Year: 2022
CAPCOG partners to educate children about air quality
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CAPCOG has partnered with the Clean Air Force and Austin FC|Atlas to provide classrooms with air quality monitors to help educate students about the environment while also collecting data on particulate matter (PM) in the region. The Be Air Smart,

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Mandatory criminal justice workshops help maximize funding
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The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Grant Program has scheduled two mandatory grant workshops — an in-person workshop to be held at CAPCOG at 10 a.m. January 10, and a virtual workshop set for 10 a.m. January 12. Would-be applicants need to

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New training website makes registering for courses, workshops, events click
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CAPCOG has modernized the navigation and added functionality features to an updated training.cacpcog.org to provide more accessible information about upcoming courses, workshops and events and to ease the registration process, so peace officers, emergency telecommunicators, emergency manager or older adults can better

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CAPCOG honors 2022 Air Central Texas Award Recipients
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The Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) recognized David Yeomans, Amy Concilio, Paul Walter, Ethan Tobias, Christiane Heggelund, and a joint effort by the City of Bastrop, Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) and Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance (LSCFA)

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OOG releases Public Safety grant announcements
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The Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office released the funding announcements for the five criminal justice funding opportunities and the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) funding opportunities in which CAPCOG helps prioritize for the state office. The criminal justice

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Homeland Security Division schedules mandatory workshops
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Local jurisdictions seeking funding from the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant must register for one of the two remaining virtual grant workshops being conducted by the CAPCOG Homeland Security Program — 2 to 3:30 p.m. December 13 or 9

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Emergency Communications continues virtual training
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The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division is encouraging more emergency communications centers (ECCs) throughout the region to make use of a virtual training platform that allows emergency telecommunicators to take TCOLE certified courses while working from their EECs. “This tool is

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CAPABLE Program adds section for caregivers, expands to Hays, Williamson
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The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, will expand the service area of the evidence-based intervention program, CAPABLE, that partners nurses, occupational therapists, and home repair professionals with older adults to assist them with aging

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General Assembly to hear from TxDOT, elect 2023 board
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CAPCOG General Assembly and the COG’s policy and advisory committee members will hear from Tucker Ferguson, TxDOT district engineer for the Austin District Office, about regional transportation infrastructure projects during the December 14 General Assembly meeting. Starting at noon, the

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Air Quality Program manager earns Clean Air Force award
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Clean Air Force of Central Texas recognized Anton Cox, CAPCOG’s Air Quality Program manager, in early November with its Clean Air Hero award for his contributions to significantly improving air quality. The Clean Air Force also recognized Austin ISD and

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