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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


               CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

        We have issued our report dated March 18, 1998, except for Note L which
is as of March 23, 1998, on the financial statements of David M. Griffith &
Associates, ltd. (not presented separately therein) as of December 31, 1997 and
for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1997, included in
the Current Report on Form 8-K of Maximus, Inc. to be filed on March 30, 1999
(which Report includes financial statements and supplementary data that
replaces the financial statements and supplementary data included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A, of Maximus, Inc. for the year ended
September 30, 1998) and which is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of the
aforementioned report in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Maximus,
Inc. pertaining to the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan.


                                            /s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP


Chicago, Illinois
March 26, 1999