EXHIBIT 32

                                  CERTIFICATION

      In connection with the Annual Report of Res-Care, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, the
Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, that:

      (1)   The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the annual period
            ended December 31, 2004 (the "Report") fully complies with the
            requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
            (15 U.S.C. 78m); and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.

Date:      March 1, 2005    By: /s/ Ronald G. Geary
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                                 Ronald G. Geary
                                 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:      March 1, 2005    By: /s/ David W. Miles
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                                 David W. Miles
                                 Vice President and Controller, Interim
                                   Chief Financial Officer

      A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the
Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff
upon request.