When someone with special needs graduates from high school, their options for the next chapter may be limited.

The clubhouse in Bowling Green is providing a safe space for those adults, offering community and connection.

Laura Rogers takes us to the Hive.

When we were transitioning from middle school to high school and I was absolutely terrified.

Laura Laughlin Son Tay will turn 30 this year, but it was another milestone some years ago that had her pondering his future.

It just hit me like a brick in the chest.

His next transition would be out of school into adulthood.

Those concerns expressed by other parents in the same boat.

I was worried.

Like Graham Richardson's mother, Janice, the special ed programs at school are very interactive and very involved.

But the day they graduate, which he graduated at 21, they're not any thing to go to anymore and we'll pass those out.

I had the skill set, the tools and the resources, the support network to provide for him.

I realized that I was in the minority.

She began intensive research on what services were available and what was needed for special needs.

Adult.

I literally would talk to anybody that would hold still long enough to listen to me.

I went to every conference, every seminar, every state advocacy network, everything.

Then one day on a drive home from Frankfurt and Epiphany, and it just hit me.

The hive, the skies opened up.

Angels sang.

It was.

I knew that was it.

An acronym for rehabilitation, Habilitation and Formation.

Vocation and education.

And the symbolism of the productivity of a beehive may be small, may be unseen, but needed.

Yes, it's very important to us as parents to have a place that our loved ones can go to.

And not only go to, but be focused on their success in the future.

The Hive has been a game changer for Graham.

His mother says here he's able to socialize and learn helpful lights skills.

They really work with each participant on what's going to make you successful, independent, able to do more on your own.

We're all family here and it's a pretty cool place to be and it's really fun.

Bethany Jones graduated from high school in 2008.

Today she comes to the hive twice a week.

We go out, we have fun and we learn a lot here.

And it's really important to have an education really is that education includes healthy living with nutrition and exercise, art, science, kitchen safety and recipes.

I want to learn how to make a chocolate cake.

I don't know how to do that yet.

The hive brings peace of mind to parents and caregivers.

We as parents have very few places that we can take our loved ones and not feel like we have to worry about their behavior when we come to the hive.

Graham is as much able to be Graham as he possibly wants.

Shavuot And just like bees build a hive working together toward a common goal.

The same can be said for this hive from donors to families to members to direct support professionals.

Everybody has been a part of what makes it the cool thing that it is now and the unique thing that it is now.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

The Hive has served more than 500 people since it began in 2017.

They're mostly funded by grants and donations.

Membership costs $25 a month, although they although they don't turn anyone away.