Why Hazard Mitigation Matters to Your Community – LA

This document was created by SCIPP and the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute. It describes the benefits of local hazard mitigation plans and why they matter to communities. The document includes: a description of what hazard mitigation is and the hazards Louisiana faces, costs of weather and climate events in Louisiana, the benefits of hazard mitigation plans, examples of projects communities can implement with funding from the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, cost savings from mitigation actions, and hazard mitigation success stories in Louisiana. This document builds from the Oklahoma version published in 2023. SCIPP plans to create this resource for all states in our region in the future.