UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant~~PURSUANT toTO ~~Section~~SECTION 13 orOR 15(d) ~~of the~~OF

~~Securities~~THE ~~Exchange~~SECURITIES ~~Act~~EXCHANGE ofACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 29, 2014

~~November 10, 2014~~______________________

RES-CARE, INC.

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as specified in ~~Charter~~ its charter)

Kentucky	0-20372	61-0875371
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

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9901 Linn Station Road, Louisville, Kentucky	40223
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

Commission File No. 0-20372

(502) 394-2100

Kentucky	61-0875371
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9901 Linn Station Road, Louisville, Kentucky	40223
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (502) 394-2100

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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~~INFORMATION~~Item TO8.01 Other ~~BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT~~Information

~~Item~~On 2December 29, 2014, Res-Care, Inc.02 ~~Results~~completed the redemption of ~~Operations~~all of its 10.75% Senior Notes due January 15, 2019, which the Company had called on November 5, 2014. The redemption amount was 105.819% of the $200 million outstanding aggregate principal amount plus accrued and ~~Financial~~unpaid ~~Condition~~interest through the date of redemption.

Res-Care, Inc. is furnishing unaudited financial information related to the results of its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014, that was posted to its website on November 10, 2014. The information, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report, includes certain non-GAAP financial measures and related reconciliations to GAAP measures that were not included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2014.SIGNATURE

~~Item~~Pursuant ~~9.01~~to ~~Financial~~the ~~Statements~~requirements &of ~~Exhibits~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Unaudited financial information for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

	RES-CARE, INC.

	By:		/s/ D. Ross Davison
			D. Ross Davison
			Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

~~SIGNATURE~~Dated: December 30, 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	RES-CARE, INC.
Date: November 10, 2014	By: /s/ Ross Davison
	Ross Davison
	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

	Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibits
	99.1	Unaudited financial information for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

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