Foster Care and Higher Education Participation, 2023

Overview & Synopsis

This report is submitted pursuant to Education Article § 24-703.1, Annotated Code of Maryland, which requires the Maryland Longitudinal Data System (MLDS) Center to annually produce, on or before December 15th of each year, a dashboard on foster care youth and their participation in higher education in Maryland. Specifically, the requirement directs the MLDS Center to report, disaggregated by county, age, race, and ethnicity: (1) the rate of enrollment in institutions of higher education by placement type; (2) the type of institution of higher education in which children in foster care are enrolled; (3) the type of financial support provided to children in foster care enrolled in an institution of higher education; and (4) the graduation rate for children in foster care placements from institutions of higher education.