State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program

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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

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.

The application instructions include a list of specific allocations for states and territories.

Project period: 48 months
Estimated number of awards: 56
Estimated total program funding: $91,750,000

Eligible entities must meet a 30%-40% cost-share requirement, based on project type.

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.