Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Creation of ECCD Offices in LGUs; Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern. - Every province, city, and municipality shall create an ECCD Office, and design and implement its own organizational structure and staffing pattern taking into consideration its service requirements and financial capability, subject to the standards and guidelines prescribed by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). The ECCD Office, which shall be under the administrative supervision of the local chief executive, shall manage the delivery of the programs and services under the ECCD System within its jurisdiction and its daily operations, including the supervision of CDTs and CDWs in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.

The ECCD Office shall closely collaborate with the local councils for the protection of children and local school boards to ensure the coordination and harmonization of plans, programs, and activities, and facilitate a seamless transition of children under five (5) years of age to a classroom setting, with the utmost welfare of the child as the paramount consideration.

The ECCD Office shall also require the CDTs and CDWs to coordinate with the barangay health workers and barangay nutrition scholars for the monitoring of the nutrition and health of children under five (5) years of age, and the delivery of ECCD programs and activities pertinent to nutrition and health, including the delivery of ECCD programs and services under various laws. The ECCD Office shall participate in the development of the local nutrition action plan and render technical support to the LGU and the NNC, and shall harmonize its local nutrition database with the national nutrition information system as provided under Section 6 of Republic Act No. 11037.