Homeland Security
CTCOG Homeland Security Division is tasked with the administration of the Federal Homeland Security Grant Program for the Central Texas Region. We work closely with state and local emergency management coordinators, federal, state, county and municipal governments, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, emergency medical services, and emergency communications organizations. Our planning efforts include:
- Emergency Communications – Radio and dispatch equipment
- Hazard Mitigation – planning for natural disasters
- Homeland Security – planning for man-made threats
- Criminal Justice – Regional Law Enforcement training
- Emergency Management – planning for a coordinated, multi-agency response effort
- Public Education – outreach to educators and private citizens
- Managing other federal grants
Resources
Our staff develops and maintains the following planning documents:
- Region Emergency Response Plan
- Hazard Mitigation Plan (Currently being developed)
- Central Texas Council of Governments Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide (THIRA)2025 CTCOG THIRA
- Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR)2025 CTCOG SPR
- Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan 2021-2025 (TX HSSP)Texas Homeland Security Strategic Plan 2021-2025
- Regional Mass Fatality Management Plan
- Radio Communications Interoperability 2017 Assessment Report
eGrants
eGrants Helpdesk: eGrants@gov.texas.gov
EGrants User’s Guide to Creating an Application
Federal Civil Rights Compliance for Grantees
FY25 SHSP Overview and Application Guide – Final V1.0.0
Office of the Governor Request For Applications
FY27 CTCOG Homeland Security and Criminal Justice Grant Workshop Material
Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC)
The mission of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee is to facilitate regional homeland security activities such as assisting CTCOG staff in planning, coordinating, evaluating and recommending, prioritizing projects for grants received from the State of Texas. The committee was created in 2009 and operates under these by-laws.
CodeRED Notification System
The CodeRED system provides regional emergency management agencies the ability to quickly deliver messages to targeted areas, entire communities, selected groups, or the entire region.
The CodeRED system was selected in order to provide individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone numbers directly into the database; this is an extremely important feature. Citizens who previously registered their phone number with a different emergency notification provider (for example, through their city) must re-register with the new CodeRED system in order to be included.
Required information includes first and last name, street address (physical address, no P.O. boxes), city, state, zip code, and primary phone number, additional phone numbers and email contacts can be entered as well. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the past year, and those who use a cellular phone or VoIP phone as their primary number.
To register, please select the link in which you reside.
Call Jesse Hennage at 254-770-2365 or email jesse.hennage@ctcog.org if you need help with registration.