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EXHIBIT 21.1


MAXIMUS, Inc.
List of Subsidiaries
As of September 30, 2009

Name*
  Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/Organization

MAXNetwork Pty Limited

  Australia

ACN 083 406 795 Pty Limited

 

Australia

MAXIMUS Brazil, Ltda. 

 

Brazil

MAXIMUS Canada, Inc. 

 

Canada

Israel Workforce Solutions Ltd(1)

 

Israel

MAXIMUS Properties LLC

 

Virginia

MAXIMUS International, LLC

 

Virginia

MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc. 

 

Virginia

MAXIMUS Consulting Services, Inc. 

 

Virginia

MAXIMUS Health Services, Inc. 

 

Indiana

MAXIMUS Human Services, Inc. 

 

Virginia

MAXIMUS ERP Solutions, LLC

 

Virginia

MAXIMUS Education Services, LLC

 

Virginia

All subsidiaries are 100% owned by MAXIMUS, unless otherwise noted. 

   

(1)—Owned 55% by MAXIMUS

*
This list identifies all subsidiaries that are directly owned by MAXIMUS at the "first tier" of its corporate structure. The names of all of the subsidiaries of these "first tier" subsidiaries have been omitted from this list because, considered in the aggregate, they would not constitute a significant subsidiary under Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w).



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