At The H.U.B. @ Solace House, every program begins with the same belief: every life is defined by the person living it. We do not serve people — we walk alongside them, building the conditions for autonomy while our residents build the rest. Our integrated continuum of residential, therapeutic, vocational, and case management services is designed for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, ages 18 to 27, who are ready to grow, work, and belong. Each program is person-driven, trauma-informed, and therapeutically grounded — woven together so that no resident ever navigates their future alone.
Residential Services
Home is where healing begins — and at The H.U.B., home is designed for exactly that.
Solace House is not a group home. It is a thoughtfully designed therapeutic setting where adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have access to safe, affordable housing and the consistent, skilled support that makes genuine growth possible. As a Tier II Kansas HCBS residential facility, we are fully compliant with the HCBS Settings Rule — which means our environment is home-like, non-institutional, and built around the rights, preferences, and rhythms of the people who live here.
Each resident has a private, ADA-accessible living space that belongs to them. Our 24-hour on-site staff complete an intensive trauma training curriculum before their first day, because the people we walk alongside deserve staff who understand the full complexity of the lives they have lived. Community building is woven into everyday life: residents develop the social skills, confidence, and interpersonal foundations they will carry with them long after they leave. The property itself is a resource — on-site gardens, an orchard, and a greenhouse invite residents to ground themselves in nature, a research-backed coping strategy woven intentionally into daily routines. Healing happens here — by design.
Day Services
The best day is the one you design for yourself.
Our Day Habilitation program begins not with a staff-designed schedule, but with a question: What do you want today to look like? Every resident directs, controls, and shapes their own daily programming — choosing the activities, sequences, and goals that are meaningful to them. This is what person-driven looks like in practice.
Day programming at The H.U.B. is rich and purposeful. Residents build essential life skills — from healthy cooking and nutrition to money management, customer service, and sales — through hands-on, real-world experiences. Farm-to-market enterprise skills connect residents to the full cycle of meaningful work: growing, harvesting, preparing, and selling. Outdoor and nature-based programming provides daily opportunities for grounding, reflection, and joy. Community outings and integration activities extend the program into Olathe and the greater Kansas City region, helping residents strengthen the social skills needed for full community participation. Aligned with KDADS Day Habilitation waiver services, our day program is outcomes-focused at its core — but the outcomes that matter most are the ones each resident defines for themselves.
“Healthy eating. Nature as medicine. Sales, money management, customer service, and farm-to-market skills. At The H.U.B., we teach residents to build a life — and when the world gets heavy, to find their way back to themselves through the healing power of nature. Always moving toward greater independence. Always on their terms and their time frame.”
Case Management
“What makes The H.U.B. different is not just what we offer — it is how we live it every single day.
Most programs build a Person-Centered Plan and revisit it annually. At The H.U.B., person-driven is not a document. It is a daily practice. Each resident wakes up with a plan that belongs to them — not a schedule assigned to them. Every morning is intentional. Every choice is honored. Every day is theirs to direct.
Our dedicated Targeted Case Management team walks alongside each resident through every dimension of their life plan — ensuring their Individualized Service Plan (ISP) and Person-Centered Plan (PCP) are not just written with them, but lived with them. Goals are set by the resident. Timelines are shaped by the resident. Progress belongs to the resident. And in alignment with the CMS HCBS Final Rule, every aspect of our model is designed to protect and expand each resident’s rights, autonomy, and full community participation — not as a compliance requirement, but as a non-negotiable commitment.
The TCM serves as the critical bridge between the resident and the full ecosystem of supports surrounding them — the Community Developmental Disability Organization (CDDO), KDADS, medical providers, and community partners — so that no resident ever navigates a complex system alone. But beyond coordination, our TCM is a relationship. A consistent presence. Someone who knows you, hears you, and ensures that every service, every goal, and every day feels the way it is supposed to feel — intentional, chosen, and yours.”
Job Coaching & Supported Employment
Real wages. Real dignity. A professional identity that belongs to the person who built it.
At The H.U.B., supported employment is not a placement program — it is a process of discovery. Each resident begins with a skills assessment that centers their own interests, strengths, and aspirations. Job matching is driven by what the resident wants. From there, one-on-one job coaching from trained staff follows the resident into real workplace settings, providing the embedded, responsive support that makes genuine employment success possible.
The transferable skills residents build — customer service, communication, time management, professional reliability — open doors across industries and careers. Community employment pathways include platforms like Wag! and Rover, where residents in animal care roles earn real income and develop a professional identity that comes from being trusted with meaningful work. Our supported employment approach is aligned with CARF Supported Employment standards and grounded in the belief that competitive employment is not a reward for meeting milestones — it is a right, available to every person who wants it.
Every skill built at The H.U.B. — whether it’s running a register, maintaining a clean space, tending a garden, delivering excellent customer service, or simply showing up on time — is a stepping stone, not a destination.
We don’t teach work skills for the sake of staying here. We teach them because the habits formed inside these walls are the same ones employers in the community are looking for. Reliability. Attention to detail. The ability to follow through. The pride that comes from earning your own paycheck.
When a resident learns what it feels like to be counted on — to clock in, do the job well, and go home knowing they contributed — something shifts. That shift is the foundation of real independence.
Our on-site employment model is intentionally designed as a bridge. Every task, every role, every paycheck received here is building the confidence and the work history needed to walk through a door in the community and say, “I can do this.”
Because they can. And we’ll be there for as long as it takes.
Programs and services
This is not vocational therapy. This is work — and it matters.
On-site competitive employment is not a supplement to the HUB model. It is a core pillar of it. The H.U.B. property hosts multiple job stations across a range of enterprise areas — farm-to-market operations, greenhouse and garden roles, animal care, and customer-facing positions — and every day, residents choose where they work, how long they work, and in what sequence. If a resident wants to move between job sites during the day, they do. The schedule belongs to them.
Residents earn real wages for real work. The skills built through daily on-site employment transfer directly into community workforce settings, creating a natural bridge between what residents learn at The H.U.B. and what employers value in the broader labor market. Customer service, reliability, teamwork, attention to detail — these are not simulations. They are competencies earned on the job, in an environment designed to make success possible. Employment is not therapy. It is life.
One Continuum. One Direction. Forward.
The five programs of The H.U.B. @ Solace House are not parallel tracks — they are a single, integrated continuum. A resident who builds confidence in the greenhouse carries that confidence into a day habilitation life skills session. A resident who earns wages on-site arrives at a job coaching conversation with real experience to build from. A targeted case manager who knows a resident’s goals ensures that housing, employment, and community supports are all moving in the same direction at the same time.
By the time a resident is ready to transition beyond Solace House, they will not leave as someone who was prepared by a system. They will leave as someone who prepared themselves — with the skills, identity, relationships, and confidence that come from years of being trusted to lead their own life. That is the committment of The H.U.B. That is what belonging builds.