ResCare Premier Programs Earn Three-Year Accreditations; Services in Illinois and Missouri Get Top Ratings for Third Time in a Row.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- ResCare, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:RSCR), the nation's leading provider of residential, training, educational and support services for persons with disabilities and people with special needs, announced today that its ResCare Premier programs in St. Louis and Sedalia, Mo., and Downers Grove, Ill., again achieved a superior level of accreditation from the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF).

CARF is an independent, international accreditation body that measures an organization's quality of services and supports provided for persons with disabilities. CARF examined the Medical Rehabilitation - Brain Injury Programs at the sites and awarded each of them a three-year accreditation, the longest period awarded by the organization.

"This is the third three-year CARF accreditation for all of these outstanding ResCare Premier programs," noted Ronald G. Geary, ResCare chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Supporting people who have an acquired brain injury presents great challenges, and our ResCare Premier staff has excelled in meeting that challenge on a consistent and continuous basis. The positive outcomes for the people we serve in these programs are our greatest reward."

Kim Watkins, executive director of the Sedalia program, added, "We are committed to the accreditation process and firmly believe that working with CARF helps us to be a better program for our participants."

According to the CARF survey report, ResCare Premier "has well-qualified staff members who clearly care and are committed to the mission of the organization. Staff members are dedicated to serving the needs of persons with brain injury." The survey team also noted that "the TEAMS (Training Education And Mentoring System) training for rehabilitation educators or frontline staff is extremely comprehensive and thorough."

Ruth Estes, Ph.D., director of training, licensing and accreditation, noted that ResCare Premier has fully integrated the CARF accreditation process into its best practices model of treatment and management. "This proprietary system, called Best in Class(C), helps us focus on measuring performance and sharing those things that work best, while at the same time encouraging the creativity that is so necessary when working in the field of acquired brain injury."

In summary, the CARF survey report concluded that "the organization is flexible and attempts to develop novel ways of ensuring that persons interact with the community and receive high quality care."

ResCare Premier is an in-network provider for many national and regional healthcare insurance companies, Workers' Compensation insurers, and, on a limited basis, will enter into Security and Assignment of Proceeds Agreements. Since opening its doors, ResCare Premier has expanded and developed programs to meet the diverse needs of individuals with acquired brain injury. As a unique group of interrelated treatment facilities, residential communities and specialty programs located across the United States and Canada, it offers a full continuum of rehabilitation and residential services designed to meet treatment needs.

ResCare, founded in 1974, offers services to some 41,000 people in 34 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada. ResCare is a human service company that provides residential, therapeutic, job training and educational supports to people with developmental or other disabilities, to youth with special needs and to adults who are experiencing barriers to employment. The Company is based in Louisville, Ky. More information about ResCare is available on the Company's web site at http://www.rescare.com.

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