Sevita (REM, MENTOR, NeuroRestorative, ResCare Community Living): Ownership, Violations, and Lawsuits

Michael Hill and the team at Michael Hill Trial Law investigate abuse, neglect, and wrongful-death cases involving group homes and intermediate care facilities (ICF/IIDs), and we represent families nationwide. The firm focuses on neglect and abuse in group homes, ICF/IIDs, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Sevita is the trade name of National Mentor Holdings, Inc., a private, for-profit company based in Edina, Minnesota that operates group homes, ICF/IIDs, host homes, day programs, and brain-injury rehabilitation in about 40 states — one of the largest operators of its kind in the country. This page assembles the public record on the company: who owns it, how it is financed, where it operates, the government findings and lawsuits tied to its brands, and what families can do. Every item is drawn from the public records cited at the end of this page.

If someone you love was injured or died in a group home or ICF operated by Sevita or one of its brands — REM, MENTOR, NeuroRestorative, CareMeridian, D&S Residential, or the former ResCare Community Living, Educare, or VOCA — you may have legal options, and time limits can be short. Case reviews are free and confidential. Start your case or call (800) 659-2712.

Last reviewed: November 12, 2026. Ownership and financial figures are drawn from the company’s audited financial statements, SEC filings, FTC records, and credit-rating research; regulatory and lawsuit items are from government records, court filings, and news reporting, each cited below. Lawsuits and criminal charges are allegations unless a court has ruled; state findings may be appealed. Incidents at former ResCare homes before March 31, 2026 occurred under prior owners, not Sevita.

Group Home & ICF/IID Case Types We Handle

The injuries and neglect we investigate in group homes and intermediate care facilities.

Wrongful DeathPhysical & Sexual AssaultUnderstaffingChokingMedication ErrorsFalls & FracturesBedsores & Pressure InjuriesWandering & ElopementDehydrationMalnutritionBowel Obstruction & Fecal ImpactionInfections & SepsisGroup Homes & ICF/IID

What Group Homes and ICF/IIDs Are — and Why Harm Happens

A group home is a residential setting where a small number of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) live together with staff support. An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) is a federally certified, Medicaid-funded facility that must meet federal standards for active treatment, health care, and client protections. Many residents cannot fully protect themselves or reliably report what happens to them, which is exactly why staffing, supervision, and training decide whether people are safe.

The injuries that recur in these settings are rarely mysterious. They include falls and fractures from unmet supervision needs; bedsores and pressure injuries when residents are not repositioned or kept clean; choking on the wrong diet texture; dehydration and malnutrition; medication errors and the misuse of sedating drugs; wandering and elopement; physical or sexual assault by staff or other residents; and, in the worst cases, wrongful death. The common thread is understaffing — a home that accepts residents it is not staffed or trained to care for makes the harm foreseeable.

Who Owns Sevita?

Sevita is owned by a group of private equity firms led by Centerbridge Partners. The FTC’s 2026 complaint identifies Centerbridge Seaport Acquisition Fund, L.P. as the controlling investor in National Mentor Holdings, Inc., which does business as Sevita. The company’s fiscal 2025 audited financial statements list Centerbridge, The Vistria Group, Ascension Ventures, Madison Dearborn Partners, and Finback Investment Partners as holders. Centerbridge and Vistria took the company, then called Civitas Solutions, private in 2019.

Ownership timeline

Debt-funded dividends

According to California’s HCAI, which cited Moody’s, Sevita paid owners a $100 million dividend about six months after the 2019 buyout — which Moody’s called “rather aggressive” — followed by about $87 million funded by an August 2020 sale-leaseback and $300 million funded by March 2021 debt. That totals about $487 million, or roughly 113% of the approximately $430 million of equity the sponsors put in. The Private Equity Stakeholder Project separately reports a $375 million distribution in February 2021. HCAI reports that Sevita’s debt rose from $706 million in 2018 to more than $2 billion by 2022–2024.

Why this matters for families: when a care company carries heavy debt and sends cash to its owners, the pressure to control labor cost — the staffing that keeps residents safe — grows. Credit-rating and watchdog analyses (S&P, Moody’s via HCAI, PESP) are attributed as such; they are financial analyses, not findings of resident harm.

