Admission Process
- ARA CCI provides shelter only to girls.
- Age criteria for admission is preferably 7 to 15 years of age.
- Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) as per JJ Act-2016 are admitted, with priority given to orphan children.
- Children and their families, if any, need to reside in Ranga Reddy District.
- Child Welfare Committee of Ranga Reddy District refers children to us after scrutinizing their economic background.
- Children approaching us directly must obtain permission from the Child Welfare Committee of Ranga Reddy District.
Admission Process / Criteria at ARA CCI
Definitions (As per JJ Act, 2015 & Model Rules, 2016)
a) "Child" (Sec. 2/12)
A person who has not completed eighteen years of age.
b) "Child in Need of Care and Protection" (Sec. 2/14)
Means a child who:
- Is found without any home or settled place of abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence.
- Is found working in contravention of labour laws or found begging, or living on the street.
- Resides with a person who has injured, exploited, abused, or neglected the child.
- Has a parent or guardian deemed unfit to care for the child.
- Is missing or a runaway child, or whose parents cannot be found.
- Has been or is likely to be abused or exploited for illegal acts.
- Is vulnerable to being inducted into drug abuse or trafficking.
- Is a victim or affected by armed conflict, civil unrest, or natural calamity.
- Is at imminent risk of marriage before attaining the legal age of marriage.
c) "Orphan" (Sec. 2/42)
Means a child who:
- Is without biological or adoptive parents or a legal guardian.
- Has a legal guardian who is unwilling or incapable of taking care of the child.