Disability Innovation Hub

The Disability Innovation Hub will be concluding its operations. While this chapter is coming to a close, it also marks a thoughtful transition that allows the space to continue serving the community in a more sustainable way.

Beginning February 1, 2026, Karuna Care Services (KCS) will transition into the Hub space. Karuna Care Services is a state-approved Program Approved Service Agency (PASA) that has served the intellectual and developmental disability community since 2013 and will be expanding services into the Littleton and South Metro Denver area. Through this transition, the space will continue to support individuals and families through Medicaid-billable, home- and community-based services.

While the Hub itself is closing, the work and connections built here do not end. Maureen will continue her work through Navigating Disability Colorado, which will now operate from a home office. Navigating Disability Colorado will remain a resource for families seeking support with Medicaid, waivers, and disability-related services.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, participated, supported, and believed in the Disability Innovation Hub. We are truly grateful for the community that made this possible.

Great article about the SeriesFest collaboration!!! Link to the 10 minute short film is in the article too!! Thanks to Colorado Community Media for the coverage. Local media is where it is out!!!

Littleton’s Disability Innovation Hub brings creativity to life through short film produced with SeriesFest Over the course of a month — a total of 20 hours of brainstorming, writing, acting and filming — a group of members from the Disability Innovation Hub in Littleton

Read about SeriesFest film screening at Brewability & Pizzability

https://www.littletonindependent.net/news/article_643e62a8-6fe1-434e-a6b9-f5eb09dee2bd.html

watch the 10 minute short on you tube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndCUY5VbjNU

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Littleton’s Disability Innovation Hub brings creativity to life through short film produced with SeriesFest Over the course of a month — a total of 20 hours of brainstorming, writing, acting and filming — a group of members from the Disability Innovation Hub in Littleton

Interested in a Healthy Relationships & Social Communication group for adults with disabilities? 💬💙

A free virtual interest session is being offered for adults and parents/caregivers to learn more, meet the facilitators, ask questions, and share input.
This interest session will help shape a future in-person group hosted at the Disability Innovation Hub.

📅 Jan 6 or Jan 7 | 💻 via Zoom
🔗 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4oZUrjs or scan the QR code on the flyer

🎄 Holiday break! 🎄
We’ll be closed from December 20th–January 4th as we celebrate the season and recharge.

We’ll reopen on January 5th and can’t wait to welcome everyone back. Wishing you and those you love a joyful holiday!

Programs try to fix people.
Places give people the freedom to be.

𝗔𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗯, we’re not a day program, a therapy session, or a box to check.

We are a place:
🛋️ 𝗧𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲
🎨 𝗧𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲
🧠 𝗧𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲
💬 𝗧𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼

Because what most people need isn’t more correction.
They need 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
They need 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲.

📍𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼

💬 Comment 𝗛𝗨𝗕 and we’ll send you a free guest pass to explore a space built for you, not to change you.

HCPF received a favorable decision from the IRS difficulty of care for CFC on December 12, 2025.

Difficulty of Care for Community First Choice Update- An updated memo will soon be posted to the HCPF website with additional information.

BELOW IS FROM HCPF COMMUNICATION:

Colorado implemented the Community First Choice (CFC) program on July 1, 2025. With this new program, select services were moved from 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers to 1915(k) Community First Choice. Under 1915(c) HCBS Waivers, select services qualified for Difficulty of Care (DOC) payments. In February, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) requested a Private Letter Ruling (PLR) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for a decision on whether DOC payments are allowed under Colorado’s CFC program. HCPF received a favorable decision from the IRS on this request on December 12, 2025. The IRS indicated that payments for select CFC services to live-in caregivers can be considered DOC payments excludable from federal income tax under § 131 of the Internal Revenue Code.

While HCPF awaited a PLR from the IRS, many provider agencies and FMS vendors began withholding income tax from caregiver wages paid under CFC in case the IRS ruling was not favorable. With this ruling, provider agencies and FMS vendors should reconsider this practice as income tax no longer needs to be collected from DOC qualifying wages.

An updated memo will soon be posted to the HCPF website with additional information. Since HCPF cannot provide legal or tax guidance, we recommend that you consult a tax professional with any additional questions. You can also visit the Colorado Department of Revenue’s website for low cost and free tax resources.

TODAY Sat 12/13 1P Join and screen our Disabled filmmakers Red Carpet Premiere!

Almost a dozen talented, aspiring filmmakers spent 20 hours creating a brand-new short film right here at the Hub, and this Saturday they are hitting the red carpet.

Join us for the premiere of 2052, created in collaboration with SeriesFest and hosted by our amazing partners at Brewability and Pizzability, an inclusive business which employs disabled staff, are opening their space for this special screening.

Stick around for a Q&A with the cast and crew, mingling, and the premiere screening of Brewability.

Lot of Free Public Parking available across street, east side of Broadway behind businesses. Easy & safe crosswalk to Brewability.

Saturday, December 13 1 PM
Brewability, 3445 S Broadway, Englewood CO
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4rth962

All are welcome, so come celebrate this incredible community project!

This Saturday: Red Carpet Premiere!

Almost a dozen talented, aspiring filmmakers spent 20 hours creating a brand-new short film right here at the Hub, and this Saturday they are hitting the red carpet.

Join us for the premiere of 2052, created in collaboration with SeriesFest and hosted by our amazing partners at Brewability and Pizzability, who are opening their space for this special screening.

Stick around for a Q&A with the cast and crew, mingling, and a screening of Brewability’s pilot episode.

📅 Saturday, December 13
⏰ 1 PM
📍 Brewability, 3445 S Broadway, Englewood CO
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4rth962

All are welcome, so come celebrate this incredible community project!

Let’s say it clearly:
‘N𝗼’ 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮.

When someone shuts down, resists, or walks away…
It’s not a character flaw.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹.

𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗯, 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘞𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.
𝘞𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦.
𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯.

💬 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲…
🧠 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
🛑 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭
😔 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢
💡 𝘜𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝘀.

💬 Comment 𝗛𝗨𝗕 and we’ll send you a free guest pass to visit.