07/31/2025
This article is an important (and honestly, terrifying) read. It breaks down how private equity firms are quietly taking over service providers for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). These companies aren’t stepping in to help—they’re stepping in to profit.
🏥 Many of these new owners have no background in care, just a background in business. And it shows.
People with disabilities are ending up in understaffed homes, with undertrained staff, missing medications, or worse—neglected entirely. Families are losing transparency, workers are stretched too thin, and the folks we’re here to support are left in unsafe situations.
This isn’t just a business trend. It’s a moral crisis.
🧡 This is why we started Rainbow Roof.
To be the opposite of that. To be a space built on dignity, consistency, safety, and real care. For showing up and showing love. For building something people can trust—because they deserve nothing less.
📣 The need for community-led, value-based spaces has never been more clear.
In a major shift, disability service providers across the nation are being acquired by investment firms seeking a quick profit, raising serious questions about implications for care.
