Host Family Application

  • Host Family Application

    OCEAN-Organization for Cultural Exchange Among Nations
  • Please select the program for which you are applying.*
  • Is your street address the same as your mailing address?*
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Do you have a cell phone?*
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • May we contact you by text?*
  • Do you live in the home full or part-time? (i.e., Do you have to spend an extended period of time away from home due to your job or other circumstances?)*
  • Level of Education Achieved:*

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Is there a 2nd host parent in the home?*
  • Do you have a cell phone?*
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • May we contact you by text?*
  • Do you live in the home full or part-time? (i.e., Do you have to spend an extended period of time away from home due to your job or other circumstances?)*
  • Level of Education Achieved:*

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Do you have children or step-children?*
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  • Are there any other persons living in the home (i.e., friends, other relatives, another exchange student, etc.)*
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  • Is this residence the site of a functioning business (i.e., daycare, farm, etc.)?*
  • Utilities (Check all that apply):*
  • Do you reside on a military base or Indian Reservation?*
  • Is there public transportation available in your area?*
  • Are there any areas in or near your neighborhood that you feel the student should avoid?*
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • How will the student get to and from school?*

  • Please check any activities below that your family members participate in on a regular basis.*
  • Does any member of your family participate in volunteer activities within the community?*
  • Does any member of your family play a musical instrument?*
  • Do you have any musical instruments available in your home?*
  • Please check all that apply:*

  • What type of music does your family listen to?

  • Do you have any pets in your household?*
  • Do any members of your family smoke?*
  • Are you willing to inform the exchange student in advance of the religious affiliation of any members of your household?*
  • Would you like for your international student to attend religious services/activities with you on a regular basis?*
  • Would any members of your household have difficulty hosting a student whose religious beliefs are different from their own?*
  • Have you every hosted an international student before?*
  • Is any member of your family fluent in another language?*
  • Does anyone in the home receive any kind of public assistance (financial needs-based government subsidies for food or housing?*
  • Has your family ever had any contact with Child Protective Services in the past?*
  • Does anyone in your family have any physical or psychological disability/illness?*
  • Does anyone in your family have any special dietary practices or restrictions?*
  • Would you expect your student to follow any specific dietary restrictions?*
  • Would you feel comfortable hosting a student who follows a particular dietary restriction (i.e., vegetarian, vegan, no red meat, etc.)?*
  • Please describe your family's dietary habits.*

  • Is your family willing to provide special transportation so that the student may participate in extracurricular activities either after school, in the evenings or on weekends?*
  • Do any of your children attend the same school in which the international student will be enrolled?*
  • Does any member of your household work or volunteer for the high school in a coaching, teaching or administrative capacity?*
  • Has any member of your household had contact with a coach regarding the hosting of an exchange student with a particular athletic ability?*
  • What is your age preference?
  • It is mandatory that the student have his/her own bed; however, he/she may share a bedroom with a host sibling of the same gender who is 12 years or older. The student may share a bedroom with no more than one other person. The student must also have a place where he/she can store his/her clothing and personal belongings. Will the student have his/her own bedroom?*
  • Will the student's room have a place for him/her to study?*

  • Please click on the submit button below to complete this portion of the application.

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