Opportunity Information
Title
FY22 SLCGP
Description
OVERVIEW:
The purpose of the FY 2022 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) is to strengthen cybersecurity practices and resilience of state and local governments. The SLCGP provides funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to implement investments that improve the security of critical infrastructure and improve the resilience of the services governments provide their communities. The grant is a reimbursable pass-through grant program with an overall goal to improve the cybersecurity posture of state and local government organizations by providing assistance for managing and reducing systemic cyber risk through the following objectives:
Objective 1: Develop and establish appropriate governance structures, including developing, implementing, or revising cybersecurity plans, to improve capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents and ensure continuity of operations.
Objective 2: Understand their current cybersecurity posture and areas for improvement based on continuous testing, evaluation, and structured assessments.
Objective 3: Implement security protections commensurate with risk.
Objective 4: Ensure organization personnel are appropriately trained in cybersecurity, commensurate with responsibility.
IMPORTANT
Please review and follow the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) state guidance document. The SLCGP grant requires the state to develop a Cybersecurity Plan, establish a Cybersecurity Planning Committee to support the development of the plan, adopt key cybersecurity best practices, and identify projects to implement using the SLCGP funding.
The cybersecurity committee has identified key efforts in the Cybersecurity Plan to strengthen cybersecurity across the state. All project applications must align with at least one of the focus areas identified in the plan.
These focus areas are:
-Build cybersecurity awareness
-Build a professional cybersecurity workforce
-Server and workstation behavior-based endpoint protection
-Network monitoring and management intrusion detection systems for county networks
Each application must demonstrate how the project relates to improving, preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to cybersecurity incidents and best practices.
Awarding Agency Name
Montana Disaster and Emergency Services
Agency Contact Name
Amanda Avard
Agency Contact Phone
406-324-4777
Agency Contact Email
mtdesprep@mt.gov
Fund Activity Categories
Category Explanation
Departments
Montana Disaster and Emergency Services
Subjects
Opportunity Manager
Amanda Avard
Posted Date
Archive Date
Announcement Type
Initial Announcement
Funding Opportunity Number
Assistance Listings Number
Public Link
Is Published
Yes
Funding Information
Opportunity Funding
$0.00
Funding Sources
Federal Or Federal Pass Through
Award Information
Award Type
Competitive
Capital Grant
No
Indirect Costs Allowed
No
Matching Requirement
No
Submission Information
Submission Timeline Type
One Time
Submission Open Date
Submission Close Date
Submission Timeline Additional Information
For FY 2022 SLCGP funds, each county, tribe, city, or special district may apply for funding in all focus areas. Projects must be prioritized due to limited federal funding available.
Allow Multiple Applications
No
Application Review Start Date / Pre-Qualification Deadline
Other Submission Requirements
Cost share or match is not required for the FFY 2022 SLCGP. Future awards will have cost share requirements. Match amounts for each year are as follows: FY 2023 20%, FY 2024 30%, FY 2025 40%. Local match may be in-kind/soft from eligible activities.
Question Submission Information
Eligibility Information
Eligibility Type
Public
Additional Eligibility Information
Eligible Applicants for competitive awards include local and tribal governments. Local government means a city, town, county, consolidated city-county, special district, or school district or subdivision of these entities. Nonprofit, for-profit, and other entities not deemed as a local government entity are not eligible to receive SLCGP funds.
Additional Information
Additional Information URL
Award Administration Information
State Award Notices
This is a competitive state grant, and there are often more funding requests than funding available. The Cybersecurity Planning Committee will make the final decision on projects to be included in the state application to FEMA in late spring. All applicants will be informed as to the status of their projects after the state application has been submitted. Please note - the project period of performance is projected to begin October 1, 2024.
Reporting
For those projects awarded, preparedness reports (a.k.a. status reports), will be due by the 10th day after the end of each quarter until the project is complete and until a closeout request is submitted to your grant coordinator.
State Awarding Agency Contacts
State Awarding Agency Contacts
Amanda Avard - State Authorized Representative
Pam Fruh
Pam.Fruh@mt.gov
406-439-5917
Emily Schuff
Emily.Schuff@mt.gov
406-417-9236