45 CFR § 1620.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1620.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1620.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1620.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION"
part_number: "1620"
part_name: "PRIORITIES IN USE OF RESOURCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(2); Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009; Pub. L. 104-134,110 Stat. 1321."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 19408, Apr. 21, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1620"
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# 1620.1 Purpose.

This part is designed to provide guidance to recipients for setting priorities and to ensure that a recipient's governing body adopts written priorities for the types of cases and matters, including emergencies, to which the recipient's staff will limit its commitment of time and resources.