The release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2026 KIDS COUNT® Data Book offers a clear window into how Maryland’s children and families are faring. With an overall score of 616, Maryland ranks 19th in the nation for child well-being. While our
While we celebrate important progress here in Maryland — including the passage of Senate Bill 357 and House Bill 424, which empower the state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board to lower the cost of high-priced medications — we cannot afford to
The Maryland General Assembly missed a great opportunity to affirm healthcare as a basic human right by failing to pass the Access to Care Act (House Bill 588). No person should be denied access to healthcare due to their immigration
Everyone deserves quality and timely access to healthcare. We can strengthen the health of Marylanders by proving affordable healthcare to our communities and remove barriers that often produce socioeconomic and racial-ethnic health disparities. Such a barrier includes ineligibility resulting from
State budget documents revealed a sharp increase in the number of public school students qualifying for free and reduced-price school meals after the state changed the method it uses to determine eligibility. More than 110,000 students in Maryland’s public schools
In order to provide greater opportunity for all city residents and address the lack of affordable housing, Baltimore City needs an effective policy requiring developers to include a certain number of affordable apartments or houses in new development projects.
When children are facing a crisis, it is critical that Maryland’s foster care programs provide them with stable, safe and supervised care. Recent media reports of foster youth being housed in unlicensed facilities suggest that the state is not living
Maryland ranks 19th in child well-being according to the 2022 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, just released by The Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Kids Count data book, released annually (this is the 33rd edition), is a 50-state report of recent
As many as 130,000 Marylanders will soon face unaffordable health insurance costs – or lose their coverage entirely – if Congress does not act quickly to extend premium assistance available under last year’s American Rescue Plan. The law increased premium
For many, this weekend is a time to honor our mothers and the role they played with love and dedication in caring for us while we were growing up. Be it a mother, grandmother or that person who looked out
