Year: 2023
CAPCOG honors 2022 Air Central Texas Award Recipients
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CAPCOG and the Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC) on Wednesday recognized Rich Segal, Dr. Peter Beck, Olivia Prior, Bill Gibbs, and Movability with its 2023 Air Central Texas awards. The awards celebrate the activities by organizations and individuals that

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General Assembly to elect Executive Committee
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CAPCOG’s General Assembly will meet at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 13, 2023, at the Austin Southpark Hotel, 4140 Governors Row in Austin, for its annual business meeting including electing the 2024 Executive Committee and recognizing regional contributions. Along with acknowledging the

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Applications open for solid waste grants: cleaning up communities
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CAPCOG’s Solid Waste Grant Program helped dispose of more than 163 tons of materials during the last two years; the program is now accepting applications for 2024-25 biennium projects until Dec. 18. It looks to provide $274,000 in pass-through funding

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CAPCOG announces Homeland Security grant workshops
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CAPCOG will host three virtual State Homeland Security Program Grant workshops in early December for the 2024 funding opportunity. Jurisdictions seeking the funds are required to attend one of the workshops. The workshops will cover the application process and review

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Solid Waste Grant Application Webinar
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This webinar video is to supplement the previous online grant-writing workshop for the CAPCOG FY 2024-25 Solid Waste Program grants conducted on Oct. 26, 2023. The webinar will explain the details of the application form, which will assist applicants in

AAACAP brings home Caregiver Advocacy tips
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The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a division of CAPCOG, was the only Texas organization to attend the Caregiver Nation Summit in Washington D.C., hosted by the National Alliance for Caregiving, in October to discuss caregiver advocacy.

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CAPCOG hosts 2024 Solar Eclipse Planning Summit
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CAPCOG hosted the 2024 Solar Eclipse Planning Summit in mid-October to focus local eclipse planning efforts on public safety and emergency preparedness. The summit brought together emergency management, public safety, public health, and private sector officials from across the region

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GLO hosts MOD-MIT meeting
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The Texas General Land Office will provide a presentation on the CDBG-MIT Regional Mitigation Program and its funding opportunities at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 17, 2023 at the Mike Fisher Building, 1501 Business Park Drive in Bastrop. Communities that qualify and

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CDBG funds Elgin sidewalk connectivity project
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The City of Elgin used Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), Community Development Block Grant (CBDG) funds to improve the walkability, accessibility and connectivity through historic downtown and to other parts of the city and future developments. The $500,000 in CDBG

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AAACAP offers first Spanish language wellness course in Caldwell Co.
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The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, is conducting its first Spanish language health and wellness program for older adults in Caldwell County, when volunteer instructors will lead the eight-week Matter of Balance program

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