LOUISVILLE, Ky. - (Business Wire) ResCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSCR), the nation
’s leading provider of residential, training, therapeutic, educational and support services for people with barriers to employment and special needs, announced today that Diane Rath has joined the Company
’s Arbor E&T, LLC unit as the chief operations officer of its Eastern Division, which encompasses 10 states in the East and Midwest. Ms. Rath
’s responsibilities will include overseeing the existing operations and building on Arbor
’s presence.
Before joining ResCare, Ms. Rath served as Chair and Commissioner on the Texas Workforce Commission for 12 years after her appointment by then Governor George W. Bush in 1996. She was reappointed by current Governor Rick Perry in 2001. She resigned from the commission in March of this year. On July 11, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Ms. Rath to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families at U. S. Health and Human Services.
Ms. Rath has been recognized as a national leader in workforce development who, during her tenure with the Texas Workforce Commission, oversaw the consolidation of 28 programs from 10 different state agencies to form a $1.1 billion agency with responsibility for services involving federal programs from the U.S Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and four other federal agencies.
“Diane Rath has remarkable knowledge and experience with the challenges of managing the complex and constantly changing workforce services arena,” said Ralph G. Gronefeld, Jr., ResCare president and chief executive officer. “We are extremely pleased she has agreed to join the ResCare Arbor team to help us grow our Eastern Division and continue to assure our current customers receive the excellent services they have come to expect from our Arbor operations.”
ResCare, with 30+ years of experience helping people reach their highest level of independence, is one of the largest providers of home care to the elderly and those with disabilities. It also offers residential and support services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and provides education, vocational training and job placement for people of all ages and skill levels. Based in Louisville, Kentucky, ResCare and its 44,000 dedicated employees serve daily more than 65,000 people in 38 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and in a growing number of international locations. For more information about ResCare, please visit the Company’s website at www.rescare.com.
From time to time, ResCare makes forward-looking statements in its public disclosures, including statements relating to expected financial results, revenues that might be expected from new or acquired programs and facilities, its development and acquisition activities, reimbursement under federal and state programs, financing plans, compliance with debt covenants and other risk factors, and various trends favoring privatization of government programs. In ResCare’s filings under the federal securities laws, including its annual, periodic and current reports, the Company identifies important factors that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements. Please refer to the discussion of those factors in the Company’s filed reports. Statements related to expected financial results are as of this date only, and ResCare does not assume any responsibility to update these statements.
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