EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

The Providence Service Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement Nos. 333-166978, 333-151079, 333-112586, 333-117974, 333-127852, 333-135126, and 333-145843 on Form S-8 and registration statement No. 333-148092 on Form S-3 of The Providence Service Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) of our reports dated March 15, 2013, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012, which reports appear in the December 31, 2012 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Phoenix, Arizona

March 15, 2013