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Chris Dodd: “There is about a 20 percent increase in kids in school who are homeless, and one quarter--only one quarter of homeless…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2010
There is about a 20 percent increase in kids in school who are homeless, and one quarter--only one quarter of homeless children graduate from high school nationally.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Dodd highlights the rising number of homeless children and their low graduation rates.

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