Search Resources Search By Category Dashboards & Report Cards State legislation Data-informed reports Staff resources MOUs & Interagency Agreements Data Sharing State Snapshots Data-informed reports, Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Data-informed reports, Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Maryland DHS Child Welfare System Report 2025 Maryland Dept. of Human Services report compiling legislatively mandated data related to a wide range of child welfare metrics. While most data is not specific to education, the report includes measures such as timely enrollment in school after placement in care and the number of children in care enrolled in different postsecondary programs. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 5/20/26 State legislation Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Maryland legislation- HB 1305 (2026) Bill passed in April 2026 that requires Maryland to track the number of foster youth who enroll in college and graduate in 6 years, and compare that with students not in care. It also requires a report by Dec. 1 2026 that identifies needs and gaps in services that could improve educational outcomes for youth in foster care, identifies best practices from other states, and provide recommendations to improve education outcomes and data collection/reporting for students in foster care. Read More Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Maryland Foster Youth Higher Education Participation Dashboard Dashboard that includes data about how many youth in foster care in Maryland go to college, how many receive different levels of financial aid, and college retention and graduation rates. The data is broken down by whether students graduated high school while in or after exiting foster care, by race, and by region. Read More Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 1/24/25 Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 1/24/25 Maryland Report Card Online resource for a range of educational data measures in Maryland. Several are available specifically for students in foster care. To view that data, select “Foster Care” from the “Special Services” dropdown, if available. Read More State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Maryland Legislation- SB 592 (2021) Requires the State Dept. of Ed. to report educational statistics for students in foster care, including those related to school stability, special education, attendance, and discipline. Read More
Data-informed reports, Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Data-informed reports, Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Maryland DHS Child Welfare System Report 2025 Maryland Dept. of Human Services report compiling legislatively mandated data related to a wide range of child welfare metrics. While most data is not specific to education, the report includes measures such as timely enrollment in school after placement in care and the number of children in care enrolled in different postsecondary programs. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 5/20/26 State legislation Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Maryland legislation- HB 1305 (2026) Bill passed in April 2026 that requires Maryland to track the number of foster youth who enroll in college and graduate in 6 years, and compare that with students not in care. It also requires a report by Dec. 1 2026 that identifies needs and gaps in services that could improve educational outcomes for youth in foster care, identifies best practices from other states, and provide recommendations to improve education outcomes and data collection/reporting for students in foster care. Read More
Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 5/20/26 Maryland Foster Youth Higher Education Participation Dashboard Dashboard that includes data about how many youth in foster care in Maryland go to college, how many receive different levels of financial aid, and college retention and graduation rates. The data is broken down by whether students graduated high school while in or after exiting foster care, by race, and by region. Read More
Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 1/24/25 Dashboards & Report Cards Sneha Barve 1/24/25 Maryland Report Card Online resource for a range of educational data measures in Maryland. Several are available specifically for students in foster care. To view that data, select “Foster Care” from the “Special Services” dropdown, if available. Read More
State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 State legislation Sneha Barve 12/31/24 Maryland Legislation- SB 592 (2021) Requires the State Dept. of Ed. to report educational statistics for students in foster care, including those related to school stability, special education, attendance, and discipline. Read More
