State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program

For programmatic or technical questions:
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The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program offers grant funding to make targeted cybersecurity investments in state, local, and territorial (SLT) government agencies to strengthen the security of critical infrastructure and improve the resilience of services SLT governments provide their communities. The program is intended to prioritize rural entities.

Objectives include:

• Develop and establish appropriate governance structures, including by developing, implementing, or revising cybersecurity plans to improve capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents and ensure continuity of operations
• Understand their current cybersecurity posture and areas for improvement based on continuous testing, evaluation, and structured assessments
• Implement security protections commensurate with risk
• Ensure organization personnel are appropriately trained in cybersecurity

Program Fact Sheet

Eligible applicants are states and U.S. territories. Subawards are allowed to local governments and public educational institutions.

Each state and territory will receive a funding allocation as determined by the statutory formula. Allocations for states and territories include a base level as defined for each entity: 1% for each state, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 0.25% for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. State allocations include additional funds based on a combination of state and rural population totals. 80% of total state or territory allocations must support local entities, while 25% of the total state or territory allocations must support rural entities.

For the specific allocation for a state or territory in this funding cycle, see page 14 of the application instructions.

Project period: 48 months
Estimated number of awards: 56
Estimated total program funding: $279,873,562

Eligible entities must meet a 30% cost-share requirement except for multi-entity projects which require 20%. The cost-share requirement is waived for American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov and the Federal Emergency Management Agency website.