Joan Douglas, Regional Program Manager in Gainesville, Fla., for Southeast RCAP, reported that she had a fortuitous encounter recently with Jeannie Chaffin, Director of the Office of Community Services in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Douglas was able to show Chaffin some of RCAP’s work and take Chaffin on her first visit to a water plant.
The Office of Community Services is a long-time, major funder of RCAP’s work in assisting water and wastewater systems. It helps to fund RCAP’s annual budget.
Rep. Steve Southerland II (R-Fla.) announced April 8 that he intends to introduce the Building Rural Communities Act later this week in Congress. He made the announcement while on a visit to Marianna, Fla., a community that the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) has been working with on its water and wastewater systems.
