San Marcos, Texas, March 30, 2005 – ResCare Premier, a leading national provider of programs and services for persons with acquired brain injury, today announces that Volume V Issue 1 of its acclaimed magazine Premier Outlook has been mailed to subscribers. An on-line version is available at
www.premier-outlook.com or additional copies may be obtained by calling 512.557.6788.

In this issue of Premier Outlook, we have interviews with the Honorable U.S. Congressmen James C. Greenwood [retired] and William J. Pascrell, Jr. who played key roles in the creation of the TBI Act of 1996, as well as the formation of the TBI Task Force. In his interview, Representative Greenwood speaks plainly about his view that “… most members of Congress, while they have heard of cancer and they have heard of multiple sclerosis, [they] have not heard about head injury.” This view is echoed by Representative Pascrell, who states, “Most in charge of appropriations are simply uninformed.” Their insights set the stage for the rest of the issue.

In Plain Talk: An Overview of Public Funding for Brain Injury authors N. Crow and R. Pierce discuss the funding options that may be available to individuals with acquired brain injury. In From Sea to Shining Sea: Services and Support for Brain Injury, Managing Editor, Joanne McGee, Ph.D., works to build awareness of the available state services for individuals with brain injury. With the permission of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators and the authors, S. H. Connors, A. King, and L. Vaughn, Premier Outlook adapted a comprehensive table detailing the services and supports available in each state.

Premier Outlook’s Editor-in-Chief, Paul Chotkowski, sums up the feelings of the editorial board and of everyone who worked on this issue of Premier Outlook in his editorial entitled We have seen the enemy … and he is us. Chotkowski notes, “It is an important first step [toward fixing the problem] to realize that when the dollars are counted, we have failed to make the case for those in need. . . . It is our hope that this issue of Premier Outlook will further the cause for increased funding: funding for research, for education, for prevention, for treatment, and for dignified age-appropriate long-term care.”

Premier Outlook is published as a public service by ResCare Premier and is dedicated to educating, informing, and interacting with families, caregivers and rehabilitation professionals. Current circulation exceeds 35,000 and subscriptions are free to the public.
ResCare Premier is an in-network provider for many national and regional health insurance companies, Workers’ Compensation insurers, and on a limited basis, will enter into Security and Assignment of Proceeds Agreements. In addition, ResCare Premier is one of the largest providers in the United States and Ontario of federal, state, provincial and county funded programs for individuals with acquired brain injury.

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, we offer a full continuum of rehabilitation and residential services designed to meet treatment needs “from the door of the hospital to the door of the home – or any door that opens opportunity for our participants.”

ResCare 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.

Admission Information: 800.28.BRAIN (800.282.7246)
Email: admissions@rescarepremier.com

Local Contact:

Kristi Denkler
Circulation Editor
P.O. Box 684
San Marcos, TX 78667
Phone: 512.557.6788

Beth Hearne
Director of Business Development
220 West Hutchinson
San Marcos, Texas 78666
Phone: 512.396.4133