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Through
leadership from the Office of the Governor,
Texas
is taking a regional approach to preparing and implementing strategies
among local governments, and with the state, for homeland security.
Regional councils of governments (COGs) have been assigned
responsibilities for regional planning; for reaching agreement among local
governments on strategic priorities as well as allocation of funding to
those priorities; for assisting local governments in qualifying for
federal funds and in grant administration; and for assisting state funding
agencies.
Since the Spring of 2002, councils of governments and TARC have been in
the process of responding to a request from the Governor to plan and
implement regional homeland security strategies as key components of
Texas
’ homeland security preparations. Beginning in late 2002 and until the
present, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and the Governor’s
Division of Emergency Management have provided funding to, and utilized
regional councils for:
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Preparing and implementing
regional homeland security strategies;
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Assisting
local governments with responsibilities as recipients of grant
funds;
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Assisting
local governments in completing required assessments for future
eligibility;
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Updating and expanding regional
strategies for the future; and,
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Implementing components of
regional strategies and of the governor’s statewide strategies.
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As a whole, membership in the COGs includes over 2000 municipal and
county governments. In
partnership with the State of
Texas
, each COG has homeland security (HS) (planning, preparedness, protection
priorities, training, and response) as a cornerstone of its mission. |
