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[quote=Anonymous]I work as a case manager in DC. If you want to solve truancy in DC you need to solve the housing crisis. There are ton of marginally housed kids (mostly with mothers) in DC. They bounce from DC to PG County and back again, often by the week or by the month or even by the day. From an aunt's basement to a friend's couch. Then they don't have cars or transportation so getting to school is hard if not impossible. I really don't think DCUM has ANY idea of how prevalent this situation is. You want school stability? House them all with fully subsidized housing. But that is super expensive----$2-4K/month per kid or family unit of kids. [/quote]
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