---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 98.46"
title: "45"
number: "98.46"
heading: "Priority for child care services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/98.46"
---

# §98.46. Priority for child care services.

- (a) Lead Agencies shall give priority for services provided under [§ 98.50(a)](/cfr/45/98.50.md?p=a) to:
  - (1) Children of families with very low family income (considering family size);
  - (2) Children with special needs, which may include any vulnerable populations as defined by the Lead Agency; and
  - (3) **Children experiencing homelessness.**
- (b) Lead Agencies shall prioritize increasing access to high-quality child care and development services for children of families in areas that have significant concentrations of poverty and unemployment and that do not have a sufficient number of such programs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 67587, Sept. 30, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 618, 9857 et seq.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 39981, July 24, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 67587, Sept. 30, 2016]