Reduce adverse impacts of environmental hazards or disasters on vulnerable populations

As vari­ety in the Town’s hous­ing stock increas­es and the baby boomer pop­u­la­tion ages, the Town could see an increase in ​“vul­ner­a­ble” pop­u­la­tions, or pop­u­la­tions that do not have ade­quate phys­i­cal or mon­e­tary resources to pre­pare or adapt suf­fi­cient­ly to envi­ron­men­tal haz­ards or dis­as­ters. The Town should iden­ti­fy these vul­ner­a­ble pop­u­la­tions and their need for assis­tance dur­ing and after nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, or as the result of changes in the envi­ron­ment. The Town should devel­op an inven­to­ry of avail­able Fed­er­al, State, and local assis­tance pro­grams for dis­as­ter recov­ery for use by all residents.