The State & Local Cybersecurity Grant State Agency is designed to assist California state agencies to address cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems, improve security of critical infrastructure and resilience of the services these entities provide to communities throughout the State of California.
Donor Name: California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/13/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Objectives
SLCGP provides funding to implement projects that address one or more of the following objectives established by CISA to accomplish the overarching goal of the Program:
- Governance and Planning – Develop and establish appropriate governance structures, as well as plans, to improve capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents and ensure continuity of operations.
- Assessment and Evaluation – Identify areas for improvement in SLT cybersecurity posture based on continuous testing, evaluation, and structured assessments.
- Mitigation – Implement security protections commensurate with risk (outcomes of Objectives 1 and 2), using the best practices as described in element 5 of the required 16 elements of the cybersecurity plans.
- Workforce Development – Ensure organization personnel are appropriately trained in cybersecurity, commensurate with their responsibilities as suggested in the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education.
SLCGP National Priorities
In developing projects for the SLCGP State Agency Program, Applicants should describe projects that address areas for improvement identified by the state government agency using the whole community approach as they relate to cybersecurity capabilities and especially projects that address implementation of one or more of the key Cybersecurity Best Practices, as appropriate to their organization:
- Implement multi-factor authentication.
- Implement enhanced logging.
- Data encryption for data at rest and in transit.
- End use of unsupported/end of life software and hardware that are accessible from the internet.
- Prohibit use of known/fixed/default passwords and credentials.
- Ensure ability to reconstitute systems (backups).
- Actively engage in bidirectional sharing between CISA and SLT entities in cyber relevant time frames to drive down cyber risk.
Funding Information
- There is $1,815,446 available for the SG Program’s Grant Subaward period of performance from July 1, 2026 through August 31, 2028.
- Applicants may apply for up to $250,000 for the 24-month Grant Subaward performance period.
Eligibility Criteria
For a proposal to be eligible to compete for funding (i.e., read and rated) all the following conditions must be met:
- Applicants must be agencies of the State of California.
- Only one proposal per Applicant will be eligible to receive funding. If an Applicant submits more than one proposal, only the highest scoring proposal, meeting the criteria above, will be considered for funding.
For more information, visit Cal OES.
