Services under the contract are scheduled to begin November 3, and will contain annual renewal options that run through October 31, 2012. Providence said that the award is subject to finalized contracts and various processing procedures and should be additive to earnings in 2009.
The company also said that it won an additional social services contract award with the state of Michigan in the amount of $1 million annually. It said that the Michigan award, while small, is notable because it is an " off-season announcement" as social services contracts traditionally are awarded to begin service July 1, the beginning of the state fiscal year . This contract is scheduled to take effect in January 2009.
Atlanta-based LogistiCare manages a national network of more than 1,100 transportation companies that provide more than seventeen million trips to customers annually. LogistiCare's clients have included state Medicaid agencies, school boards, transit authorities, hospital systems and managed care organizations.
Tucson, Arizona-based Providence Service provides home and community based social services and non-emergency transportation services management to government sponsored clients under programs such as welfare, juvenile justice, Medicaid and corrections.
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