The Department of Homeland Security released the long-anticipated Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. A separate NOFO for the Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program will follow. The federal government will be disbursing $1 billion in cybersecurity funds over the next four years through two grant programs — this one, and a separate, Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP). A separate NOFO is due out later for the tribal program, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The federal government is making $183.5 million available under the SLCGP in FY 2022. Once states receive their SLCGP funds, they will need to deliver at least 80 percent of the monies to local governments, and at least 25 percent of that portion to “rural areas.”
https://www.govtech.com/security/dhs-announces-state-and-local-cyber-funding-opportunities
