) faces an uphill battle to provide housing counseling for its service area. Jeff Gilbreath, HCA’s director of lending and development, said the cost of living in Hawaii is consistently among the highest in the world, making economic mobility for would-be homeowners seem out of reach.
RCAC works with low-income rural communities, where unemployment rates are high, housing is often sub-standard, and poverty is commonplace. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access affordable, safe drinking water and other vital infrastructure. Rural communities are often overlooked in the policy arena because they lack the resources, training or social network that larger communities have in place. RCAC includes Tribes and Native communities in all program areas.
RCAC’s staff lives and works throughout the West. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet the goals. RCAC provides tools, through our programs and services, to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course.
RCAC makes loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses.
RCAC works to make small community water, wastewater and solid waste systems sustainable.
RCAC partners with nonprofit housing organizations to develop, finance and operate affordable single- and multifamily housing.
RCAC works with Tribes and Native communities to maintain and develop drinking water, wastewater, solid waste and housing services.
RCAC supports communities to create a vision, set goals and implement an action plan for community and economic development projects.
We welcome donations and grants of any size for operating and program support. Help us meet the ever increasing demand for funds needed to sustain rural communities and small businesses. An investment in RCAC’s Loan Fund is an investment in your community.
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