Solo parents, LGBTQIA+ urged to apply as adoptive, foster parents

ILOILO CITY – The Regional Alternative Child Care Office for Western Visayas (RACCO-6) of the National Authority for Child Care is encouraging single petitioners, like solo parents and members of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual), to apply as adoptive or foster parents. In a media forum on Wednesday, RACCO-6 head Janice Brasileño said that for this year’s Adoption and Child Care Week, they not only celebrate the traditional family with its typical mother, father and children setup, but all types of families. “Childless couples are not the only ones who could apply for adoption or […]...Keep on reading: Solo parents, LGBTQIA+ urged to apply as adoptive, foster parents