CAPCOG accepts comments on CDBG MIT-MOD
CAPCOG is in the public comment period to finalize use of HUD CDBG Disaster Mitigation funding in partnership…
CAPCOG is in the public comment period to finalize use of HUD CDBG Disaster Mitigation funding in partnership…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee will review 49 grant applications requesting more than $15.9 million from six…
Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar, announced an initial round of grants for broadband infrastructure projects with $120 million in…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) — a CAPCOG division — and the Aging…
CAPCOG’s Air Quality program had already started to study and plan for reducing fine particulate matter (PM2.5) before…
The job is never done for benefit counselors with the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division has scheduled 42 classes for 2023 for telecommunicators to obtain their mandated training…
CAPCOG’s Homeland Security Division brought together volunteers from around the region and state to learn about local threat…
CAPCOG honored Julie Sommerfeld, Bastrop County GIS and addressing manager, and Dawn Moore, Fayette County 9-1-1 addressing and…
CAPCOG and the Capital Area Regional Environmental Task Force are offering their Basic Environmental Law Course on Feb.…
CAPCOG’s newly elected Executive Committee held its first 2023 meeting on January 11 when its members elected the…
CAPCOG presented Charles Brotherton, Travis County executive of emergency services, with its Jack Griesenbeck Leadership in Regionalism Award…
CAPCOG has partnered with the Clean Air Force and Austin FC|Atlas to provide classrooms with air quality monitors…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Grant Program has scheduled two mandatory grant workshops — an in-person workshop to be…
CAPCOG has modernized the navigation and added functionality features to an updated training.cacpcog.org to provide more accessible information about upcoming…
The Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) recognized David Yeomans, Amy Concilio, Paul Walter, Ethan Tobias, Christiane Heggelund,…
The Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office released the funding announcements for the five criminal justice funding…
Local jurisdictions seeking funding from the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant must register for one of the…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division is encouraging more emergency communications centers (ECCs) throughout the region to make use…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, will expand the service area of…
CAPCOG General Assembly and the COG’s policy and advisory committee members will hear from Tucker Ferguson, TxDOT district…
Clean Air Force of Central Texas recognized Anton Cox, CAPCOG’s Air Quality Program manager, in early November with…
CAPCOG’s Air Quality Program will enhance its monitoring of fine particulate matter (PM), a form of air pollution…
CAPCOG’s Air Quality Program and its Clean Air Coalition are seeking nominations for the Air Central Texas Awards.…
CAPCOG Homeland Security Director, Martin Ritchey, has been appointed by the Department of Public Safety - Homeland Security…
CAPCOG has promoted Charles Simon to Regional Planning and Services director in September; he brings 34 years of…
The Austin-Georgetown-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which consists of five CAPCOG counties, has experienced more than five…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduated Basic Peace Office Course (BPOC) No. 96 in early October with…
National Falls Prevention Week came and went in September, but the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital…
Access to the newest aerial imagery could mean the difference in seeing a new road, house or neighborhood…
CAPCOG will kick off the region’s criminal justice grant process with two stakeholder meetings — an in-person meeting…
CAPCOG and Llano County completed the Llano County Transportation and Economic Plan Update in August highlighting findings that…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division conducted a first of its kind, “9-1-1 Homicide: Is the Caller the Killer”…
The Regional Director for the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Austin Regional Office, Jorge Ayala, will address the…
CAPCOG has begun a two-year project to select, procure, and deploy new 9-1-1 call-handling equipment in the 31…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, relaunched medications screenings for older adults…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division released a new Warn Central Texas Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document ahead of…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division is offering its first, in-person 80-hour Basic Telecommunicator Licensing Course throughout August and…
The CAPCOG General Assembly will hold its first meeting of the year at 11:30 a.m., September 14, to…
The National Association of Counties gave Warn Central Texas an Achievement Award in the category of risk and…
CAPCOG has defined the regional project priorities for the 2023-24 Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG), Community Development…
The Striking a Balance, Family Caregiver Conference is returning to an in-person format to bring national and local…
Highlights from the CAPCOG’s analysis of the U.S. Census estimates for the 10-county region showed its population grew…
The next Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) to be held by CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) is…
Showcasing CAPCOG’s preparedness expertise, the CAPCOG Homeland Security Division’s staff spoke about community and family recovery, operational continuity,…
CAPCOG’s Air Quality Program is seeking Clean Air Coalition members interested in participating in a program that will…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy is conducting two certification courses and one recertification course for law enforcement…
