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2010 Officers Hosted First Quarterly Meeting
TARC 2010 Officers hosted first Quarterly meeting at Austin Airport Hilton on December 11. TARC Board members heard from Chief Jack Colley with the Texas Division of Emergency Management and Christopher Burnett, Executive Director, Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor.
As the New Year approaches, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Ready Campaign is once again reminding people to Resolve to be Ready in 2010. While nearly 50 percent of Americans make New Year's Eve resolutions, very few manage to keep them. The Ready Campaign would like to make an emergency preparedness resolution easy to keep by providing the tools and resources needed to take the three important steps: get a kit, make a plan and be informed about the different types of emergencies that can happen in your area and their appropriate responses. We hope you will join the Ready Campaign this Holiday Season in promoting Resolve to be Ready.
Click here to download more information.
Citizen Corps Trailer Award Program
The Texas Citizen Corps Council and the Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC) announce the second round of the Citizen Corps Trailer Award Program. Last quarter, two custom Citizen Corps Trailers were awarded during the TARC Annual Conference in South Padre Island. The two winning programs were Brazoria County from the Houston-Galveston Area Council and Best Southwest Citizen Corps Council from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.
TARC purchased two additional Pace 6' X 10' Cargo trailers with beautiful custom Citizen Corps graphics. The trailers will be awarded to the jurisdiction whose competitive application demonstrates the best plan for using the trailer to promote Citizen Corps programs as well as the Texas Homeland Security Strategy. The Texas Citizen Corps Council will score the applications and determine
the trailer recipients.
The highest scoring applications will be announced on February 15, 2010, at the Texas Homeland Security Conference in San Antonio. Please share this information with your Citizen Corps Councils, Fire Corps programs, Neighborhood Watch programs, Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) programs, Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC teams). The deadline for submitting applications is December 22, 2009. Jurisdictions who submitted applications last quarter need not reapply unless wanting to make amendments or revisions.
TARC is honored to sponsor this opportunity for the benefit of your regional Citizen Corps programs.
Click here to download application
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2009 Texas Conference on Regionalism
Some conference photos have been posted! Presentations are coming soon! Visit our conference pages. |
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act:
Economic Stimulus Package
New updates are now available including a list of grant opportunities, criteria, and updated allocation numbers as of March 2009!
On February 17, 2009, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, more commonly known as the Economic Stimulus Package, was signed into law by President Obama.
TARC has compiled preliminary information on the Act, along with several web resources that are continually being updated, as new information is provided. For additional information on the ACTT and these web-based resources, click here.
Texas Association of Regional Councils
The Texas Association of Regional Councils is the state organization of Texas' 24 regional councils of governments. With 2000 plus local government members, the regional councils of governments join local governments, as well as state, federal, and private partners, to provide cost-effective, better planned, and more accountable public services in each region of Texas. |
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News from TARC
Falls Prevention Awareness Week Observed at Capitol
John R. Fernandez Confirmed as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development
Efficient Planning Purchasing is Goal of PlanSource
National Citizen Corps Achievement Awards: Texas Finalists
Commissioner Staples Announces Creation of Texas Broadband Task Force: Regional Representative Chosen
Cherokee Sheriff's Office Dispatch Computer System with COG Grant-Jacksonville Paper
Texas Stimulus in Plain English: Who's watching your money?
AACOG Weatherization Assistance Program gets a boost!
Citizens Seek Fair, Beneficial Stimulus Fund Allocations
2010 Budget Blueprint: Agency by Agency
Rio Grande Council of Governments Announces New Executive Director
2008-2009 TARC Officers Elected
Sour Lake, Ganado Form Sister-City Initiative
Federal Grant Allows for New Home Care Program
EDA Annual Report
Emergency Preparedness COG Spotlight: South East Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC)
Prescription Medicine: Friend or Foe? NCTCOG Area Agency on Aging offers help
On The Calendar
March 10-12, 2010
TARC Quarterly Meetings, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
July 14-16, 2010
TARC Quarterly Meetings, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin Texas
September 15-17, 2010
2010 Texas Conference on Regionalism, Omni Hotel at the Colonnade, San Antonio, Texas
December 8-10, 2010
TARC Quarterly Meetings, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
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