State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP)

Colorado’s State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program (SLCGP) provides local government agencies a managed detection and response (MDR) system to detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats.

Eligibility

Applicants must be a local government jurisdiction within the State of Colorado. These include: counties, municipalities, cities, towns, townships, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments, Indian tribes, rural community, unincorporated town or village, and other public entities.  The DHS Notice of Funding Opportunity FY 2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program.

Program 

This program is funded by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA FY 23 SLCGP).  SLCGP requires that participants move to adopt Cybersecurity Best Practices (See NOFO, Appendix C, Item 5 or Zero Trust Architecture listed below.)

Members of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee (CAC) of Homeland Security and All-Hazards Senior Advisory Committee (HSAC) serve as the steering committee for this grant. The CAC meets every first Wednesday of each month from 10-11 a.m. 

The Colorado’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) acts as a purchasing agent to optimize pricing, offering endpoint encryption to the participating local governments. Local governments will be able to continue on with the purchased endpoint encryption in future years with their own funding. 

OIT will support other objectives of grant to attain Zero Trust Architecture:

• 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 the ability to reconstitute systems (backups)
• Migration to the .gov internet domain.

All Grant Awards 

Recipient Selections 

Below is the list of all grant recipients since 2024. 

• 15th Judicial District Attorney's Office
• Adams County 17th Judicial District
• 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office
• Adams 12 School District
• Adams County
• Adams County Communications Center
• Adams County School District 14
• Alamosa County
• Alamosa School District
• Arapahoe County
• Aspen School District
• Aurora Public Schools
• Bent County
• Byers School District
• Centennial SD R-1
• Cherry Creek School District
• Cheyenne County
• Cheyenne Mountain School District 12
• City and County of Broomfield
• City of Black Hawk
• City of Brighton
• City of Canon City
• City of Commerce City
• City of Delta
• City of Durango
• City of Federal Heights
• City of Fountain
• City of Glenwood Springs
• City of Golden 
• City of Lafayette
• City of Lakewood
• City of Lone Tree
• City of Louisville
• City of Ouray
• City of Rifle
• City of Steamboat Springs
• City of Westminster
• City of Wheat Ridge
• Colorado Department of Law
• Colorado Springs School District 11
• Costilla County
• Custer County
• Del Norte Community Ambulance
• Delta County
• Delta County Ambulance District
• Delta Health
• Denver District Attorney's Office
• Denver Public Libraries
• Eagle County School Distict
• El Paso County School District 8/ Fountain - Fort Carson SD
• Elizabeth School District
• Fremont Sanitation District
• Grand County
• Gunnison County
• Jefferson County
• La Veta Public Schools District RE-2
• Leadville Sanitation District
• Lewis-Palmer School District
• Littleton Public Schools
• Manitou Springs School District 14
• Manzanola School District 3J 
• Meeker School District RE-1
• Mesa County Government
• Mesa County Valley School District 51
• Montezuma County
• North Routt Comm Charter School
• Ouray County
• Park County
• Pikes Peak Library District
• Poudre School District
• Pueblo County
• Rangely School District RE-4
• Roaring Fork School District RE-1
• Saguache County Government
• San Miguel County
• SCB Aguilar School District 6
• SCB Branson School District RE-82
• SCB Primero School District RE-2
• Snowmass Water and Sanitation
• South Central BOCES-Primero School District
• South Routt School District
• Steamboat Montessori
• Steamboat Springs School District
• Summit County
• Summit County 911 Center
• Supreme Court - Office of the Attorney Regulation Counsel
• Teller County
• Town of Erie
• Town of Gypsum
• Town of Parker
• Town of Snowmass Village
• Weld County School District 6
• West Grand School District 1-JT
• West Metro Fire Protection District
   

Second Allocation of Awards

List of recipients:

