Improve resilience & adapt to climate change

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The Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grant program created in 2017 as part of Executive Order 569 provides support for communities in Massachusetts to identify climate hazards, assess vulnerabilities, and develop action plans to improve resilience to climate change.

FY26 MVP Action Grant Application Now Open

The MVP program is now accepting applications for the FY26 round of Action Grants.

Access the application through COMMBUYS
Questions regarding the FY26 Action Grant RFR must be submitted to your regional coordinator by 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 10th, 2025, and will be posted to COMMBUYS by Monday, March 17th, 2025.
Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. ET on Friday, April 4th, 2025.
FY26 MVP Action Grant Informational Webinar recording and slides

MVP Winter Webinars

The MVP team is excited to host the fourth Winter Webinar Series virtually via Zoom.

Webinar #1: February 26th, 2025, 10:30am-12pm Topic: MVP Community Liaison Model Overview and Lessons Learned
Webinar #2: March 6th, 2025, 10:30am-12pm Topic: Demystifying the Hydrologic and Hydraulic Model: Flooding Studies 101

Search MVP Planning and Action Grant Projects

Grant Map Viewer

Launch the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) Climate Grant Viewer to see communities participating in both MVP Planning and MVP Action grants. You can search by grant type, award year, and more. There are also tabs for other grant programs offered through EOEEA that work to build local resilience.

EOEEA CLIMATE GRANT VIEWER

Learn About MVP Planning and Action Grants

MVP Grant Types

MVP 2.0 (Update to original MVP Planning Grant)

MVP 2.0 continues to support Massachusetts communities in increasing resilience to climate change by building off of and filling gaps from the original MVP Planning Grant (1.0) process. In particular, MVP 2.0 focuses on addressing root causes of social vulnerability and moving from planning to implementation. MVP 2.0 allows communities to revisit resilience priorities defined during their original planning process with the involvement of the wider community, and includes new training and guidance on strategies for building climate resilience, equity, and climate justice. This grant will help municipalities and communities convene a Core Team to co-develop and implement a project that builds community resilience, with guaranteed funding for implementation.

Learn more about MVP 2.0
MVP 2.0 Overview Two-Pager
Access the MVP 2.0 Process Guide

MVP Action Grant

The MVP Action Grant program is currently open to communities who have completed the original MVP Planning Grant (1.0) process (& applied to MVP Planning 2.0 if original process was completed in 2018 or earlier), along with federally-recognized and state-acknowledged Tribes and political subdivisions. The Action Grant program invests in local priorities that build climate resilience. Projects can range from a vulnerability assessment of a specific sector to an outreach and engagement campaign to constructing green infrastructure. We are looking for proactive adaptation projects that utilize best available climate change data and projections, that are rooted in natural systems as much as possible, and that center environmental justice and equity.

Learn about the Action Grant
Read about MVP core principles
Search MVP Action Grant project deliverables
Explore Transferable Tools from MVP Action Grants

MVP Original Planning Grant (1.0)

The original MVP Planning Grant offers funding to municipalities that wish to assess their vulnerability to and prepare for climate change impacts, build community resilience, and receive designation as an MVP Community. The Planning Grant process uses the Community Resilience Building framework to plan for the future. Currently, 99% of MA cities and towns have completed or are currently undertaking this process. MVP 2.0 is the update to this process.

MVP Grant Yearly Progress Report Form
Read MVP Planning Grant final reports by municipality
Find an MVP 1.0 certified provider - Not applicable to MVP 2.0 or Action Grants
Search climate data: ResilientMA maps and data center

Stay Up-To-Date on MVP

Stay Up-To-Date

The MVP team produces quarterly newsletters, publishes press releases with each grant announcement, and hosts webinars and trainings. Sign-up for our newsletter and email list to be alerted about new content.

