This study examined the effectiveness of intervention stategy in reducing poverty among children from low income families in an all-black community. Studied were 68 participants of a 1947 neighborhood project in Columbia, South Carolina. The project included an emphasis on language skills and intellectual growth, involvement of parents and community leaders, referrals for health services, nutrition supplement, social services, and supervised recreation. Follow-up twenty years later showed a substantial shift in the economic status of the subjects. When compared with the economic status of their parents, as well as with local, national, and regional occupational status, income, and unemployment rates of nonwhites, differential achievement on the part of the participants was found. Clear evidence is presented to show intergenerational occupational mobility. Examination of the data and of responses from interviews suggests that the project was contributory to the socioeconomic progress. Findings support the contention that poverty intervention programs have value. (Author/MS)