SCBIZ Daily Staff

COLUMBIA -- Providence Service Corp. said its LogistiCare subsidiary, the nation’s largest coordinator of nonemergency transportation services, has been awarded a contract by the state of South Carolina to provide transportation services to the state Department of Social Services for 28 counties under the state’s Family Independence Program.

Services under the contract, valued at $17.4 million annually, should begin Nov. 3, and the contract contains annual renewal options that run through Oct. 31, 2012. The award is subject to finalized contracts and various processing procedures and should be additive to earnings in 2009.

John Shermyen, LogistiCare’s CEO, said, ‘South Carolina is committed to helping families become self-sufficient, and transportation is key to their access of program services and employment and training opportunities. We look forward to working with the state and our transportation providers to help make a difference in the lives of these families.”

LogistiCare is the nation’s leading Medicaid transportation manager. From its corporate office near Atlanta and its numerous state-based operations nationwide, LogistiCare manages a national network of more than 1,100 transportation companies providing more than 17 million trips to customers annually.