MAXIMUS Foundation Supports Local Non-Profit Organizations Serving Disadvantaged Populations

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MAXIMUS Foundation Supports Local Non-Profit Organizations Serving Disadvantaged Populations

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MAXIMUS (NYS: MMS) , a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced today that the MAXIMUS Foundation has distributed approximately $145,000 in grants to 75 local non-profit organizations as part of its most recent grant cycle.

The MAXIMUS Foundation is the philanthropic arm of MAXIMUS, providing financial assistance to many of the same disadvantaged populations and local communities that MAXIMUS serves as an operator of health and human services programs. The MAXIMUS Foundation is completely funded by MAXIMUS and its employees, and provides grants to local community organizations with programs and projects in the areas of child and youth development, health, and community development.


"We are extremely pleased to provide grant funding to so many deserving organizations that enrich and serve our local communities. We are also truly grateful for the compassion, commitment and generous financial support that make the grants possible," commented Dr. John Boyer, Chairman of the MAXIMUS Foundation.

The grants were distributed to the following organizations:

  • An Achievable Dream (VA)

  • The Adoption Exchange (CO)

  • Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DC)

  • Alternative House (VA)

  • Autism Society of Indiana

  • Bobby Dodd Institute (GA)

  • Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

  • Boston University School of Public Health

  • CASA of Los Angeles

  • Cheerful Givers (MN)

  • Chesapeake Service Systems (VA)

  • Child Advocates (TX)

  • Child Care Resource and Referral (IL)

  • Childkind (GA)

  • The Children's Village (NY)

  • Children's Voice: CASA (GA)

  • ChildSavers - Memorial Child Guidance Clinic (VA)

  • Community Health Network of CT Foundation

  • Community-Word Project (NY)

  • Cool Girls (GA)

  • Denver Children's Home

  • Dreams for Kids DC

  • El Hogar Del Nino (IL)

  • El Valor Corporation (IL)

  • EMQ FamiliesFirst (CA)

  • Family Service Society of Yonkers (NY)

  • Federation for Children with Special Needs (MA)

  • Fishing School (DC)

  • Gilda's Club (NY)

  • Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association

  • Help Them L.A.S.T. (NC)

  • Herndon-Reston FISH (VA)

  • Heroes for Children (TX)

  • Hopeworks 'N Camden (NJ)

  • Imagination Stage (MD)

  • Infant Welfare Society of Evanston (IL)

  • Jobs for Pennsylvania's Graduates

  • Jonathon's Place (TX)

  • KEEN Greater DC

  • KidWorks (CA)

  • La Clinica del Pueblo (DC)

  • Lawrence Hall Youth Services (IL)

  • Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care (DC)

  • Mental Health Alliance of Greater Dallas

  • Mi Escuelita Preschool (TX)

  • Mobile Market - SET Ministry (WI)

  • Monarch School Project (CA)

  • Nashville YWCA

  • Orphans Against Aids - Thembanathi

  • Operation Smile

  • Parents Anonymous of South Carolina

  • Patchogue-Medford Youth and Community Services (NY)

  • Penny Lane Centers (CA)

  • People's Community Clinic (TX)

  • Playworks Education Energized (DC)

  • Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County (MD)

  • Raw Art Works (MA)

  • Redwood (KY)

  • Rio Grande Children's Home (TX)

  • Roca (MA)

  • Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy (MA)

  • RSVP of Montgomery County (PA)

  • Rundel Library Foundation (NY)

  • Shelter (IL)

  • Sister Carmen Community Center (CO)

  • South Lakes High School (VA)

  • Special Abilites of North Texas

  • Spectrum Youth & Family Services (VT)

  • St. Catherine's Center for Children (NY)

  • Suited for Change (DC)

  • Teen Living Programs (IL)

  • Transplants for Children (TX)

  • Voices For Children Foundation (FL)

  • A Wider Circle (MD)

  • YWCA Maricopa County (AZ)

About MAXIMUS

MAXIMUS is a leading operator of government health and human services programs in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Saudi Arabia. The Company delivers business process services to improve the cost effectiveness, efficiency and quality of government-sponsored benefit programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Health Insurance BC (British Columbia), as well as welfare-to-work and child support programs around the globe. The Company's primary customer base includes federal, provincial, state, county and municipal governments. Operating under its founding mission of Helping Government Serve the People®, MAXIMUS has approximately 8,800 employees worldwide. For more information, visit www.maximus.com.



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