About Au Pair in America

Au Pair in America is the nation's first legal au pair program. Since 1986, we have provided the best child care opportunities to host families across the US and au pairs from around the world.

Au Pairs and our Community

Linus Blanket Au pairs in the western suburbs got together to make a blanket for Project Linus.  Project Linus provides security blankets for children who are ill or experiencing  trauma.  We will be collecting fleece for a major Project Linus Initiative planned for the fall 2012.  Contact aupairdupage@gmail.com for more information.

Choosing an Agency

Au Pair in America has a field network of 180 community counselors?  Au Pair in America community counselors provide daily, ongoing, local support to both host families and au pairs. Counselors are steeped in the love of cultural exchange, and their job is to 

provide the best guidance they can. They have no quotas and do not work on commission, so when you need their help, there are no strings attached!

Chicagoland Community Counsellors at Project Linus volunteer event.  Project Linus an agency that distributes handmade blankets to children in need.

Chicagoland Community Counsellors at Project Linus volunteer event. Project Linus an agency that distributes handmade blankets to children in need.

Project Linus

Over 90 Chicagoland au pairs and their community counselors volunteered their time to make over 100 blankets for Project Linus- an organization that distributes handmade blankets to children in hospitals.
 
Chicagoland au pair "blanketeers" pose by their completed blankets at the end of a long, but fulfilling afternoon

Chicagoland au pair "blanketeers" pose by their completed blankets at the end of a long, but fulfilling afternoon

 
Chicagoland au pairs with their completed blankets-sure to put a smile on a child's face!

Chicagoland au pairs with their completed blankets-sure to put a smile on a child's face!