AFS-USA Policy Guidance: Navigating Election Season and Public Safety
AFS-USA takes pride in fostering global understanding, but ensuring student welfare is always our primary responsibility.
Tag: Participant Support
Participant Support Advisory Group: Strengthening the Heart of the AFS Experience
The Participant Support Advisory Group (SAG) works behind the scenes to ensure that every exchange student and host family has the support they need to thrive.
Join the Orientation Advisory Group
Shape the Future of AFS: Join the Orientation Advisory Group to make your voice heard in shaping student and host family orientations.
Talking to Students about Protests, Political Unrest, and ICE
Sharing a discussion guide for volunteers to help with difficult conversations around recent law enforcement activity in communities across the country.
New AFS Exchange Podcast Episode!
In the Season 5 finale of The AFS Exchange podcast, we tackle the reality of exchange head-on: the moments of challenge that
Volunteer Training Opportinities
Fall Forward: The Ideal Season for Learning and Leveling Up
Training Opportunity: Exchange Student Mental Health
The session is focused on mental health first aid – how do we approach a mental health situation and how do we categorize low level through high level.
AFS-USA Hosting Call Recap: Powerful Stories, Tools, and What’s Next
Missed the 7/31 Hosting Call? Catch up now—moving stories, key insights, and tools to help you place students in these final weeks before the 9/4 deadline.
August 2025 National Liaison and Support Volunteer Trainings
The AFS-USA Support and Learning Department will be holding two nationwide zoom trainings for Liaisons, Support Coordinators, and Associate Support Coordinators in August.
Important Changes to the AFS Medical Insurance Starting January 1, 2025
We would like to inform all AFS-USA volunteers that, in January, the claims and reimbursement process of the AFS participant medical plan