Douglas County board to consider homelessness grant, cybersecurity renewal and AI subscription

Douglas County commissioners are scheduled to consider a $125,000 homelessness-services project, a $303,004 cybersecurity renewal and a $103,700 artificial-intelligence subscription at their Aug. 11 business meeting. Available records do not show that commissioners have approved, rejected or deferred any of the proposals.

All three items are on the consent agenda, which recommends approval or authorization. The official meeting agenda says the meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Consent-agenda placement does not establish that an item will be approved; commissioners could pull an item for discussion or take another action.

Homelessness project would require $62,500 county match

The county is seeking authorization to apply for $62,500 from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs’ Division of Housing through its Office of Homeless Initiatives 2026 Homelessness Resolution Program. The proposed $125,000 project would include a required $62,500 local match, according to the county’s grant application and staff report.

The proposal is an application, not a grant award. The application deadline is Aug. 14, and the proposed performance period would run from April 2027 through March 2028 if funding is awarded. The county says its match would come from Community Services Block Grant and other local funds, while the Division of Housing would determine the final state or federal funding source based on eligibility and availability.

The project would continue the county’s Housing Stabilization Program, which provides limited rent assistance intended to help an estimated five to seven families avoid homelessness while receiving case management and supportive services. It also would support HEART emergency hotel vouchers.

The application proposes participant monitoring, case management, follow-up, coordinated entry and weekly case conferencing. The board’s documented status is limited to scheduled consideration of authorization to apply; the records do not establish a grant award, final funding source or final budget split.

Rapid7 renewal would cover cybersecurity services

Commissioners are scheduled to consider a one-year, $303,004 renewal with Rapid7 for managed detection and response and vulnerability-management services. The county’s renewal documentation identifies Cyber Security Fund 18475 as the budget source.

The Rapid7 quote allocates $203,762 to managed detection and response and $99,242 to monthly vulnerability-management scanning. The service period is Aug. 31, 2026, through Aug. 30, 2027. The quote says the full amount would be billed upon signature, orders would be nonrefundable and noncancelable, and renewal pricing could increase by 5%. An existing master-services agreement executed in 2022 would govern.

The available records describe the services and renewal conditions but do not specify detailed service-level commitments, audit terms or other safeguards beyond the governing agreement. Board action remains pending in the available record.

Readyly AI proposal includes testing and termination provisions

The third proposal would authorize up to $103,700 for a one-year Readyly AI platform subscription and implementation, paid from Technology Fund 554900. County documents say the platform would answer questions about county services and automate tracking and updates for constituent-service requests.

The Readyly scope of work lists countywide AI search and web chat, Assessor content, 311 workflows, scheduling, appointment management, SmartFlows and selected voice-AI uses. The price includes a $94,200 annual services fee and a $9,500 one-time onboarding and implementation fee, with 269,000 interaction units per contract year.

The proposed agreement would run from Aug. 17, 2026, through Aug. 16, 2027, subject to county execution, satisfaction with the preceding term’s services and future appropriations for extensions or spending beyond the current fiscal year.

The documents propose acceptance testing, a test environment, response-quality and regression testing, performance reporting, incident escalation, approved-data-source controls, disclaimers and escalation paths. The county could terminate without cause with 90 days’ written notice. The records do not establish all privacy, data-retention, model-training or public-records safeguards that could apply to the service.

The next regular business meeting is scheduled for Aug. 25, according to the agenda.