{"data":{"id":"us-va/6vac20-160-10","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"6VAC20-160-10","heading":"Definitions","body":"The following words and terms  when used in this chapter  shall apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n\n\"Advisory  council\" means a locally appointed body with a specific purpose to advise the governing  board of a local CASA program.\n\n\"CASA\" means court-appointed special advocate.\n\n\"CASA program\" means any locally operated court-appointed special advocate program which utilizes court-appointed volunteers to assist in judicial proceedings involving allegations that a child is abused, neglected, in need of services, or in need of supervision and for whom  a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge determines such services are appropriate.\n\n\"Case\" means a child   for whom a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court  judge has entered an order of appointment for a CASA  volunteer.\n\n\"DCJS\" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.\n\n\"Director\" means the director or coordinator of a local CASA program responsible for the day-to-day operations of the local CASA program.\n\n\"Governing board\" means the oversight body responsible for the local CASA program. This may be a city council, county board of supervisors or the board of directors of a nonprofit organization.\n\n\"Staff advocate\" means an employee of the CASA program who serves, in lieu of a CASA volunteer, as the assigned advocate for a case.\n\n\"Volunteer\" means  a court-appointed special advocate.","path":["Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections","Agency 20. Department of Criminal Justice Services","Chapter 160. Regulations Relating to the Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA)","Part I. General Definitions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title6/agency20/chapter160/section10/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:46:45Z","sha256":"9c74160b6b0bb0633952b850c18684120e2f81f4d453b0f4c73b27829b162a58","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/6vac20-150-80","next":"us-va/6vac20-160-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}