Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO). There shall also be a Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO) created for each region of the country, which shall be headed by a Regional Alternative Child Care (RACC) officer.

The RACCO is tasked to ensure a well-functioning system of receipt of local petitions for CDCLAA and adoption, and other requests regarding alternative placement and well-being of children.

The RACCO shall have dedicated personnel who shall exclusively handle each of the following:

(a) Issuance of the CDCLAA;

(b) Domestic administrative adoption;

(c) Inter-country adoption;

(d) Foster care;

(e) All other forms of alternative care including family-like care, kinship care, and residential care; and

(f) Rectification of simulated birth pursuant to Republic Act No. 11222.

There shall be an RCPC installed in each RACCO which shall be supervised by the RACC officer. It shall be composed of a multidisciplinary group including a child psychiatrist or psychologist, a medical doctor, a member of the Philippine Bard, an adoption social worker and a representative of an NGO involved in child welfare: Provided, That no member of the group shall have relations with the child or PAP being matched.