The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provides free domestic administrative adoption services to qualified prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) through its attached agency, the National Authority for Child Care (NACC).
According to NACC director Imelda Ronda,
both application and processing fees are free of charge, and prospective parents do not need to hire a lawyer to adopt a child.
Under Republic Act 11642, the legal adoption process has been simplified, reducing costs and shortening waiting times to ensure a faster path to permanent placement for children awaiting adoption.
Author's summary: DSWD offers free adoption services to qualified applicants.