• Adams County School District 14
• Arapahoe County
• Aspen School District
• Bent County
• Cherry Creek School District
• Cheyenne Mountain School District 12
• City and County of Broomfield
• City of Brighton
• City of Canon City
• City of Golden 
• City of Lafayette
• City of Lakewood
• City of Lone Tree
• City of Steamboat Springs
• Colorado Springs School District 11
• Costilla County
• Custer County
• Denver Public Libraries
• Elizabeth School District
• Fremont Sanitation District
• Jefferson County
• Leadville Sanitation District
• Meeker School District
• Mesa County Valley School District 51
• Montezuma County
• North Routt Comm Charter School
• Park County
• Pikes Peak Library District
• Security Water District
• Snowmass Water and Sanitation
• South Central BOCES-Primero School District
• South Routt School District
• Steamboat Montessori
• Steamboat Springs School District
• Summit County 911 Center
• Town of Erie
• Town of Gypsum
• Town of Snowmass Village
• Adams County
• City of Commerce City
• City of Fountain
• City of Ouray
• Delta Health
• Denver District Attorney
• Saguache County Government
• Summit County
• West Metro Fire Protection District
• 17th Judicial District
• 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office
• Alamosa County
• Alamosa School District
• Byers School District 32J
• City of Federal Heights
• City of Louisville
• City of Rifle
• Delta County
• Eagle County School District
• El Paso County School District 8/ Fountain - Fort Carson SD
• Grand County
• Gunnison County
• La Veta Public Schools RE-2
• Lewis-Palmer School District
• Littleton Public Schools
• Manitou Springs School District 14
• Manzanola School District 3J 
• Mesa County Government
• Pueblo County
• Rangely School District RE-4
• Roaring Fork School District RE-1
• San Miguel County
• Teller County
• Weld County School District 6
• West Grand School District 1-JT
• Adams County Communications Center
• City of Durango
• City of Westminster
• Ouray County
• Poudre School District
• Adams 12 School District
• City of Glenwood Springs
• City of Black Hawk

First Allocation of Awards

List of recipients:

• 15th Judicial District Attorney's Office
• Alamosa County
• Alamosa School District
• Byers School District
• Centennial School District R-1
• Cheyenne County
• City of Delta
• City of Fountain
• City of Louisville
• City of Rifle
• Costilla County
• Custer County
• Del Norte Community Ambulance
• Delta County
• Delta County Ambulance District
• Eagle County School District
• Grand County
• Gunnison County
• La Veta School District RE-2
• Manitou Springs School District 14
• Manzanola School District 3J
• Meeker School District RE-1
• Mesa County
• Office of the District Attorney, 5th Judicial District
• Ouray County
• Park County
• Pueblo County
• Rangely School District RE-4
• Roaring Fork School District RE-1
• Saguache County
• San Miguel County
• South Central BOCES
• SCB Primero School District RE-2
• SCB Aguilar School District 6
• SCB Branson School District RE-82
• Teller County
• Weld County School District 6
• West Grand School District 1-JT
• 17th Judicial District
• Aurora Public Schools
• City of Federal Heights
• City of Wheat Ridge
• Denver District Attorney's Office
• El Paso County School District 8
• Lewis-Palmer School District
• Littleton Public Schools
• Town of Parker

FY2023 Grant Information

Grant Information for the FY2023 Allocations

The Governor’s Office of Economic Recovery has provided a grant to cover the required 20 percent match for local governments. The funding source is Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Cash Fund (IIJA), SB 22 -0215.
Applicants will not be required to provide a 20 percent in-kind or cash match for this round of funding. 

FEMA has indicated that the intent to have the match increase future funding.

• Federal Fiscal Grant Year 2024: 30 percent projected match
• Federal Fiscal Grant Year 2025: 40 percent projected match

Due Dates

• Application Available: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
• Application Submission Deadline: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
• Notification of Award Recommendation: Friday, July 26, 2024
• Request for Reconsideration: Friday, August 2, 2024

Grant Application

Please download the grant application and complete for your FY2023 submission.

Contact Information 

If you need assistance at any time during the application period, please email the team at cdps_slcgp@state.co.us. Or call Mary Byer at 303-476-1598 or Liliya Levakin at 720-656-4360.