A subsidiary of Avon’s Magellan Health Services Inc. has won a $70 million contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior to serve as one of the vendors to administer the Military & Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program, which provides counseling for adults and children in the military.
The contract won by Magellan Behavioral Health Inc. began Aug. 15 and includes a one-year base agreement, with the option to renew for four additional one-year terms.
Magellan anticipates annual revenues of approximately $70 million once the contract is fully implemented.
The MFLC program was created by the Department of Defense in 2004 and provides short-term, non-medical counseling services to active duty military, National Guard and Reserves members serving in the United States and abroad, as well as their family members.
Magellan will administer services on a majority of continental United States bases. The services are intended to ensure readiness of the force, decrease distractions and enhance the quality of life for service members and their families by helping them address life challenges such as relocation adjustment, mobilization, deployment stress, separation and homesickness, grief and loss, isolation, reunion, anxiety and more.