The 2022 CAPCOG homeland security regional exercise had dozens of federal agencies responding with state and local officials…
CAPCOG’s Emergency Communications Division is hosting two, eight-hour courses in June to help emergency telecommunicators better manage job…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division has enhanced WebEOC’s, an online crisis information and communication system, features to improve…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting grant applications for projects that construct or reconstruct fueling…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee recommended a prioritized list of project applications seeking state criminal justice grant funding to…
Members of the Texas National Emergency Number Association (NENA) during the Texas Public Safety Conference in April nominated…
CAPCOG encourages communities to join in recognizing old adults’ contributions during Older Americans Month — May, but also…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is developing a Method of Distribution (MOD) for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)…
Partnering with the Government Finance Officers Association and the Sorenson Impact Center, with the support of Schmidt Futures…
CAPCOG and regional Air Central Texas partners are celebrating national Air Quality Awareness Week — May 2 through…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee selected 11 projects from around the region to receive a portion of this biennium’s…
CAPCOG’s Executive Committee prioritized 20 projects seeking funding from the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant — eight…
CAPCOG’s Aging Services Division will hosts its Your Partner in Serving Older Adults, Persons with Disabilities and Caregivers…
CAPCOG’s Homeland Security Division has scheduled six training courses for emergency management and other public safety stakeholders between…
The Emergency Communications Division is conducting a longer-term leadership course for emergency call center (ECC) supervisors, trainers, and managers…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, provided more than 250 older-adult…
Anwar Sophy joined CAPCOG as its deputy executive director in late February bringing 10 years of state and…
CAPCOG, in its capacity as the Capital Area Emergency Telecommunications District, will honor the region’s more than 800…
Emergency Management Association of Texas (EMAT) members elected Martin Ritchey, CAPCOG’s homeland security director, to serve as the…
CAPCOG kicked off its air quality awareness campaign, Air Central Texas (ACT), for the sixth year to help…
CAPCOG will be hosting the Texas Comptroller, Glenn Hegar, and the state’s new Broadband Development Office as part…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, partnered with Texas A&M Health…
Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, benefits counselors are offering in-person and virtual…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee elected its officers at its January meeting after the General Assembly elected the 29-person…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Divisions is hosting two courses that seek to improve emergency telecommunicators leadership and personal…
CAPCOG’s Community and Economic Development Division is urging local governments to apply to the Economic Development Administration’s Economic…
The 2021 CAPCOG Annual Report was published and mailed to members in early January and then made available…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program has purchased and is distributing 70 cellular video cameras to Regional Environmental Task…
Burnet County Emergency Management Coordinator, Jim Barho, the first and long-serving chair of the agency’s Long-Term Interoperability Committee…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division has been participating with FEMA and the Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate,…
CAPCOG recognized W. Nim Kidd, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) chief, with the Jack Griesenbeck Leadership…
CAPCOG is inviting local governments representatives including planners and GIS staff to participate in an online, January 18…
CAPCOG’s Clean Air Coalition (CAC) updated the region’s air quality plan in November to address particulate matter (PM)…
More training is being scheduled at locations around the region to ensure officers can access training they need…
CAPCOG’s Criminal Justice Program has scheduled four grant writing workshops to take place around the region: Dec. 17,…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program kicked off its two-year grant cycle by scheduling three grant workshops to assist…
Three State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant workshops are scheduled to take place online from 1:30 to 4…
CAPCOG’s Emergency Communications Division is always interested in raising awareness about preparing residents to call 9-1-1 by providing…
CAPCOG’s Capital Area Economic Development District (CAEDD) board developed one of likely hundreds of regional Build Back Better…
CAPCOG and the South-Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER) are hosting a virtual workshop from…
CAPCOG is planning to feature a panel with the state legislators who serve on the COG’s board to…
Benefits Counselors with the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, kicked off…
The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG program, exceeded its goal for…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) is the first police academy to participate in a voluntary Texas A&M…
CAPCOG is encouraging local jurisdiction to recognize the unsung work family caregivers provide to their love ones during…
David Bertling, CAPCOG’s new Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) director, seeks to bring more in-service peace officer courses…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is asking for stakeholder input in drafting the 2023 Criminal Justice Regional Strategic…
CAPCOG and Connected Nation Texas are hosting the newly created Texas Broadband Development Office’s (BDO) Director, Greg Conte,…
