Deadline: 03-Dec-2024
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to announce the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program to help states and territories, specifically rural and local communities, address cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats.
The SLCGP enables DHS to make targeted cybersecurity investments in SLT government agencies, thus improving the security of critical infrastructure and resilience of the services SLT governments provide to their communities.
Goals and Objectives
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) created a series of overarching goals and objectives for the SLCGP based on input from SLT stakeholders and associations, and consideration of national priorities, frameworks, and the national cyber threat environment.
- Develop and implement cyber governance and planning.
- Assess and evaluate systems and capabilities.
- Implement security protections commensurate with risk.
- Build a cybersecurity workforce.
Funding Information
- In FY 2024, $279.9 million is available under the SLCGP.
Eligibility Criteria
- All 56 states and territories, including any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, are eligible to apply for SLCGP funds.
- The Governor-designated SLCGP State Administrative Agency (SAA) is the only entity eligible to submit SLCGP applications to DHS/FEMA.
For more information, visit FEMA.