MAXIMUS Awarded Over $4 Million Welfare-to-Work Contracts in Delaware.

Business Editors

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2001--(NYSE:MMS)

The State of Delaware has awarded MAXIMUS three contracts totaling more than $4 million to provide welfare-to work services over the next two years.

The Company successfully won the competitive rebid of a contract with the Delaware Department of Labor to operate the Employment Connection program in New Castle County. Valued at $3.2 million, this two-year contract runs through 2003. A second contract has also been re-awarded by Delaware Health and Social Services to operate the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Food Stamp program. Valued at $405,000, this contract runs through 2003.

Under these contracts, MAXIMUS will continue to provide program participants with comprehensive case management and job readiness services. MAXIMUS works directly with participants to prepare them to successfully enter the workforce, to place them in gainful positions with wages and opportunities to grow, and to encourage and support the participant's ability to remain employed.

MAXIMUS has also been awarded a new contract by Delaware Department of Labor. The Keep A Job contract, valued at $450,000 is another two-year contract. MAXIMUS will provide a continuation of Employment Connection services in this pilot program. MAXIMUS will work directly with program participants to encourage and support continued employment of jobseekers for one year. Retention case management will focus on moving the employed participant towards higher paying jobs with benefits and career advancement opportunities.

"MAXIMUS has demonstrated its unique capabilities providing welfare to work services in Delaware, and other states and counties across the nation. These contract awards reinforce our commitment to providing quality services and delivering results for our government clients and the citizens they serve," stated Dr. David V. Mastran, CEO of MAXIMUS. "Proven performance by MAXIMUS strengthens both our reputation and our ability to gain additional business."

Delaware's A Better Chance (DABC) Welfare Reform team and MAXIMUS have formed a successful partnership that has integrated various State and MAXIMUS staff into a cohesive, goal-oriented team that provides employment services to the State's most vulnerable families. Since becoming a partner with DABC in 1998, MAXIMUS has successfully placed more than 1,600 jobseekers into unsubsidized employment.

MAXIMUS is one of America's largest government services companies devoted to providing state and local governments with program management, information technology, and consulting services. The company has more than 4,700 employees located in more than 170 offices across the United States. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company's confidence and strategies and the Company's expectations about revenues, results of operations, profitability, future contracts, market opportunities, market demand or acceptance of the Company's products are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These uncertainties could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements and include reliance on government clients; risks associated with government contracting; risks involved in managing government projects; legislative changes and political developments; opposition from government unions; challenges resulting from growth; adverse publicity; and legal, economic, and other risks detailed in Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's most recent Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (file number 001-12997)