Revenue, Losses, and Medicaid Dependence

Sevita’s audited financial statements — filed on SEC EDGAR as an exhibit to the annual report of Sculptor Diversified Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. — show both its scale and its financial strain. Fiscal 2025 ended September 30, 2025, six months before the ResCare purchase closed, so these figures do not include ResCare.

In both years, interest expense exceeded operating income. S&P Global Ratings estimates that 85% to 90% of Sevita’s revenue comes from Medicaid, affirmed a B– rating in February 2025, and projected leverage of about 6.8 times. The acquired ResCare business added roughly $1.2 billion of annual revenue, so Sevita’s post-closing revenue and debt are larger than the figures above.

Sevita Leadership and the Beacon Board Overlap

Philip Kaufman became chief executive officer in June 2023, after about 20 years at UnitedHealth Group; Alan Wheatley serves as executive chair of the board. On September 15, 2025, the FTC announced that three Sevita directors had resigned because they also sat on the board of a competitor, Beacon Specialized Living Services — an arrangement the FTC treated as an interlocking directorate under Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The FTC did not name the directors. Beacon is also backed by The Vistria Group, one of Sevita’s owners. See our page on Beacon Specialized Living.

Sevita Brand Names and the Entity on the License

The name on a state license, inspection report, or court filing is usually a subsidiary or brand, not “Sevita.” Families searching state records should look for these names:

The 128 ICFs divested under the FTC order went to Dungarvin and are no longer Sevita homes. Whether a particular former ResCare home is now operated by Sevita or Dungarvin should be confirmed with the state licensing agency.

Where Sevita Operates

Sevita is headquartered in Edina, Minnesota. Before the ResCare deal, Sevita operated in about 40 states and ResCare Community Living in 24. California’s HCAI counted 249 Sevita ICFs and 486 ResCare ICFs nationwide before the divestiture. Sevita-affiliated REM homes are especially concentrated in Minnesota (the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, Rochester, Duluth, and St. Cloud), with ICFs in Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth and San Antonio) and REM homes in Wisconsin. Group home and ICF inspection records are kept by each state and, for ICF/IIDs, by federal CMS; we represent families nationwide.

The FTC Order and the Dungarvin Divestiture

In late January 2026, the FTC filed a complaint alleging that Sevita’s purchase of ResCare Community Living would reduce competition for ICF services in parts of Indiana, Louisiana, and Texas, describing the two companies as the “two largest national providers” of ICF services. To settle, Sevita agreed to divest 128 ICFs to Dungarvin and to give the FTC prior notice of certain future acquisitions for 10 years. The FTC finalized the consent order on June 10, 2026 (Docket C-4829). A consent order is a settlement, not a court finding that the law was violated. Separately, California’s HCAI completed a cost-and-market-impact review of the deal in April 2026; that review is not an enforcement action.

Regulatory Actions and Government Findings

The items below are government findings tied to Sevita brands. State findings may be appealed, and findings at former ResCare homes before March 31, 2026 occurred under prior ownership.

California HCAI quality comparison (2024 data, per 100 ICF beds)

Source: California HCAI CMIR Final Report, April 8, 2026. HCAI also reported that Sevita’s substantiated complaints per 100 beds rose from about 30 to about 65 between 2022 and 2023.

Federal ICF/IID inspection record (CMS)

In September 2026, CMS began publishing the full text of ICF/IID inspection reports (Form CMS-2567) from 2018 forward. An analysis of 2021–2025 reports found that Sevita’s legacy ICFs drew condition-level citations — the most serious federal finding — at about 1.7 times the national rate (0.24 per facility per year versus 0.14 nationally). Federal law gives CMS no civil money penalty for ICF/IIDs; its main tools are termination from Medicaid and denial of payment for new admissions. Example dated findings from CMS-2567 reports include a July 2026 immediate-jeopardy citation at an ICF in Longview, Texas after a staff member was not removed from client contact when a resident reported being hit, pushed, and choked.

State findings and fines

Minnesota’s DHS licensing database lists more than 600 REM-named licenses; since 2022 these have posted hundreds of enforcement and investigation documents, including about 16 fine orders (2023–2026) totaling roughly $31,600 as ordered. Florida’s AHCA lists 39 fines totaling about $118,100 on Sevita ICF licenses since 2007 (12 of them, about $43,000, since 2021), including a $20,000 fine at a Volusia County home in 2025. California’s CDPH enforcement data list citations against Res-Care California ICF homes and NeuroRestorative/CareMeridian facilities, including a death-related citation in Oxnard in 2005. State counts are minimums (many homes are listed only by house name) and are agency determinations that may be appealed.

