Rural Community Assistance Partnership

Practical solutions for improving rural communities
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November 2009

Serving Rural Communities

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 9:11pm by RCAP

 More to come

RCAP Regions

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 9:06pm by RCAP

Looking for assistance in your community?

Your RCAP region is a great place to start.

RCAP is a network made up of six regional partners and a national office. RCAP's national programs are implemented by its regional partners.

RCAP Staff

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 9:02pm by RCAP

 


ROBERT STEWART
Executive Director

202/408-1273
rstewart [at] rcap.org

Mission and Vision Statements

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 8:56pm by RCAP

VISION

RCAP is universally recognized as the leading rural community-development organization.

MISSION

RCAP provides technical assistance and training services to rural communities, develops and sustains critical infrastructure and promotes economic opportunity.

RCAP will:

About RCAP

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 8:53pm by RCAP

RCAP is a national service-delivery network that works toward these outcomes with small, rural communities: 

  • improved environmental and community health

  • utilities that are in compliance with federal and state regulations

  • sustainable water and waste-disposal systems

  • increased capability of local leaders to address current and future needs

more on these outcomes

Board of Directors

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 8:51pm by RCAP

RCAP's board is made up of representatives from each of the six regional partnerss that are part of the RCAP network and six additional members who are largely from outside the network.

Regional members

Deb Martin
(Alternate: Neil McCabe)
WSOS Community Action Commission (the Great Lakes RCAP)  

Getting Assistance

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 8:06pm by RCAP

Getting assistance with your community’s water or wastewater system

Who We Work With

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 8:01pm by RCAP

RCAP is part of a much larger group of many entities that are concerned about and work on challenges facing rural America. These include government agencies at the federal, state, regional and local levels that provide funding and operate a wide range of programs from housing to job creation. This group also includes many private organizations and associations that address an array of issues as well. Even considering RCAP's main focus - water and wastewater systems in small, rural communities - there are many similar organizations working in the same area.

News & Features

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 8:00pm by RCAP

Here we share news and information in various forms about the RCAP network and our work in the part of this site that is updated most often. We share news from the national office and RCAP's regional partners on the news blog and show how our work comes to life across the country in the section on success stories.

We encourage you to visit especially this part of the site often to see new parts of the RCAP story.

Publications & Resources

Posted Tue, 2009/11/10 - 7:57pm by RCAP

The RCAP network produces a variety of resources in different forms - print, electronic and video, as well as highlighting resources that other organizations or agencies produce that are helpful and useful to small, rural communities. These resources are meant to reach and address various audiences (sometimes more than one), including: