MAXIMUS to Present at the JMP Securities Annual Conference on May 15

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MAXIMUS (NYSE: MMS), a leading provider of health and human services worldwide, announced today that Bruce Caswell, President and General Manager of Health Services, and Lisa Miles, Vice President of Investor Relations, will present at the JMP Securities 11^th Annual Research Conference at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The presentation will be at 10:00 a.m. PDT and a webcast will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=88279&p=irol-IRHome.

About MAXIMUS

MAXIMUS is a leading health and human services administrator for governments in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The Company delivers administrative solutions 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 enforcement programs across 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 more than 7,000 employees located in more than 220 offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.maximus.com.

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 Quarterly Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, found on www.maximus.com.

MAXIMUS
Lisa Miles, 703-251-8637

Source: MAXIMUS

Released May 1, 2012