In this installment of TARC e-Learning, we will be joined by staff from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) who will review several programs available to the regions, including programs to assist homeowners with home rehabilitation, rental assistance, homebuyer assistance and home modification assistance for persons with disabilities. For more information and to register, email Kim at klile@txregionalcouncil.org.

Over the course of the summer, TARC will be hosting a series of 4 webinars aimed at providing information, tips and tools to help regional council staff overcome barriers to productivity on a day-to-day basis. Throughout this series, participants will learn how to measure tasks, create plans and realize goals. Each session will focus on a different aspect of time management and will take place at 2:30 pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. For more information about each…

Email is our primary and sometimes official method of communication. In this session, we’ll discuss common email habits, good and bad, with the intention of increased awareness for better communication. For more information about this webinar, please contact Kimberly Lile.

Be steps ahead of cybercriminals by increasing cyber-awareness. As we wrap up National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) will be equipping participants with cybersecurity awareness tools, tips and best practices for combating potential cyber-attacks. These best practices can be used to enhance cyber-protection at home and in the workplace. Cyberattacks can happen anywhere and to organizations of all sizes, so we hope you will join us as we learn ways to defend against them.…

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness in local communities and trains members in basic disaster response skills. Lisa Rubey of the New Braunfels CERT will present how they use FEMA’s Incident Command System to enhance their team, leadership structure, and training goals. Lisa will also discuss the New Braunfels CERT Watchtower project and how emergency management personnel utilize it during emergencies and planned events. Join us and learn how CERT teams can be assets…

Under the guidance of the Resource Conservation Council, in August 2018 the North Central Texas Council of Governments initiated a Regional Recycling Survey and Education Campaign in an effort to address high contamination rates in residential curbside recycling.  This webinar will cover the campaign development process, current analytics of the campaign, and anticipated next steps.   For more information about this webinar, please contact Kimberly Lile.

Opioid abuse and misuse is a serious public health issue across the country and Texas that impacts older adults in unique ways. Join us as we hear from Dr. Kate Lorig with the Self-Management Research Center who will share important information about how opioids affect older adults, strategies for preventing use from devolving into misuse or abuse and how evidence-based practices are being used to prevent and assist in tapering older adult opioid misuse. For more information about this webinar,…