Llano County and the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) are seeking public input about the Llano County…
The CAPCOG GIS Program has created an interactive map of the 217 landfill sites identified in the region’s…
Benefits Counselors with Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, are preparing older…
CAPCOG will hold a public stakeholder meeting on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 at CAPCOG’s offices, 6800 Burleson Road,…
The CAPCOG region grew by more than a half million people between 2010 and 2020 according to the…
The CAPCOG General Assembly at its September meeting will hear a regional transportation update from Tucker Ferguson, Texas…
CAPCOG and Connected Nation – Texas are holding a broadband roundtable to discuss regional and local broadband initiatives…
CAPCOG will recognize September as National Preparedness Month with a social media, awareness campaign focusing on educating people…
CAPCOG’s Homeland Security Division is hosting a virtual cybersecurity symposium to strengthen collaboration on cybersecurity strategies and teach…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) is offering a Pressure Point Control Tactics and Defensive Tactics Instructor…
CAPCOG compiled population numbers from the 2020 Census at the county and regional level after the U.S. Census…
CAPCOG is encouraging jurisdictions in the 10-county region to apply for the EDA American Rescue Plan funding opportunities…
CAPCOG began working with a steering committee from Llano County in June to update the county’s Transportation and…
CAPCOG and its Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) are seeking to contribute more than…
The Striking a Balance: Family Caregivers Conference will celebrate its 20th anniversary by again bringing family caregivers national…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division and the Texas Division of Emergency Management trained emergency managers and public safety…
The CAPCOG Community and Economic Development Division in early July hosted its first webinar of a three-part series…
The CAPCOG GIS Program has redesigned its web portal for downloading mapping data to increase access and improve…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security division assisted the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in promoting a funding opportunity that…
Twenty-seven peace officer cadets graduated from the CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy’s (RLEA) Basic Peace Officer Course No.…
CAPCOG’s Solid Waste program will host a 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training from July 12…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee voted at its regular May and April meetings to recommend to the Office of…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) is offering a 24-hour, mandated Standard Field Sobriety Test Practitioner training…
Wouldn't it be great if there were free, evidenced-based courses that were proven to prevent falls or manage…
Every May, the Administration on Aging, part of the Administration for Community Living, leads our nation's observance of…
The Capital Area Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) and the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital…
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) announced today that seven local governments in the Capital Area Council of…
CAPCOG and the Capital Area Regional Environmental Task Force (RETF) will conduct their first basic environmental course on…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, held the first session of…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy is offering specialized instructor courses in July and August that will allow policing…
Hurricanes can impact large areas beyond the coastal regions, and the CAPCOG 10-county region is no exception to…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee prioritized 31 projects for the State Homeland Security Program grants; recommending 15 projects for…
May marks Older Americans Month, a time to celebrate the contributions older adults make to our communities, and…
Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking local elected officials who have an interest in issues related…
The CAPCOG Community and Economic Development Division began working with communities to develop potential project ideas for applications…
The Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown Metropolitan Area remains close to exceeding the ground-level ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard and…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, is conducting two webinars to…
The past year resulted in many challenging circumstances for emergency telecommunicators from the COVID-19 pandemic to the February…
Emergency Management Coordinators (EMCs) and other public safety officials used CAPCOG’s digital regional planning coordination tool, WebEOC, to…
Scrap tires, paint, mattresses, and lawn tools are among the items most collected during solid waste collection events…
CAPCOG’s regional notifications system, WarnCentralTexas, alerted more residents than ever during Winter Storm Uri, which struck the entire…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee will review and prioritize Office of the Governor grant applications during a…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) — a division of CAPCOG — will host…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, is relaunching its efforts to…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) graduated Class No. 91 in January with 19 cadets earning their…
Workforce development will continue to be one of the four themes in the newly-adopted 2020-2025 Comprehensive Economic Development…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) — a CAPCOG division — and the Dallas…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced its 2021 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program…
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) announced $69.6 million in Community Development Block Grant CARES…
