CAPCOG COVID-19 information

CAPCOG is currently taking precautions to protect its members, partners and staff's health and limit the spread of COVID-19.

Training
Opportunities

CAPCOG offers a variety of training opportunities for peace officers, emergency telecommunicators, emergency managers and other local government careers.
Explore CAPCOG's upcoming courses and workshops and improve your skills.

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Air Quality

Ozone season is here and the CAPCOG Air Quality Program works to keep people informed of the region's air quality with AirCentralTexas.org.

Alert your Residents

WarnCentralTexas.org is a regional notification tool used by local public safety personnel to contact the public during emergencies. It allows those public safety officials to give residents actionable warnings during disasters.

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What
we Do

CAPCOG is an advocate, planner and coordinator for important regional issues in the ten-county Capital Area. It works directly with its member local governments to recognize opportunities for cooperation and eliminate unnecessary duplication in emergency communications, elderly assistance, law enforcement training, criminal justice planning, solid waste reduction, homeland security planning, infrastructure development, transportation planning and economic development.

Programs and projects range in variety of areas from providing training for law enforcement to ensuring the validity of 9-1-1 operations, to helping local governments with grant planning to conducting outreach about regional issues.

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In the News

State homeland security grants open, CAPCOG begins review

The deadline to submit State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant application projects to CAPCOG for a requested ...

Jan 14, 2021

emergency management, homeland security, Office of the Governor, State Homeland Security Program Grant

Executive Committee members to elect new officers at...

The CAPCOG Executive Committee will meet virtually for its first meeting of 2021 on January 13, when ...

Jan 11, 2021

CAPCOG, Executive Committee, Executive Committee members, Executive Committee Officers, General Assembly

Air Quality Program assists Oklahoma COG with study

The CAPCOG Air Quality Program is assisting the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG), a COG located ...

Dec 22, 2020

Air Quality, Alamo Area Council of Governments, Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, nonattainment, Ozone standards

CAPCOG offers 9-1-1 telecommunicators pandemic training

CAPCOG’s Emergency Communications Division conducted its first pandemic specific course for emergency telecommunicators in early December and ...

Dec 17, 2020

9-1-1, 9-1-1 call takers, COVID-19, emergency communications, Emergency Telecommunicators, Stress Relief, Supervising

CAPCOG schedules criminal justice grant workshops

The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is conducting a virtual grant workshop on January 5 that will assist ...

Dec 15, 2020

Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice grants, Grant workshop, Grants, Office of the Governor

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About capcog

Who we Are

CAPCOG consists of more than 90 member governments and organizations that represent the people of its 10-county region — Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Travis, and Williamson counties. Formed in 1970, it is one of 24 councils of governments in the state of Texas that serves those same communities as an advocate, planner and coordinator of regionalism.

CAPCOG is governed by local elected officials through its General Assembly and Executive Committee. A number of policy and advisory committees assist CAPCOG and its Executive Committee in taking beneficial actions for all in the region.

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