BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Gov. Maura Healey announced a new pilot program aimed at supporting climate change resiliency plans across the state Wednesday.
Healey was joined by local and state officials at Belle Isle Marsh in East Boston to announce the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Planning 2.0 (MVP 2.0). MVP 2.0 expands the state's MVP grant program, which provides communities with, among other tools, funding and technical support to identify climate hazards and ways to manage them.
MVP 2.0 will have new methods, tools, and resources for updating MVP plans and actions, including technical assistance and $50,000 of guaranteed funding to develop and implement an action project.
"MVP is about bringing people together to tackle one of our state’s [and] one of our country’s greatest challenges, and that is the unique ways the climate crisis is impacting every aspect of our life," Healey said.
Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) said it will award funding to a maximum of 30 communities to take part in the pilot program.
"As we transition to clean energy, we also need strong protections against the climate impacts already burdening our residents," said EEA Secretary Rebecca Tepper in a statement. "We are excited to keep growing and evolving this program to meet the needs of our communities while achieving our climate goals."
According to Healey, 349 out of 351 Massachusetts cities and towns have completed or are currently completing the original MVP Planning Grant process.
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