CAPCOG will hold a special called General Assembly meeting at 11 a.m. February 10 to elect two officials…
CAPCOG hired Shelly Hargrove to lead its Community and Economic Development (CED) Division in December; her more than…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area will conduct its first two online A Matter of…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced its 2021 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Program Call for Projects and…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) has scheduled more than 20 courses between now and the end of…
The deadline to submit State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant application projects to CAPCOG for a requested staff…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee will meet virtually for its first meeting of 2021 on January 13, when its…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program is assisting the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG), a COG located in…
CAPCOG’s Emergency Communications Division conducted its first pandemic specific course for emergency telecommunicators in early December and a…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is conducting a virtual grant workshop on January 5 that will assist nonprofit…
The Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC) recognized the City of Austin’s Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program and…
The CAPCOG General Assembly will elect the 2021 Executive Committee at its annual membership meeting on Dec. 9,…
The Texas Department of Agriculture opened its grant application process for the 2021 Texas Community Development Block Grant…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program and the city of Austin are conducting a study that will analyze how…
CAPCOG, acting in its capacity of the Capital Area Emergency Communications District, started making hardware, software and cabling…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is completing an update to the region’s Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk…
CAPCOG General Assembly representatives will elect the agency’s 2021 Executive Committee during its 11 a.m., December 9 meeting,…
As part of National Family Caregivers Month, the Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and…
The Central Texas Clean Air Coalition (CAC) on Wednesday recognized City of Austin’s Transportation Demand Management Program and…
CAPCOG and its newly created Clean Air Coalition Particulate Matter (PM) subcommittee are joined by an EPA subject…
Members of the Texas National Emergency Number Association (NENA) elected CAPCOG’s Mike Aurora to serve on its board…
“The EDA CARES grant has been the most competitive grant cycle I’ve seen in years,” said Rachel Steele,…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy and the Emergency Communications Division have started offering in-person training while taking COVID-19…
Benefits counselors with Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, started preparing older…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program integrated reporting from its eight ozone monitors into EPA’s AirNow.gov to give Austin-Round…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program seeks nominations of people and organizations that have made significant impacts to the…
CAPCOG’s Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and AGE of Central Texas conducted the annual…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee recognized September as National Preparedness Month and urges all jurisdictions to educate and empower…
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded Marble Falls a $2.5 million grant for the design and engineering…
CAPCOG is seeking nominations from General Assembly Representatives interested in serving on the 2021 Executive Committee, which meets…
The Plum Creek Watershed Partnership will hold a Texas Watershed Steward workshop from 8 a.m. to noon, Sept.…
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, the Capital Area Economic Development District (CAEDD) had just begun developing its strategic…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently completed a Travel Efficiency Assessment Method Case Study for the Austin-Round…
Join CAPCOG in celebrating its 50th anniversary during its upcoming online General Assembly Meeting on September 9th. The…
Police agencies around the region have a new de-escalation training tool which they will soon be able to…
CAPCOG sent out a survey in late January to determine if the region’s local governments would be interested…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program has helped several counties draft, review and update solid waste siting ordinances to…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced about $4.6 million in grants for projects to implement new…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) and AGE of Central Texas moved their annual…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division continues to deliver training to emergency telecommunicators amid the COVID-19 pandemic through live…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will accept grant applications for its Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Rebate Grant…
CAPCOG is seeking local jurisdictions to participate in the Texas Natural Resources Information System’s (TNRIS) Strategic Mapping Program…
CAPCOG and the Texas Department of Agriculture have partnered to fund $75,000 of specialized surveillance patrols targeting credit-…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) recently graduated 37 cadets from two Basic Peace Officer Courses (BPOC)…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee approved its recommended list of prioritized 2021 criminal justice projects in May for four…
CAPCOG, as the region’s representative of the Economic Development Administration (EDA), is providing technical assistance to local jurisdictions…
Texas is beginning its first regional flood planning process, and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is seeking…
CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Basic Peace Officers Course No. 89 graduated on June 5 after its cadets completed…
CAPCOG re-opened its grant application process for funding specialized surveillance at businesses that may be impacted by credit…
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is taking public comments on the 2021 draft regional water plans which…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, moved its health and wellness…
The CAPCOG offices are currently closed to visitors because of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, all of CAPCOG's divisions…
The Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office allocated about $2.8 million to the CAPCOG region from its…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area and the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) wants…
The CAPCOG Community and Economic Development Division has developed a regional data dashboard to assist communities in making…
The information important to the region’s emergency managers related to the Coronavirus pandemic includes confirmed cases, deaths attributed…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy opened enrollment for in-service courses scheduled for July and is continuing to…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee is set to proclaim May as Older Americans Month during its meeting on the…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy graduated 19 cadets from its Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) No. 90…
Air quality seems to be better throughout the region because of reduced traffic as a result of Stay…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a CAPCOG division, drafted its 2021-22 Area Plan…
The Office of the Governor, Public Safety Office, Criminal Justice Division, announced the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee at its March meeting approved a prioritized list of 30 Homeland Security projects, 13…
CAPCOG, in its capacity as the Capital Area Economic Development District (CAEDD), is developing the Comprehensive Economic Development…
CAPCOG is assisting local jurisdictions with emergency management response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic and addressing older adult…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee honored the region’s emergency telecommunicators with a March proclamation declaring April 12 through April…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) will conduct its grant scoring meetings on April 14, 15, 16,…
CAPCOG conducted a National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Center Manager Certificate Program in March for several of the…
Connected Nation—Texas, a division of a national nonprofit that assists communities with developing strategies for increasing access, adoption,…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division’s 2020 Regional Exercise, which took place in February, simulated large wildfires in three…
The Capital Area Council of Governments has moved employees to teleworking schedules beginning this week; some staff will…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program has partnered with the Lone Star Clean Fuels Alliance to teach local governments,…
CAPCOG is accepting applications from local law enforcement agencies in the ten-county region, for a grant to cover…
Two emergency telecommunicators who survived mass shootings will lead CAPCOG’s Active Threat Course for emergency telecommunicators set for…
The Texas Transportation Commission announced in late January that Dripping Springs, Elgin, Granger, and Smithville would receive $5.2…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division joined several city of Austin departments in welcoming its newest police officers and…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Program and the Regional Environmental Task Force will lead a course that literally helps…
Under the FEMA Disaster Declaration 4416, local jurisdictions in Burnet, Llano and Travis counties working on economic development…
Cottonwood Shores and Sunset Valley are hosting the CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) to conduct a February-26…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) will hold its first exam for prospective peace officer cadets for…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division purchased more than 1,000 Stop-the-Bleed kits to help school districts and charter schools…
Austin-Travis County EMS deployed the nation’s first Buckle Up for Life Safety Lab, a mobile interactive experience designed…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is accepting applications for the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Texas…
The newly elected CAPCOG Executive Committee, which conducts COG business regarding budgets, contracts, and general policies and procedures…
Long-time Solid Waste Advisory Committee member, Jon White, received the 2019 Phill Palmer Volunteer Award during its annual…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a CAPCOG division, with funding from the St. David’s…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division is launching an online training system to enhance emergency telecommunicators skills and professional…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP) is seeking passionate volunteers to advocate for seniors’…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy will conduct a Basic Forensic Narrative Analysis course to teach investigators interviewing…
CAPCOG recognized the region’s former Texas Division of Emergency Management District Coordinator, Jack Doebbler, with its Jack Griesenbeck…
CAPCOG has scheduled three grant writing workshops at different locations, so local governments and nonprofits planning to apply…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality want organizations to gear up for the opening of the Texas Emission…
Petroleum Solutions Inc.’s Austin office donated two gas pump credit and debit card processing machines to support a…
