Community & Rural Development
Strategies for small communities to build and improve infrastructure, secure funding for community projects, administer grants and meet other needs.
Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP)
We provide funding solutions for small communities within a seven-state region.
Community Loan Fund
Learn how the GLCAP Community Loan Fund provides loans for facility improvements.
Planning & Development
See how we use our 50 years experience in planning and development services to help benefit communities.
Grant Writing Services
Our planning and development professionals have a long record of writing successful grant applications. Learn more today.
Community Needs Assessment Survey
Take our Community Needs Assessment Survey and help us better serve the community.
Private Well Assistance
GLCAP can assist you if you own a home in a rural area and use well water supplies. We can help assess the quality of your water well and provide low-interest..
Great Lakes Consortium
Each year, the Great Lakes Consortium for International Training and Development supports international programming for both local communities and communities.
Entrepreneurship
We believe that small communities have the people and the power to be successful. GLCAP entrepreneurial programs focus on building community capacity to...
Small Business Loans
GLCAP offers multiple loan programs that can help small businesses get off the ground, improve or expand. Loans are tailored to specific small business needs.
Federal loans available for water well improvements
Low-interest loans are currently available via the Household Water Well Program for rural residents in need of water well improvements. Through the Great Lakes Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP), residents may borrow up to $11,000 for improvements to water wells and in-home water treatment systems. Loans carry an interest rate of 1 percent; loan maturity may not exceed 20 years and depends on the borrower’s repayment ability.
Rural LISC grant supports GLCAP community initiatives
Rural LISC has recently given a renewal grant to Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (GLCAP) to continue supporting GLCAP’s work in pursuing program needs for northwest Ohio communities.