Hazard mitigation efforts often focus on property and infrastructure, but every community’s most important resource is its people. Lucas Zucker, the policy and communications director for the California-based organization Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, or CAUSE, talks about ways communities can support low-income and immigrant populations before, during, and after hazard events. To learn more about FEMA assistance programs and eligibility, please visit https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2019/07/16/fact-sheet-financial-disaster-aid-available-us-citizens-non-citizen.