MAXIMUS Local Initiatives

Although the nature of our business is to work hand-in-hand with a variety of populations, MAXIMUS employees are always finding ways to deepen their commitment and service to our local communities.

From running marathons to setting up food drives, our MAXIMUS project offices are involved in many different ways. Click on a state to learn how our employees are making a difference in their local communities.

Georgia   |   Michigan   |   New York   |   Tennessee   |   Texas

GEORGIA

Our Atlanta office employees participated in the spring Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by building management and won an award for having the most participation.

Georgia Families

Our Georgia Families office recently held a team challenge to provide backpacks with school supplies to local children in need. These backpacks were distributed during one of our outreach community events and were received with much appreciation.

Georgia Child Care and Parent Services (GACAPS)

Each Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other occasion calling for a "pot-luck" meal, our GACAPS project office staff prepares extra food to feed over 30 of Atlanta’s homeless and needy residents, a project tradition for nine years. The project team also made voluntary donation to a local pet rescue shelter and to other humanitarian initiatives.

MICHIGAN

Michigan Medical Support Enforcement

For their community contributions, our Michigan Medical Support Enforcement project team sponsors various organizations annually.

• 2005- Donated money to an Indian Reservation in New Mexico and ran a fundraising marathon for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
• 2006 - Sponsored two families in need at Christmas and helped a relative of one employee who suffered a severe kitchen fire and did not have homeowners insurance.
• 2007 - Baked and sent cookies to troops in Iraq; ran a fundraising marathon for Multiple Sclerosis and collected food for the area food bank at Thanksgiving
• 2008 - Contributed to the cancer fund for a young boy in their local community and continued food bank efforts for the second year

For several years, the team has donated Home Depot gift cards to the Haven House, a shelter for victims of domestic violence, to aid in the upkeep of their shelter.

NEW YORK

New York Medicaid CHOICE (NYMC)

The employees at our NYMC project office have created an employee-based MAXClub, which organizes charitable activities that benefit children and families in need. Through generous employee contributions, the team runs annual drives to collect clothing, food, and toys to support local communities. In addition, this local MAXClub has initiated an eco-friendly book exchange project among employees that promotes reading. Other efforts by our NYMC office include supporting local hospitals, HIV/AIDS organizations, and local organizations providing services to the families we serve.

For their outstanding contributions to the community, several MAXIMUS employees on NYMC have been recognized by local elected officials, faith-based organizations, and by venerable community-based and charitable organizations.

TENNESSEE

Tennessee Chattanooga Child Support

During the holiday season, our Tennessee Chattanooga Child Support project office partners with the local Department of Children's Services - one of our Community Partners - to sponsor teenage children in the custody of the State of Tennessee. Teens are often the last group to receive sponsorship, so we strive to choose as many as possible to support by providing them with gifts at the holiday season.

TEXAS

Texas Eligibility Support Services

The MAXIMUS Activities Committees were formed by employees throughout our project offices in Texas to participate in numerous charitable activities and events. Our Texas employees possess an overwhelming interest in assisting their fellow Texans from all walks of life. They are involved in ongoing volunteer projects, community and charitable events, and disaster relief efforts.

Ongoing Volunteerism

• Mobile Loaves & Fishes. Once a month, an employee-organized group in Austin delivers food and other donated materials to low-income communities. Mobile Loaves & Fishes is a certified non-profit that strives to provide food, clothing and dignity to the homeless and working poor.
• Blood and Bone Marrow Drives. Our Athens, Austin, Midland and San Antonio offices participate in regular blood drives with regional blood centers. In particular, the Athens office works with the National Marrow Donor Program to encourage employees to join the national registry. In 2008, the Athens site donated 108 units of blood and received an honorable mention award from Carter Blood Care.

Community and Charitable Events

• Adopt a Family with the Christmas Guild. Last December, a Unit from one of Austin’s call centers adopted a family for the holidays, providing gifts for a nine year-old girl and her single mother.
• Salvation Army. Outreach Counselors in Region 4/5N rang bells for Salvation Army donations during November and December of 2008.
• Shop with a Cop. Last year, the El Paso Outreach Team participated in a local event called "Shop with a Cop" to allow disadvantaged children to go on a shopping spree with local police officers.
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Several groups in Austin raised money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation by hosting bake sales, ice cream events, and selling jeans passes.
• Toys for Tots. Midland employees held a toy drive for the Salvation Army’s "Toys for Tots" program in December of 2008.
• Walk Texas. Austin employees participated in the Walk Texas 10-week challenge with the City of Austin. Teams tracked exercise activities lasting 10 minutes or longer and won bronze, silver, or gold medals from the city.

Disaster Relief Efforts
When Hurricanes Dolly and Ike hit the Texas coast in 2008, our Texas employees volunteered their time to come to the aid of their fellow citizens. Through an "all hands" effort, Call Center employees and management, joined by Quality Control, CHIP, TX Health and Human Services Commission, and the Special Escalation Unit Teams worked together to take applications for Texans in need.

Our Texas CHIP Operations processed more than 1,300 applications that helped families get insurance coverage. Eligibility Services Call Centers received a record number of calls from hurricane victims and over half of their Customer Care Representatives volunteered to work extra hours. Our San Antonio Operations staff expedited more than 5,000 Hurricane Food Stamp applications each day.

Employees in Texas helped in their communities through charities or neighborhood groups; several employees traveled to some of the worst hit areas to provide food and support to those hit hardest by this disaster. A Company-wide initiative allowed all employees to contribute donations toward hurricane relief efforts and MAXIMUS ultimately donated approximately $20,000 to the Capital Area Food Bank.