45 CFR § 400.147 - Priority in provision of services.

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title: "45 CFR § 400.147 - Priority in provision of services."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "400.147"
section_name: "Priority in provision of services."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "400"
part_name: "REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM"
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authority: "Section 412(a)(9), Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(a)(9))."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 59323, Sept. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.

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