Hosting an international student will benefit your family by:

• Sharing the American Dream with a student of another culture
• Providing the opportunity to show a student from another culture that American people do work hard, play hard and are passionate about their concern for the local and global communities
• Having an up-close and personal opportunity to learn about another culture or cultures
• Having an "edge" on the future for your own children who through this experience will have an edge on education and the international business world. Your own children will be better able to understand and communicate across cultures

You and your families responsibilities as a host family will include providing:

• Room and Board
• Some transportation
• Some guidance

The costs to your family included:

• Room and board for your student as well as some transportation (Students come with their own spending money and medical insurance)

As a CETUSA Host Family, choosing a student is easy:

• You will work with a CETUSA Coordinator to choose the student that best matches your family
• Students hail from Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China (and Hong Kong, China), Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, amongst others
• Students come with good academics as well as English skills sufficient to enter an American high school
• Students have shared information about themselves for you to review in the selection process. They list their interests, desires etc. for your review

When your host family would like to go on vacation, here are some solutions:

• Often host families will arrange for the student to go with them
• In the event that is not possible to take the student with, perhaps a neighbor will take the student while you are traveling

• We have students who will fit right into that lifestyle! Eventually, students make their own friends at the school and begin to accept invitations from them

Qualify to host a student by doing the following:

• Complete a Host Family Profile (this is an external link to an Acrobat Reader file)
• Invite a CETUSA Coordinator into your home for an in-home Host Family interview
• Allow CETUSA to check your references
• Allow CETUSA to seek approval from your local high school

Your family will be a successful Host Family for the following reasons:

• CETUSA wants all participants to have a successful and rewarding experience and we will work with you toward that goal
• There are no guarantees, but your CETUSA Coordinator will be with you every step of the way, from orientation to departure
• Your Coordinator is trained to assist the student in adapting, and to work with you and your student throughout the program. He or she will be as close as your telephone!
• In the event you are not able to reach your Coordinator in an emergency situation, CETUSA provides a 24-hour emergency service through our toll-free number

You and your family can learn more about hosting an international student by:

• Calling CETUSA today at our toll-free number: 1 (888) 238 - 8721
• We will have a local coordinator contact you to answer any questions you and your family may have
• You may then schedule an appointment for the in-home Host Family interview