Lawsuits, Verdicts, and Settlements

Lawsuits are allegations unless a court or jury has ruled. Where an outcome is not listed, it could not be confirmed from public records.

Sevita brands

• Minnesota wrongful-death case (settled). A confidential settlement was approved in April 2023 in a suit against REM Southwest Services, REM Minnesota, and National Mentor Holdings after a man drowned in a bath at a REM group home in Marshall, Minnesota in 2020. See our wrongful death page.
• California wage-and-hour cases (settled). Sevita’s financial statements report multimillion-dollar expected settlements covering cases against California Mentor Family Agency, CareMeridian, Horrigan Cole Enterprises, and Cornerstone Living.
• Hagans v. National Mentor Healthcare (alleged), D.N.J. No. 1:22-cv-00128. A Fair Labor Standards Act collective action alleging host-home caregivers were misclassified as contractors; conditionally certified in March 2023. The outcome could not be confirmed from public records.
• Foster-care settlements (settled). U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff identified financial settlements with families in at least nine serious MENTOR foster-care incidents.

Former ResCare homes (before Sevita ownership)

• Estate of Dunlap wrongful-death suit (alleged, pending), Kanawha County (WV) Circuit Court No. 26-C-1258. Filed October 2026 over a 54-year-old man who lived at a Res-Care group home in Charleston, West Virginia in 2025 and died in September 2025; the suit alleges failures to prevent pressure injuries and dehydration and to follow wound-care orders. The care at issue took place under BrightSpring ownership. Defendants include Res-Care and REM West Virginia, identified as a successor by merger.
• Selk v. Res-Care New Mexico (verdict). A December 2009 jury returned a verdict of about $54 million, mostly punitive damages, over a 2004 rape at a Roswell, New Mexico facility; post-trial reductions are reported differently by different sources, and ResCare later paid an undisclosed amount.

Criminal Cases Tied to Sevita and ResCare Homes

No federal criminal case against Sevita’s corporate entities was found. The cases below involve individual workers or foster parents; individuals charged but not convicted are not named here.

• Iowa, 2019. A REM Iowa program supervisor took a plea deal in a sexual-exploitation case over 2018 conduct.
• Ohio, 2021 (ResCare era). A former ResCare caregiver was sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and patient abuse in the 2018 beating death of a resident in West Carrollton, Ohio.
• MENTOR foster care. The Senate Finance foster-care report describes a foster mother convicted of manslaughter in a child’s death and a foster father convicted of sexually abusing foster children. See our physical and sexual assault page.

Senate, Media, and Watchdog Investigations

• U.S. Senate Finance Committee — REM Iowa (Dec. 2020). The committee reported “recurring critical incidents,” including failures to report abuse or neglect.
• U.S. Senate Finance Committee — MENTOR Oregon (Dec. 2020). The committee reported “a consistent pattern of substandard care” at a program profiled as “Life at Cypress House.”
• Senate Finance — foster care (2017). Staff found MENTOR filed 98 of the most serious incident reports from FY2005 to FY2014, 86 of them involving child deaths.
• BuzzFeed News (2022, ResCare era). In seven states, KKR-owned BrightSpring ran 16% of ICFs but drew 40% of serious citations from March 2019 to 2021; BrightSpring called the analysis flawed.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2017). Reviewed more than five dozen deaths in ResCare facilities over two decades.

Complaint and Harm Types in the Sevita Record

Across the public records reviewed, these are the kinds of harm that recur — the same kinds our firm investigates in group homes and ICF/IIDs. If your loved one experienced any of these, it may support a claim:

Who May Be Legally Responsible

Because Sevita runs homes through many separate state entities and brands — and because the parent company, the licensed operator, the employer of the staff, and in some cases the property owner may be different companies — a lawsuit may need to name more than one defendant, and the private-equity owners above them can be relevant to how the company was run. Identifying the right entities is one of the first things an experienced lawyer does. Names that have appeared as parties in records involving these homes include National Mentor Holdings, Inc., National Mentor Healthcare, LLC, and state REM and MENTOR entities.

