Number of Juvenile Arrests: 24,564
Children removed from their homes (in the prior 12 months): 2,445
Percentage of Children Living In Poverty : 13.8%
Number of school suspension: 33,758
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Out of Home Placement

Number of children in the foster care system in Maryland at the end of the calendar year.
June 1, 2016 at 1:48 PM Jazzmyne Sangster read more

Reunification

Number of youth in Maryland who returned to the parent/guardian from whose care they were removed when they entered the foster care system.
February 25, 2015 at 10:44 PM Nonso Umunna read more

Aged Out

Number of youth in Maryland, aged 18-21, who were emancipated from foster care to live on their own.
February 25, 2015 at 10:35 PM Nonso Umunna read more

Alternative Response

Number of new Alternative Response cases in Maryland. Alternative Response is a type of response to low risk child abuse and neglect allegations, where rather than investigating a family and naming a caretaker as a maltreator, the Local Department of…
February 12, 2015 at 10:05 PM Nonso Umunna read more

Investigative Response

Number of new Investigative Response cases in Maryland. Investigative Response is the Child Protective Services' response to cases where Alternative Response is not sufficient and an investigation needs to occur into whether a child’s caretaker abused or neglected them. (more…)
February 12, 2015 at 9:06 PM Nonso Umunna read more

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