CAPCOG recently launched its new website at capcog.org to improve the organization of information, make it easier to navigate, and…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is offering a cybersecurity course for local jurisdictions’ Information Technology personnel. The 4-day…
CAPCOG will conduct three mandatory grant workshop for local jurisdictions planning to apply for 2020 State Homeland Security…
CAPCOG will announce this year’s recipient of the Jack Griesenbeck Leadership in Regionalism Award along with other regional…
The CAPCOG Solid Waste Grant Program is seeking projects to fund as part of its 2020-21 Solid Waste…
The Environmental Protection Agency reappointed CAPCOG’s Regional Planning and Services Director, Andrew Hoekzema, to a third, two-year term…
The Texas Region 13 Education Service Center invited CAPCOG Homeland Security Director, Martin Ritchey, to discuss with school…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division is hosting a Type III All-Hazards Incident Management Team training from Nov. 18…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area, a division of CAPCOG, will lead a hands-on workshop…
CAPCOG is seeking nominations for the 2019 Jack Griesenbeck Leadership in Regionalism Award, which recognizes a person whom…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy and Texas Department of Agriculture are working together to improve gas pump…
The Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area (AAACAP), a division of CAPCOG, has begun drafting its…
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is seeking input from community stakeholders around the ten-county region as it begins…
CAPCOG will begin accepting nominations on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 from eligible city and county elected officials who…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy is offering its first new State and Federal Law Updates courses for…
The Age Well Live Well East Austin collaborative invites the public to celebrate East Austin’s unique history, as…
National Night Out, an annual campaign for making neighborhoods safer through community and police partnerships, traditionally occurs the…
The CAPCOG Homeland Security Division will host three courses in September to train peace officers, emergency managers and…
State legislators who serve on the CAPCOG Executive Committee will participate in a panel discussion about the 86th…
In support of National Preparedness Month, CAPCOG developed a regional WarnCentralTexas.org campaign to encourage residents to register for…
The upcoming 18th annual Striking a Balance Conference will convene local resources as well as local and national…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program will conduct a workshop for local government and transportation practitioners as well as…
The Regional Environmental Task Force (RETF) and CAPCOG will lead two courses on how local governments can better…
The CAPCOG Aging Services Director, Patty Bordie, emphasized the importance of fostering individual resiliency in older adults in…
CAPCOG’s Regional Planning and Service Division partnered with the Capital Area Rural Transit System (CARTS) to update the…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy (RLEA) is offering more than 20 in-service courses in Austin and around…
The U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) and CAPCOG will conduct a Capital Area Regional Flood Management Planning Workshop…
The CAPCOG Regional Planning and Services Division upgraded the Commute Solutions program by updating the commute planning and…
Public safety officials and local advocates from around the region at a Warn Central Texas press conference in…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee in May approved a prioritized list of recommended projects to receive funding from four…
The CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy will conduct a full-time, day and a part-time, night Basic Peace Officer…
Mike Jennings, former director of CAPCOG’s Regional Law Enforcement Academy from 2007 to 2015, returned to the position…
The city of Austin is purchasing and programing digital kiosks to give residents greater access in registering to…
From economic development and infrastructure to sidewalks and fire trucks, the CAPCOG Regional and Planning Services Division has…
CAPCOG’s Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area is joining several Senior and Law Enforcement Together (SALT)…
Emergency management and fire officials and local advocates urged Central Texas residents to prepare for the 2019 wildfire…
Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Program is accepting applications for the first…
The CAPCOG Emergency Communications Division has installed new RapidSOS software at nearly all the 10-county region’s public safety…
The CAPCOG Air Quality Program is hosting several energy efficiency specialists to conduct a workshop from 9 a.m.…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Transportation and Air Quality selected CAPCOG for a technical assistance partnership…
CAPCOG and its Area Agency on Aging of the Capital Area want central Texas communities to join them…
The CAPCOG Executive Committee and its Homeland Security Task Force prioritized 40 projects that requested funding from the…
Air Quality Awareness Week is a national campaign that recognizes the importance of clean air for our health…
CAPCOG is coordinating the purchase of geospatial data through its 2020 Capital Area Orthoimagery Project in partnership with…
New workstations being installed by CAPCOG in all 31 public safety answering points (PSAPs) across the region will…
Students will be better prepared to respond to terroristic incidents with a new educational video developed through a…
More than 800 emergency telecommunicators serve the CAPCOG ten-county region as the first, first responders, and they work…
More than 40 emergency response agencies and 350 public safety personnel from across the region responded to an…
The Regional Environmental Task Force (RETF) and CAPCOG are conducting this year’s first basic environmental law training course…