FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   WERTIN DEANNE M 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/01/2008 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MAXIMUS INC [MMS] (Last) (First) (Middle) 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President-Health West Division 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) RESTON, VA 20190 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right To Buy)	  (1)	03/20/2012	Common Stock	3,000	$ 34.04	D	Â
Restricted Stock Unit (2)	  (3)(4)	  (7)	Common Stock	1,135 (6)	$ 0	D	Â
Restricted Stock Unit (2)	  (3)(5)	  (7)	Common Stock	3,133 (6)	$ 0	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WERTIN DEANNE M 11419 SUNSET HILLS ROAD RESTON, VA 20190	Â	Â	  President-Health West Division	Â

Signatures

David R. Francis: As Attorney-In-Fact for Deanne M. Wertin		07/03/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares Vest Date 500 3/20/2008 1250 3/20/2009 1250 3/20/2010
(2)	Each Restricted Stock Unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock.
(3)	Restricted Stock Units vest based on the following schedule:
(4)	Shares Vest Date 227 3/31/2009 227 3/31/2010 227 3/31/2011 227 3/31/2012 227 3/31/2013
(5)	Shares Vest Date 523 3/31/2009 522 3/31/2010 522 3/31/2011 522 3/31/2012 522 3/31/2013 522 3/31/2014
(6)	Of this amount, these shares are restricted and subject to future vesting pursuant to the terms of the grant of restricted sotk previously made by the issuer to the reporting person. The reporting person dose not have voting or dispositive power over these shares of restricted stock.
(7)	Expiration date not applicable to restricted stock unit.

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