---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 400.147"
title: "45"
number: "400.147"
heading: "Priority in provision of services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/400.147"
---

# §400.147. Priority in provision of services.


A State must plan its social service program and allocate its social service funds in such a manner that services are provided to refugees in the following order of priority, except in certain individual extreme circumstances:

- (a) All newly arriving refugees during their first year in the U.S., who apply for services;
- (b) Refugees who are receiving cash assistance;
- (c) Unemployed refugees who are not receiving cash assistance; and
- (d) **Employed refugees in need of services to retain employment or to attain economic independence.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[54 FR 5481, Feb. 3, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 33603, June 28, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: Section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(9)).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[54 FR 5481, Feb. 3, 1989, as amended at 60 FR 33603, June 28, 1995]