Each year, AFS Intercultural Programs welcomes more than 2,300 international high school students to the US. These are outstanding young people who were selected in their home countries to study in US high schools and are eager to experience what it's like to live in America. Sharing daily life with a teenager from another country and culture is a rich and rewarding experience and is a wonderful way for you and your family to bring more understanding into the world.
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As a host family, you will provide your student with:
- The opportunity to participate in your family’s daily lives and events
- The same care, support, and comfort you would another member of your family
- A bed, not convertible or inflatable in nature; sharing a room with a sibling of the same gender close in age is fine
- Three quality meals, including lunches and meals eaten as a family in restaurants
