Life at Cypress House: An Examination Of Care Provided By MENTOR Oregon

On December 2, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance released this examination of care provided by Oregon-based The Mentor Network (MENTOR) operations at Cypress House in Oregon and Iowa. Following media reports of abuse and neglect in facilities caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), the Finance Committee launched a bipartisan investigation in April 2019. The investigation focused on The Mentor Network’s (MENTOR) operations in Oregon and Iowa (namely, MENTOR Oregon and REM Iowa) and culminated in two reports. MENTOR is one of the largest providers of human services in the country . . .