MVP Quarterly Newsletter

Winter 2025

Summer 2024

Spring 2024

Older Newsletters

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MVP Press Releases

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $52 Million in Climate Resiliency Funding to Communities

Most Funding Ever Awarded through the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program

RELEASE DATE: 8/01/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases First Round of Disaster Relief Funds to Municipalities

$7 million funding increase through MVP for communities impacted by inland-flooding events

RELEASE DATE: 1/20/2024 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Healey-Driscoll Awards $31.5 Million in Climate Resiliency Funding to Communities

$31.5 million in grants for climate resilience announced

RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2023 Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Older Press Releases

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Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches New Climate Resiliency Program RELEASE DATE: 4/19/2023

Baker-Polito Administration Visits Reading MVP Project Site in Celebration of Climate Week RELEASE DATE: 9/21/2022

Baker-Polito Administration Awards Over $32 Million in Climate Change Funding to Cities and Towns RELEASE DATE: 8/30/2022

Baker-Polito Administration Awards MVP Planning Grants to 7 Municipalities RELEASE DATE: 2/15/2022

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $21 Million in Climate Change Funding to Cities and Towns RELEASE DATE: 8/31/2021

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $11.1 Million in Climate Change Funding to Cities and Towns RELEASE DATE: 9/15/2020

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $11.6 Million in Climate Change Funding to Cities and Towns RELEASE DATE: 2/05/2020

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $12 Million to Municipalities to Prepare for Climate Change RELEASE DATE: 6/19/2019

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $5 Million in Grants to Address Climate Change Impacts RELEASE DATE: 6/01/2018

Baker-Polito Administration Awards Climate Vulnerability Preparedness Funding to 82 Communities RELEASE DATE: 5/29/2018

Recent Webinars and Trainings

MVP FY26 Action Grant Pre-Request for Responses Webinar – February 19, 2025 (recording here)(slides here)

FY25 MVP 2.0 Planning Pre-Request for Responses Webinar - October 22, 2024 (Recording here)(slides here)

MVP FY25 Action Grant Pre-Request for Responses Webinar - March 7, 2024 (recording here)(slides here)

Older Webinars

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Natural Working Lands: Natural Climate Solutions & Municipal Opportunities – February 28, 2024

Effectively Using ResilientMass Data & Project Tools - Key Tips from the Office of Climate Science - February 21, 2024

Equity In Climate Change Preparedness - February 14, 2024

MVP 2.0 Pilot FY24 Informational Webinar – April 12, 2023

MVP FY24 Action Grant Pre-Request for Responses Webinar - March 13, 2023

MVP Winter Webinar: Massachusetts Climate Change Assessment - February 2023

MVP Winter Webinar: Heat Waves in a Changed Climate - January 2023

Community-Based Problem Solving - January 2023

MVP FY23 Pre-Request for Responses Webinar - March 2022

Local and Regional Climate Adaptation Tools - January 2022

Building Trust and Community Partnerships - January 2022

Community Engagement & Environmental Justice Webinar - January 2021

Implementing Nature-Based Solutions Webinar Part 1 - January 2021

Implementing Nature-Based Solutions Webinar Part 2 - February 2021

Building Resilience Through Partnerships - February 2021

MVP Planning Grant Municipal Training Webinar Recording - January 2020

Access MVP Toolkits

MVP Toolkits

The MVP team created toolkits related to our core principles and other topics of interest that can be used when embarking on an MVP Planning Grant process and/or developing an Action Grant application. More toolkits are expected to be added in the future on other topics of interest.

Nature-Based Solutions

Environmental Justice & Equity

Virtual & Remote Engagement

Explore other Funding Opportunities for Resilience Projects

Other Funding

The MVP team started a database of funding opportunities available for projects. Search by keyword to narrow the search to those relevant to the project you have in mind or browse the full database for inspiration.

Click here to view our working funding database

Featured MVP Action Grant Projects & Resources

Featured Projects

Since 2018 the MVP program has awarded over 350 grants to cities and towns across Massachusetts to implement priority actions to build resilience through the MVP Action Grant program. Here we feature some of them. You can also check out innovative deliverables from MVP Action Grant projects that may be transferable to your municipality here.