What county are you in? Your county’s community college can be her back up plan. Read through their website, and speak with the transfer counselor to find out which MD colleges and universities have guaranteed transfer/articulation agreements with that CC. For individual course transfer and more advice about recommended pre-transfer coursework, spend some time reading through http://www.artsys.usmd.edu/
For some links to MD state financial aid programs, see http://mdgo4it.mhec.maryland.gov/ Here is the link for information about need-based aid. http://mdgo4it.mhec.maryland.gov/pages/MoneyForCollege/CollegeStudents/NeedbasedgrantsCollegeStudents.aspx
Here is a link about grants for future teachers: http://mhec.maryland.gov/preparing/Pages/College411/federalfinancialaid/teachgrant.aspx
Happykid completed her AA degree at Montgomery College in Rockville, then transferred to Towson for the last two years. She had a merit scholarship at MC that covered tuition and fees for 60 credit hours, which would have covered the tuition and fees for may of the AA programs. When you look at information about your county CC, don’t forget to investigate any merit-based and need-based aid that they offer. Towson did a good job of meeting her financial need and the need of her friends. I don’t know if that was just lucky, or if the financial aid office has a policy to do what it can to help kids out. Ask around at your daughter’s high school, and find out what kind of experience the graduates there have had with aid at the various MD publics.
Wishing you all the best!