45 CFR § 1620.5 - Annual review.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1620.5"
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title: "45 CFR § 1620.5 - Annual review."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1620.5"
section_name: "Annual review."
chapter_name: "LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION"
part_number: "1620"
part_name: "PRIORITIES IN USE OF RESOURCES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 1620.5 Annual review.

(a) Priorities shall be set periodically and shall be reviewed by the governing body of the recipient annually or more frequently if the recipient has accepted a significant number of emergency cases outside of its priorities.

(b) The following factors should be among those considered in determining whether the recipient's priorities should be changed:

(1) The extent to which the objectives of the recipient's priorities have been accomplished;

(2) Changes in the resources of the recipient;

(3) Changes in the size, distribution, or needs of the eligible client population; and

(4) The volume of non-priority emergency cases or matters in a particular legal area since priorities were last reviewed.