Thank you to all Volunteers and Staff for your continued efforts to place NH24 participants. Still a long way to go, but we’re nearly halfway to our goal of placing all NH24 participants!

Starting May 2, we will shift to Phase 3 of our student distribution where all unplaced students will move to Regionally Available (excepting our 12 unplaced NH23 Rollover students and a few others who will remain Nationally Available).

Beginning May 2, there will be a pause on student holds for all Nationally Available participants (recall German, Italian and Thai CORE participants and Pakistan, Indonesia, and Turkey YES Students are already Regionally Available), so that any Nationally Available students without a pending placement, can be made Regionally Available starting the following week (May 6).

Field Staff will represent their Region’s Area Teams’ preferences/placement limitations – and ensure that an appropriate balance of participant characteristics are represented in each Regional participant pool. These students will then be linked to Regions as Regionally Available by AFS-USA Hosting Operations staff.

During Phase 3, Regional Volunteers will have the opportunity to get to know specific students to share with schools, Area Team volunteers, and potential host families.

Regional volunteers are encouraged at this time to:

• Make adjustments to student bios to ensure they are well-positioned for placement in their Region/local communities
• Share bios in your community/Area Team/schools and work to identify families for these specific students with resources and support from your Regional Field Specialist

For more information on the NH24 Distribution Process please visit this link on MyAFS Help & Learning.

Thanks to all for your continued efforts to place our NH24 students!