What to Do If You Suspect Neglect or Abuse in a Group Home or ICF

• Get medical care. Call 911 or go to the hospital for any serious injury, sudden decline, or unexplained bruising, fracture, or weight loss.
• Report it. Notify the home’s administrator in writing, the state or county developmental disabilities agency that receives incident reports, adult protective services, and law enforcement for any suspected crime.
• Find the licensed entity. Ask for the license or check your state’s provider lookup; the company on the license is often a state subsidiary or brand name rather than Sevita.
• Document everything. Take photos, write down dates, times, and names, and save texts and emails.
• Request records. Ask for incident reports, the individual service or program plan, medication administration records, and staffing schedules. Guardians and authorized representatives usually have access rights.
• Be careful with statements and documents. Do not give recorded statements to insurers or sign releases or arbitration agreements before talking to a lawyer. Deadlines can be short.

Sevita in Industry Context

About 7.4 million Americans have an intellectual or developmental disability, and roughly 1.43 million received long-term services from state I/DD agencies in 2022. Public I/DD spending reached about $104.6 billion in FY2023, most of it through Medicaid. Direct-support-worker turnover averaged about 37% in 2024. The Private Equity Stakeholder Project lists Sevita among the largest private-equity-owned I/DD providers in the country.

Frequently Asked Questions About Sevita

Who owns Sevita?

Sevita is the trade name of National Mentor Holdings, Inc., a private, for-profit company controlled by the private equity firm Centerbridge Partners. Other investors listed in its audited financial statements include The Vistria Group, Madison Dearborn Partners (about 25% since 2022), Ascension Ventures, and Finback Investment Partners. Centerbridge and Vistria took the company, then called Civitas Solutions, private in 2019.

Is Sevita owned by private equity?

Yes. Centerbridge Partners has controlled Sevita since 2019, with The Vistria Group and, since 2022, Madison Dearborn Partners. California's HCAI, citing Moody's, reported about $487 million in debt-funded dividends and similar payouts to owners after the 2019 buyout. In fiscal 2025, before it bought ResCare, Sevita reported a $73.4 million net loss and about $1.96 billion in debt, after a $143.9 million loss in fiscal 2024.

What companies and brands are part of Sevita?

Sevita's brands include REM, MENTOR (formerly The MENTOR Network), NeuroRestorative, CareMeridian, D&S Residential, and Cornerstone Living. Since March 31, 2026, Sevita also owns the former ResCare Community Living business, including the Educare and VOCA brands, which it bought from BrightSpring Health Services for $835 million. On a state license the operator is often an entity such as National Mentor Healthcare, LLC, rather than 'Sevita.'

Did Sevita buy ResCare?

Yes. Sevita agreed in January 2025 to buy BrightSpring's ResCare Community Living business for $835 million, and the deal closed March 31, 2026. To settle Federal Trade Commission competition concerns, Sevita had to sell 128 intermediate care facilities in Indiana, Louisiana, and Texas to Dungarvin. Incidents at ResCare homes before March 31, 2026, happened under earlier owners, including KKR-backed BrightSpring.

Has Sevita been sued?

Yes. Public records show wrongful-death, abuse, and wage-and-hour cases against Sevita brands. A Minnesota wrongful-death case against REM entities settled confidentially in 2023, and California wage-and-hour cases settled for millions of dollars. A West Virginia wrongful-death suit filed in October 2026, over care at a former ResCare home in 2025 before Sevita's ownership, is pending; its claims are allegations.

What did the U.S. Senate Finance Committee find about Sevita?

In December 2020, Senate Finance Committee staff issued reports on two Sevita affiliates. They reported recurring critical incidents at REM Iowa, including failures to report abuse or neglect, and a consistent pattern of substandard care at MENTOR Oregon. A separate 2017 committee report on foster care found that MENTOR filed 98 of the most serious incident reports from FY2005 to FY2014, 86 of them involving child deaths.

How does Sevita compare with other operators on care quality?

