Host an Exchange Student

CCI invites you and your family to enjoy the enriching and rewarding experience of becoming a volunteer host family.

Ready to Host? Start Your Application Now. 

You will make the lifelong dream of an international high school student come true, enrich the lives of your family and those in your community and contribute in a significant way to global peace and understanding.  

“What I didn’t anticipate was how, as the host mother, these boys would enrich my life! They become my children not only to cook and clean for but also to solve problems with, laugh and cry with, and love. We had such a great experience with the first CCI student that we decided to host another boy during the next school year!” – Becky, a CCI host mother in Indiana

If your family is interested in hosting an exchange student, please complete the Host Family Inquiry Form. You will then be contacted by someone in your area who will answer all of your questions and provide you more information.

Thank you for your interest in changing the lives of international exchange students and making a difference in your community! 

The Department of State implemented a toll free number (1-866-283-9090) for secondary school students, which was effective August 1, 2009. The toll free number can be used by host families, exchange students and the public to report circumstances impacting the students’ health, safety and well being during their exchange visitor programs. You may also email the Department at jvisas@state.gov.