---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 400.314"
title: "45"
number: "400.314"
heading: "Priority in provision of services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/400.314"
---

# §400.314. Priority in provision of services.


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

- (a) Cash assistance recipients, particularly long-term recipients;
- (b) Unemployed refugees who are not receiving cash assistance; and
- (c) **Employed refugees in need of services to retain employment or to attain economic independence.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: 60 FR 33604, June 28, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.