Great News! Host Family Recruitment Funds are available for each area team to support local initiatives recruiting Host Families
The NSLI-Y and YES Abroad staff are happy to share that a list of 2025-26 NSLI-Y and YES Abroad finalists from your area has been posted to MyAFS Help&Learning.
Learn more about Ashe’s impactful journey as a first-time host parent!
Click here to view the last YES & FLEX Newsletter for 2024-2025
Calling all AFS artists!
We’re moving into week three of Champions Month! Thanks to everyone who’s worked to champion incoming students from Italy and Germany so far. Help us continue this effort by highlighting semester students today and this week! Here are some ways you can champion semester exchange students using AFS-USA resources: Please reach out to the AFS-USA […]
We’re excited to share a powerful new video, “Alumni Voices,” featuring heartfelt reflections from exchange students around the world.
Read the article to learn more about our Spring 2026 programs, and our NEW scholarship and application deadlines.
We hear from Megan, Eva, and Esha, who share their personal stories of finding community, including in some unexpected places.
As in previous years, Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA-4) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) are circulating bipartisan sign-on letters in support of FY2026 funding for educational and cultural exchange programs.