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USDA's child nutrition programs provide a nutritional safety net
for children and account for a quarter of USDA's domestic food and
nutrition assistance outlays. ERS conducts research and evaluation
studies of child
nutrition programs and applies behavioral economic theory to
study efforts to promote child nutrition. Information about program
eligibility requirements, benefits, and the application process is
available from the Food and Nutrition Service. ERS research focuses
on five major domestic food assistance programs administered by
USDA that exclusively or primarily serve the nutritional needs of
children: