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Poverty, illness, and the Negro child.

In the midst of a rising prosperity enjoyed by a majority of American citizens, there are 39,000,000 of the nation's poor who belong to families with total annual incomes that fall below the recognized subsistence level of $3,000 for a family of four. Of these, six million are children below the age of 6 years, and about nine million are between 6 and 17 years. As of 1966, more than a fifth of the nation's youth, and in some areas one-third, are growing up in dire poverty.
 The children who, through no fault of their own, are compelled to grow up under these circumstances are known to suffer from the so-called "deprivation syndrome," a complex disorder which is often the consequence of severe social pathology. It interferes with normal growth and development of the child in the physical, mental, and emotional spheres. It may result in intellectual retardation, personality disorders, social maladjustment, and even brain damage. Overwhelming evidence shows that poverty accounts for higher rates of morbidity and mortality among youth as well as among other age groups.
 Amid the affluence of modern life, crumbling tenements, inadequate sanitary facilities, es, malnutrition, and disease mark the spread of poverty. Public action has been inadequate in meeting even the most pressing needs of families submerged in economic struggle. While poverty claims its victims from among all racial groups, it has undoubtedly wrought its greatest damage upon the impoverished Negro child. No case better illustrates the wreckage left by poverty and discrimination than that presented before the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare by Dr. Robert Coles of Harvard on June 15, 1967.