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 solutions for small communities for a variety of needs in a seven-state region, learn more today.
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.
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.
Kenny shares rural economic growth strategies at national conference
Small communities may not have as many resources as metropolitan areas, but can still use available resources to grow. This was the focus of Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (formerly WSOS Community Action Commission) Community Development Coordinator Ben Kenny’s presentation, "Economic Development in a Rural Community Action Agency," at the National Community Action Partnership Conference, Aug. 29-Sept. 1 in Philadelphia.
RCAP helps small communities in need secure funding
Water lines, sanitary and storm sewers, and other infrastructure are usually hidden from plain sight in most communities.