California's HCAI reviewed the ResCare deal in 2026. For 2024 it reported that, per 100 ICF beds, Sevita had 66 substantiated complaints, 257 deficiencies, and $27,500 in penalties, versus 44 complaints for ResCare and 25 for other operators. Separately, federal CMS inspection records for 2021 through 2025 show Sevita's legacy ICFs drew condition-level citations, the most serious finding, at about 1.7 times the national rate. HCAI's report is a review, not an enforcement action.

How much of Sevita's money comes from Medicaid?

S&P Global Ratings estimates that 85% to 90% of Sevita's revenue comes from Medicaid. Sevita reported about $3.19 billion in revenue in fiscal 2025; Minnesota, its largest state, accounted for about $443.6 million. Those figures predate the ResCare purchase, which added roughly $1.2 billion of annual revenue.

What names might I see on a Sevita home's license?

Families often know a home by one brand, but the license, inspection report, or court filing may name a different legal entity: National Mentor Healthcare, LLC; a state REM entity (REM Minnesota, REM Iowa, REM Wisconsin and others); a state MENTOR unit (Florida Mentor, MENTOR Oregon and others); NeuroRestorative or CareMeridian; D&S Residential in Texas; or a former ResCare entity such as Educare Community Living or VOCA. Search state records by these names.

How do I report abuse or neglect at a Sevita group home or ICF?

Call 911 for an emergency. Then report to your state's developmental disabilities agency, adult protective services, and the agency that licenses the home, and put your concern in writing to the home's administrator and keep a copy. Ask for the name of the licensed entity, which may be a REM, MENTOR, NeuroRestorative, or former ResCare company rather than Sevita.

Can I sue a group home or ICF owned by Sevita?

Generally, families may bring civil claims against a group home or ICF operator when neglect or abuse causes injury or death, and the parent company and the licensed entity may both be proper defendants. Deadlines, damage rules, and required pre-suit steps vary by state, and arbitration clauses and Medicaid liens can matter. A lawyer licensed in your state can explain your options. Michael Hill Trial Law offers free, confidential case reviews for families nationwide.

About Michael Hill Trial Law

Michael Hill Trial Law represents families in group home, ICF/IID, nursing home, and assisted living abuse and neglect cases. The firm’s main office is in Cleveland, Ohio; it practices across the country, its attorneys are licensed in numerous states, and it works with affiliate firms throughout the United States. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for clients, including a $26 million jury verdict for wrongful death, the highest nursing home verdict in Ohio history. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Learn more about group home and ICF/IID neglect cases, wrongful death, and physical and sexual assault, or meet our team.

Sources

Information on this page comes from government records, court filings, regulatory reports, company statements, and news reports, linked below. Lawsuits and criminal charges are allegations unless a court has ruled. Findings by state agencies may be subject to appeal.

1. FTC complaint (Sevita/ResCare), Jan. 2026
2. FTC finalizes consent order, June 10, 2026
3. FTC action to prevent merger, Jan. 2026
4. FTC: three directors resign from Sevita board, Sept. 2025
5. National Mentor Holdings FY2025 audited financials (SEC EDGAR)
6. National Mentor Holdings FY2024 audited financials (SEC EDGAR)
7. BrightSpring sale of ResCare Community Living (SEC EDGAR)
8. California HCAI, Final ResCare CMIR Report, Apr. 8, 2026
9. CMS QCOR ICF/IID 2567 inspection reports
10. S&P Global Ratings, Sevita (Feb. 2025)
11. U.S. Senate Finance Committee, REM Iowa report (Dec. 2020)
12. U.S. Senate Finance Committee, MENTOR Oregon report (Dec. 2020)
13. Private Equity Stakeholder Project, IDD report (Mar. 2025)
14. PESP, Federal and California reviews of the Sevita–ResCare deal (2026)
15. Marshall Independent, REM group-home death settlement (2023)
16. West Virginia Record, Res-Care group-home neglect suit (2026)
17. Governing/Stateline, private equity in disability services (2025)
18. BuzzFeed News, KKR/BrightSpring ICF citations (2022)
19. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ResCare deaths investigation (2017)
20. Des Moines Register, REM Iowa criminal case (2019)
21. WHIO, West Carrollton ResCare caregiver sentencing (2021)

This page provides general information about a company that operates group homes and intermediate care facilities. It is not legal advice and does not mean that any particular home or employee did anything wrong. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Last reviewed November 12, 2026.