Growing Up Poor

Feb 04, 1986 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

The children of Chester, Pennsylvania are plagued by poor health, malnutrition, drugs, and family problems. Half of them live below the poverty line. Frontline follows them through the maze of social service programs available to them and discovers w... (more)hat it is like growing up poor.

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