Exhibit 99.2

                           [NEWS RELEASE LETTERHEAD]

     ResCare - 10140 Linn Station Road - Louisville, Kentucky 40223-3813 -
                     Phone: 502.394.2100 - www.rescare.com



      Contacts:    Nel Taylor                     Burton W. Rice, CFA
                   Chief Communication Officer    Executive Vice President
                   ResCare                        Corporate Communications Inc.
                   502/394-2357                   615/254-3376


                  RESCARE NAMES RALPH GRONEFELD AS PRESIDENT OF
                     DIVISION FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

LOUISVILLE, KY (MARCH 28, 2002) - ResCare (Nasdaq/NM: RSCR), the nation's
leading provider of services to persons with mental retardation and
developmental disabilities and youth with special needs, today announced that
Ralph G. Gronefeld, 43, has been appointed president of the company's Division
for Persons with Disabilities (DPD). Gronefeld replaces Jeffrey Cross who will
soon complete his executive MBA from Vanderbilt University and is leaving to
pursue career options outside the disabilities field.

         Gronefeld joined ResCare seven years ago in 1995 as director of
internal audit. He served in positions of increasing responsibility including a
regional director of DPD, vice president of Alternative Youth Services and
executive vice president of the Division for Youth Services. He served as chief
financial officer from 1998 until March 2001 when he was appointed executive
vice president of DPD.

         Ronald G. Geary, chairman, president and chief executive officer, said,
"Ralph Gronefeld has proved to be an exemplary leader who has served ResCare
very well in a number of important and vital roles. Ralph has a particular
strength for operations management and has achieved excellent results in his
short tenure as executive vice president of DPD. We also want to acknowledge the
dedicated service of Jeff Cross in his more than 15 years with our company. We
are grateful for his contributions to ResCare and to the field of developmental
disabilities and know he will be successful as well in future career pursuits."

         ResCare, founded in 1974, offers services to some 27,000 people in 32
states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada. Of these, approximately 10,000
are youth with special-needs and 17,000 are people with developmental or other
disabilities. The company is based in Louisville, KY. More information about
ResCare is available on the company's web site at http://www.rescare.com.

         The Company from time to time makes forward-looking statements in its
public disclosures, including statements relating to the Company's expected
financial results, revenues that might be expected from new or acquired programs
and facilities, other statements regarding development and acquisition
activities, statements regarding reimbursement under federal and state programs
and statements regarding various trends favoring downsizing,
de-institutionalization and privatization of government programs. In the
Company's filings under the federal securities laws, including its annual,
periodic and current reports, the Company identifies important factors that
could cause the Company's results to differ materially from those contained in
such forward-looking statements. We refer you to the discussion of those factors
in our filed reports.

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