How do the Mitigation 20/20™ programs support state and local mitigation planning?
The Mitigation 20/20™ programs provide both an effective mitigation planning approach as well as all of the tools needed to implement that approach. The local level Mitigation 20/20™ program guides planners on establishing a planning organization, gathering information and data about hazards that threaten the jurisdictions, the level of risk they pose, and the vulnerability of facilities and neighborhoods to those hazards. It also supports analysis of the regulations, plans, programs and statutes that form the policy framework for mitigation programming, as well as the mitigation “lessons learned” from past disaster events. Mitigation 20/20™ then enables planners to identify and characterize proposed projects and programs to include in the mitigation plan, and to monitor their implementation when the mitigation plan is updated. In addition, Mitigation 20/20™ prints a comprehensive mitigation plan, incorporating the data and information entered into the program. The local Mitigation 20/
