2021 - 2023 Action Plan Summary Texas - New Mexico - Chihuahua (3-State Region) Texas - Coahuila - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon (4-State Region) The U.S. - Mexico Border 2025 Program uses action plans to highlight projects or activities that are ongoing or completed that support and measure progress towards achieving the goals and objectives under the program's Framework. The action plans include specific projects or activities, their timeframe, funding type and amount towards that action, expected outputs and outcomes as well as progress status of each of these efforts. Within the Border 2025 Program, there are four Regional Coordinating bodies, two of which represent the following geographic jurisdictions: Texas - New Mexico - Chihuahua and Texas - Coahuila - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon. Within both these geographic regions, there are three Federally recognized Tribes: the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo situated within the El Paso, Texas area, Ft. Sill Apache near Akela, New Mexico and Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas near Eagle Pass, Texas. The Texas - New Mexico - Chihuahua Regional Coordinators is structured into three binational geographic regions: Paso del Norte Region, which is supported by six task forces (TF); Joint Advisory Committee. Water Task Force, Sustainable Material Management or Waste Task Force, Emergency Response & Preparedness Task Force, Environmental Health Task Force and Environmental Education Task Force. New Mexico - Chihuahua rural area is supported by one multi-media task force. Texas - Chihuahua rural area is supported by one multi-media task force, also referred to as the "Junta de Los Rios". The Texas - Coahuila - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon Regional Coordinators is also structured into three binational geographic regions: Amistad Task Force, which engages the communities of Del Rio and Eagle Pass, Texas and their sister cities, Ciudad Acuna and Piedras Negras, Coahuila. Falcon Task Force, which supports the Laredo, Texas - Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas sister city pair. Gulf Task Force, which supports several communities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley that includes the Texas communities of Roma, Rio Grande, Mission, McAllen, Edinburg, Weslaco, Harlingen, San Benito, Los Fresnos, Brownsville and Tamaulipas communities of Camargo, Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Matamoros. The current 2021 - 2023 Action Plan for both Regional Coordinators is comprised of 72 projects or activities, of which 26 have been completed, and the remaining 46 are ongoing. These projects or activities are implemented through: 1) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Border Program funds carried out through cooperative agreements with the North American Development Bank (NADBank); 2) other EPA Programs (funds and in-kind staff support); 3) through Border 2025 Program partner efforts (funds and/or in-kind support). The following graphs provide a summary overview of the Action Plans for each of the Regional Coordinators. ------- TOTAL # OF PROJECTS/ACTIONS BY REGIONAL COORDINATORS TOTAL # OF PROJECTS/ACTIONS BY GOAL ------- TOTAL # OF PROJECTS/ACTIONS BY FUNDING SOURCE ------- 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 TOTAL # OF PROJECTS (72) BY GOAL WITHIN IN GEOGRAPHIC REGION 2 2 l 0 0 0 0 0 0 fit 1 1 Paso del Norte New Mexico- Texas- Borderwide AmistadTF Falcon TF GulfTF AII3TFsin Region Chihuauhua Chihuauhua 4State Rural Rural ¦ Goal 1 (Total) I Goal 2 (Total) Goal 3 (Total) Goal 4 (Total) ¦ Fund. Strat. (Total) ------- Summary of Texas - New Mexico- Chihuahua Regional Coordinators The Texas - New Mexico - Chihuahua Regional Coordinators had a total of 45 projects or actions within the 2021 - 2023 Action Plan, of which 18 projects were completed during this time and 27 are ongoing. During this time several projects funded under the previous border program, Border 2020, were completed and counted toward meeting the goals and objectives under Border 2025, as these projects aligned with the current Border 2025 Program, Of the 45 projects or actions currently being carried out, there are three that were carried out by the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Ft. Sill Apache. In 2021, a Border 2025 Program request for proposals was launched, for which 12 projects were selected for funding. Of these 12 projects selected, three projects were funded within the Texas - New Mexico - Chihuahua Region, all within the Paso del Norte area. It should be noted that projects implemented and carried out under the Border 2025 Program may often be implemented such that it benefits more than one geographic region, for which we refer to as Borderwide projects. The following graphs provide an overview of the projects and actions carried out within the Texas - New Mexico - Chihuahua Region. 45 TOTAL PROJECTS OR ACTIONS IMPLEMENTED WITHIN EACH GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT ARE ONGOING/COMPLETED ------- 45 TOTAL PROJECTS (COMPLETE/ONGOING) BY GOAL WITHIN EACH GEOGRAPHIC AREA 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Goal 1 (Total) Paso del Norte Region Goal 2 (Total) Goal 3 (Total) New Mexico - Chihuauhua Rural 0 0 0 Goal 4 (Total) Fund. Strat. (Total) Texas - Chihuauhua Rural Borderwide ------- Summary of Texas - Coahuila - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon Regional Coordinators The Texas - Coahuila - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon Regional Coordinators had a total of 27 projects or actions within the 2021 - 2023 Action Plan, of which 8 projects were completed during this time and 19 are ongoing. During this time several projects funded under the previous border program, Border 2020, were completed. As previously mentioned, in 2021 a Border 2025 Program request for proposals was launched, for which 12 projects were selected for funding. Of these 12 projects selected, nine projects were funded within the Texas - Coahuila - Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon Region. The nine projects selected are distributed within the: Amistad Task Force area - two projects funded. Gulf Task Force area - six projects funded. Borderwide (All three Task Forces) - one project funded. Falcon Task Force area - no projects were funded however the Borderwide projects selected do impact the stakeholders in this area. The following graphs provides an overview of the projects or actions carried out within the Texas - Coahuila -Tamaulipas - Nuevo Leon Region. 27 TOTAL PROJECTS OR ACTIONS IMPLEMENTED WITHIN EACH TASK FORCE THAT ARE COMPLETED/ONGOING ------- 27 TOTAL PROJECTS (COMPLETED/ONGOING) BY GOAL WITHIN EACH TASK FORCE o Goal 1 (Total) Goal 2 (Total) Goal 3 (Total) Goal 4 (Total) Fund. Strat. (Total) ¦ Amistad TF ¦ Falcon TF ¦ Gulf TF BAII3TFs ------- |