---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1321.83"
title: "45"
number: "1321.83"
heading: "Client and service priority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1321.83"
---

# §1321.83. Client and service priority.

- (a) The State agency and/or area agency shall ensure service to those identified as members of priority groups through assessment of local needs and resources.
- (b) The State agency and/or area agency shall establish criteria to prioritize the delivery of services under Title III, parts B (except for Ombudsman program services which are subject to provisions in [45 CFR part 1324](/cfr/45/part1324.md)), C, and D, in accordance with the Act.
- (c) The State agency and/or area agency shall establish criteria to prioritize the delivery of services under Title III, part E, in accordance with the Act, to include:
  - (1) Caregivers who are older individuals with greatest social need, and older individuals with greatest economic need (with particular attention to low-income older individuals);
  - (2) Caregivers who provide care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction; and
  - (3) If serving older relative caregivers, older relative caregivers of children or adults with severe disabilities.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 11656, Feb. 14, 2024, unless otherwise noted.