ANNAPOLIS – The number of students who have been suspended more than once in a school year is dropping slightly after a spike last year, according to data from school districts statewide

ANNAPOLIS – When Temple Hills resident Crystal Skinner turned 21 in 2006 and was too old to stay in foster care, she was not sure where she would live

ANNAPOLIS – About two weeks before Thanksgiving, Berlin First Baptist Church had to close its weekly food bank an hour early

ANNAPOLIS – Rosewood Center is one step closer to shutting its doors next summer, with administrators continuing the process of moving residents out of the facility while preparing to start laying off staff members in January

ANNAPOLIS – When Baltimore resident Julie Smith got the call that her daughter, Lindsay Smith, would receive a free computer, she did not believe it was true

ANNAPOLIS – In the days leading up to Tuesday’s election, Maryland’s developmental disability advocacy groups are preparing to make sure their clients have a voice by finding ways to get them to the polls

ANNAPOLIS – Between 2003 and 2007, Maryland lost more than 1,000 foster parents

ANNAPOLIS – A statewide comprehensive database of foster children and adoption cases included only 35 percent of the data it was supposed to have, according to an audit released earlier this month for the Department of Human Resources

ANNAPOLIS – Twice a week, Jeremy Coylewright stops along two routes to deliver a hot and cold meal to homebound recipients of Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – A week before the Maryland Board of Public Works meets to consider budget cuts for state agencies, advocates for people with developmental disabilities said they cannot afford to absorb any decrease in funding