{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-21n-11","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21N, § 11","heading":"Municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program","body":"Section 11. (a) The secretary shall develop and support a municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program. The program shall consist of: (i) financial assistance to municipalities to complete a community-led resilience building process and vulnerability assessment that enables climate change information and adaptation actions to be directly incorporated into existing municipal plans, policies and spending programs; (ii) technical planning guidance; (iii) a statewide catalogue of municipal climate vulnerabilities and impacts identified through the assessment process that may be incorporated into the state plan; and (iv) support for implementation projects to address vulnerabilities.\n(b) A grant of financial assistance issued under this section shall be used to advance efforts to adapt land use, zoning, infrastructure, financial decision-making, policies and programs to reduce the vulnerability of the built and natural environment to changing environmental conditions that are a result of climate change.\n(c) The secretary shall develop and implement an outreach and education program about climate change and its effects for low-income, environmental justice and urban communities to increase participation in the grant program established in this section.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 21N"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter21N/Section11","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:03Z","sha256":"8c7574c0b8df0941fa6e32ff24c34d897a962ae4fedfff72859d4e6454a38a64","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-21n-10","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-21n-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}