MSTF Monarch Staffing Inc (CE)

Monarch Staffing, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MSTF), and its wholly owned subsidiary Drug Consultants, Inc. ("DCI"), a provider of healthcare staffing services, announced the award of three new contracts with the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). The three master contracts are for Pharmacist-in-Charge, Pharmacists, and Pharmacy Technician positions and expire June 30, 2010.

"We are extremely pleased with the bid and award process with the CDCR. Securing these three master contracts with the State of California and our position on the bid matrix will allow us to continue to provide pharmacy staffing services to the CDCR," commented David Walters, Chairman.

DCI furnishes personnel to perform a range of pharmacy, nursing and other healthcare staffing services in support of the operations of government and commercial facilities, including its largest client, the CDCR. DCI has experience in providing its services in rural areas of California where many state facilities are located and healthcare professionals are not readily available.