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AS REQUIRED BY THE 1974 CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT (CAPTA) (PUBLIC LAW 93-247, AMENDED IN 1996), STATES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A GUARDIAN AD LITEM OR CASA TO EVERY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILD WHOSE CASE RESULTS IN A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING. THIS REQUIREMENT IS ECHOED IN GEORGIA'S STATE LAW. SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2009, OUR PROGRAM HAS SERVED 100 PERCENT OF THE CHILDREN WITH OPEN DEPRIVATION CASES IN THE JUVENILE COURTS IN THE 12 COUNTIES IT SERVES. OUR CHINS PROGRAM SERVES A POPULATION OF CHILDREN DESIGNATED BY THE 2013 PASSAGE OF HB 242 -- WHO BY COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTS THAT WERE ONLY CRIMES BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AS CHILDREN - AS AT-RISK OF DEPRIVATION AND AS A RESULT MAY BE DELINQUENT. THESE BEHAVIORS INCLUDE RUNNING AWAY, CURFEW VIOLATIONS, AFFRAY, AND TRUANCY. THE LIGHTHOUSE CAC PROVIDES THE FRONT-LINE SANE AND FORENSIC INTERVIEWS TO ALL CHILDREN REFERRED WITHIN THE SOUTHWESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 24 HOURS A DAY AND 7 DAYS A WEEK. 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