I can't get a haircut, my uncle's in jail

One of my students ("JH") has not gotten his hair cut in almost two months. The other kids joked around with him at first and JH just laughed it off. Eventually another student did something worthy enough to get made fun of, so everyone forgot about the student with the afro in training. This past week a student in one of JH's classes decided that there was nothing better to do than make fun of JH's hair again. It was decided that JH's hair looked like a cat had been licking it. For several days the teacher would overhear "meow", "meow", but she did not know what this joke was all about. Eventually JH confronted this student and asked him to stop making fun of his hair. The student kept meowing and talking about JH's hair. Security had to come and remove the students mid-fight. I found out all this information when I met with one of our Deans today to speak about the incident, which I was unaware of until this morning because it happened at the end of the day yesterday. I asked JH what the fight was about and he told me it was about his hair. I asked him if he was growing his hair out or if he was planning on getting it cut. His response was "I can't get a haircut, my uncle's in jail". Apparently his uncle cuts his hair, but since he has been in jail there has been no one to cut his hair. God forbid the boy's mother takes him for a haircut. The Dean slipped me a ten dollar bill as I was leaving the room. JH and I will spend some time practicing our community skills tomorrow and just happen to visit a barber who can cut this mop.