Category: Outreach
CAPCOG to recognize emergency telecommunicators in April
Click to read.

CAPCOG, in its capacity as the Capital Area Emergency Telecommunications District, will honor the region’s more than 800 emergency telecommunicators during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week — April 10 through 16 — and encourages local jurisdictions to participate in recognizing

Tagged with: , , ,
CAPCOG homeland security director joins EMAT board
Click to read more

Emergency Management Association of Texas (EMAT) members elected Martin Ritchey, CAPCOG’s homeland security director, to serve as the association’s treasurer at its 15th Annual Leadership Symposium in February. As one of four at-large board members, Ritchey will be able advocate

Tagged with: , , , ,
Air awareness campaign ACTs on Central Texas Ozone season
Click to read more

CAPCOG kicked off its air quality awareness campaign, Air Central Texas (ACT), for the sixth year to help people understand how to reduce air pollutants, limit health risks caused by poor air quality, and take action when air quality is

Tagged with: , , , ,
CAPCOG hosts Comptroller for Texas Broadband Tour
Click to read more

CAPCOG will be hosting the Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar, and the state’s new Broadband Development Office as part of its Texas Broadband Listening Tour 2022 at 2 p.m., Thursday, March 10 in the CAPCOG Office’s Lantana Room. The tour is

Tagged with: , , , ,
AAACAP Benefits Counselors talk Medicare, other resources
Click to read more about the fraud prevention webinar.

Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, benefits counselors are offering in-person and virtual presentations for groups around the region to educate older adults and their caregivers about Medicare programs and other resources that can impact

Tagged with: , , , ,
CAPCOG provides 9-1-1 education for local communities
Click to read more

CAPCOG’s Emergency Communications Division is always interested in raising awareness about preparing residents to call 9-1-1 by providing communities in the region with public education materials. Recently, it supported multiple communities’ National Night Out events by supplying more than 5,000

Tagged with: , , , , , ,
AAACAP Benefits Counselors help with Medicare enrollment
Click to read more

Benefits Counselors with the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, kicked off the Medicare Open Enrollment — October 15 through December 7 — by providing dozens of educational, community presentations and are now helping

Tagged with: , , , , ,
ADRC Senior Connect program reaches more participants
Click to read more

The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG program, exceeded its goal for placing mobile devices in the hands of older adults to combat social isolation and increase access to services through its Senior Connect

Tagged with: , , , ,
CAPCOG, AAACAP to recognize National Caregivers Month
Click to read more.

CAPCOG is encouraging local jurisdiction to recognize the unsung work family caregivers provide to their love ones during National Caregivers Month — November. Through the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), CAPCOG works with family caregivers to

Tagged with: , , , ,
Llano, CAPCOG seek public input on economic, transportation plan
Click to read more

Llano County and the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) are seeking public input about the Llano County Transportation and Economic Development Plan update through two public comment meetings. Each meeting will be from 9 to 11 a.m. with the

Tagged with: , , , ,