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TARC July Quarterly Meeting
The next TARC Quarterly Meeting takes place Wednesday, July 20 through Friday, July 22, 2011, at the Omni Hotel in downtown Austin. For your convenience, we have reserved blocks during the meeting at a few downtown hotels. Click here for information.
July Quarterly Meeting Schedule coming soon!
2011 Texas Conference on Regionalism
The Texas Conference on Regionalism, the annual conference of Texas' regional planning councils, is sponsored each year by the Texas Association of Regional Councils. Today, regional councils operate programs across subject areas ranging from public safety and emergency preparedness to human and social services. Texas’ regional councils are instrumental in the planning and expenditure of funds derived from local, state, and federal resources.
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The Texas Association of Regional Councils invites interested parties to submit a proposal for concurrent session presentations.
Call for Presenters!
FY2008-2009 Regional Councils of Government and The Regional Solid Waste Grants Program
 Click here to view the FY2008-FY2009 Regional Councils of Government and The Regional Solid Waste Grants Program report to the 82nd Legislature. The Regional Solid Waste Grants Program assists the State of Texas in fulfilling its public policy to safeguard health, general welfare and physical property to protect the environment.
The program is a cooperative effort among state, regional and local governments and private enterprise to ensure implementation of solid waste management and environmental protection. Each of the 24 regions has a section highlighting the local government activities in their region.
TARC and Texas Citizen Corps Award Trailer to the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe in El Paso
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Ready El Paso Citizen Corps Program were presented with keys to a new custom designed Citizen Corps Trailer during the Rio Grande Council of Governments January Board Meeting. Part of a statewide competition, trailer winners were announced first at the past Texas Citizen Corps – Texas VOAD Joint Conference in Dallas. We are all very proud of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Citizen Corps Council, and winning this trailer shows just how outstanding their regional program is.
The award is given in recognition of outstanding community outreach and collaborative efforts from the following: the RIOCOG, under the direction of Annette Gutierrez, Executive Director, The Honorable Frank Paiz, Tribal Governor of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, and Ralph Johnson, City of El Paso Emergency Management Coordinator.
DETCOG’s Disaster Case Management Pilot Project Recognized by the National Association of Development Organizations 2010 Innovation Awards
 The Disaster Case Management Pilot (DCMP) project focuses on long-term
recovery case management for households in the 12-county Deep East Texas
Council of Governments (DETCOG) service area. In addition, through a
collaborative agreement with Texas Health and Human Services Commission
(HHSC) and the East Texas Council of Governments (ETCOG), DETCOG
expanded its services to cover five counties in the ETCOG service area.
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Save the Date, Texas Rural Challenge
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
NCTCOG’s Monte Mercer featured in the May issue of ICMA’s Public Management (PM) Magazine
Texas Conference on Aging
Regional Councils of Government and The Regional Solid Waste Grants Program
No Transportation Without Representation
Award-Winning Program Helps Seniors Prevent or Manage Diabetes
Clean School Bus Program Awards $775K in Grants to Districts
DETCOG Agrees to Apply $1.5M Toward Technical-Training Center
TDRA Launches Online Rural Policy Initiative
TARC and Regional Council Reps Attend Texas Rural Challenge
9-1-1 What’s Your Location?
Panhandle City-County Officials Convene on Shared Local Government Issues
PRPC Approves Rural Planning Group
VP Announces Tighter Enforcement of ARRA
ETCOG Takes on Rural Internet Access Project
2011 Super Bowl will Bring Big Transit Changes to Dallas Area
Donations Sought for Heaters for Seniors, Disabled
2010 Census Count Important to Government Entities
2010 Officers Hosted First Quarterly Meeting
On The Calendar
July 20-22, 2011
TARC Quarterly Meeting, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
September 14-16, 2011
2011 TARC Annual Conference, Sheraton, Fort Worth, Texas
December 7-9, 2011
TARC Quarterly Meeting, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
March 6-9, 2012
March Quarterly Meeting, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
July 17-20, 2012
July Quarterly Meeting, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
September 19-21, 2012
2012 TARC Annual Conference, The Westin Galleria, Houston, Texas
December 11-14, 2012
December Quarterly Meeting, Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
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