Hosting

Host Family Application Forms

We prefer that host family applicants complete the online application. To request an email be sent to a family with the website, login, and password, please contact your Regional Service Center. To learn more about the online host family application, please refer to the following powerpoint document:

• Intro to the Online Host Family Application (PowerPoint)

If a family does not have access to the internet, then please use the paper form:

• Host family application (paper forms)

Hosting Process

• Finding host families
• Talking with potential host families
• Hosting Lead Management Process
• Interviewing host families
• Matching families to students
• School approval
• Completing the placement
• Next steps: Orientations and Support
  • Such as: Host Family Pre-Arrival orientation

Volunteers Involved

• AT Hosting Coordinator
• Chapter Hosting Coordinator
• Hosting Volunteer
• Hosting placement requester
• Hosting lead recipient
• Host family application coordinator
• Host family interviewer
• School presenter
• Event organizer

Hosting Staff Positions

• Hosting staff

Hosting Best Practices

• Host Family Recruitment Strategies
• Understanding & Promoting School Relations
• Writing Student Bios: A Beginner’s Guide
• Overcoming Objections
• Tasks for New Hosting Volunteers
• Tips for Welcome Families
• Utilizing Area Team Hosting Memos
• World Neighbors Badge Workshop
• Letter to Host Families with Bad Experience (PDF)
• Nontraditional Host Family Introduction Letter

Reference Materials

• GL Help Hosting
• Hosting Country Information
• Country Codes
• Conferences and Trainings
• CSIET Guide (PDF)
• Study and Survey Results
• Hosting Statuses and Meanings
• Quality standards
• Sponsored Programs for Hosting
• Hosted Student Immunizations
• National Hosting Advisory Group
• Auto Email Examples

Marketing Materials

• AFS USA Print Materials
• Host Family Recruitment Documents
• School Relations
• Media Related Materials
• Community Relations
• Electronic

• Hosting Blurb
• Certificate of Appreciation

Manuals

• Sponsored Programs Cluster Resource Guide (PDF)
• Passport to Hosting (PDF) - Volunteer Learning Guide
• Host Family Handbook
• Country Specific Host Family Handbooks