---
kind: "section"
citation: "44 C.F.R. § 333.23"
title: "44"
number: "333.23"
heading: "Criteria for assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/44/333.23"
---

# §333.23. Criteria for assistance.


Requests for special priorities assistance should be timely, i.e., the request must be submitted promptly and in enough time for FEMA or the Delegate Agency to effect a meaningful resolution to the problem, and must establish that:

- (a) There is an urgent need for the item; and
- (b) **The applicant has made a reasonable effort to resolve the problem.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 313, 314; 50 U.S.C. 4511, et seq.; E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651; E.O. 13909, 85 FR 16227; E.O. 13911, 85 FR 18403; DHS Delegation 09052, Rev. 00 (Jan. 3, 2017); DHS Delegation 09052 Rev 00.1 (Apr. 1, 2020).

### Source

Source: 85 FR 28510, May 13, 2020, unless otherwise noted.