{"id":17,"date":"2017-12-05T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/laa\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-04-20T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T21:08:41","slug":"au-pair-america","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/laa\/au-pair-america\/","title":{"rendered":"About APIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em><span style=\"color: #11a7c2\">The nation\u2019s first &amp; most recognized au pair program<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Au Pair in America combines cultural exchange &amp; live-in child care for a mutually rewarding and enriching experience for the entire family.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"landing-heading\"><em><span style=\"color: #11a7c2\">Trusted live-in child care since 1986<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">For over 30 years, we have placed more than 100,000 au pairs with U.S. families like yours. That&#8217;s longer than any other U.S.-based Au Pair agency.\u00a0 We set the standard and continue to raise the bar for quality, intercultural child care.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #11a7c2\">Our initial model \u2014remains the program standard to this day<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Being the first organization to offer a Red Cross safety program and a customized AAA driving course are milestones and initiatives we are very proud to have pioneered. Our original structure included a comprehensive au pair selection and screening process, cultural and educational activities for families and au pairs and expert, local support services that families can depend on. These were hallmarks of the original program and they continue to this day, enhanced by the experience and knowledge we\u2019ve gained over 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">What do we provide for you?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">careful screening<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">orientation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">child safety courses for au pairs upon arrival<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">the supervision of local community counselors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">read more about <a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/laa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2020\/04\/What-Sets-Us-Apart-2019.pdf\">What Sets Us Apart<\/a> from other agencies here<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #11a7c2\">Choose from au pairs from over 50 different countries<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Including Brazil,\u00a0Colombia,\u00a0Germany,\u00a0Poland,\u00a0South Africa,\u00a0Thailand,\u00a0and many more!\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #adaaaa\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080\"><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/argentina.asp\">Argentina<\/a>,<a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/australia.asp\"> Australia<\/a>, <strong><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/austria.asp\">Austria<\/a><\/strong>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belgium\">Belgium<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/bolivia.asp\">Bolivia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/bosnia.asp\">Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/a>, <strong><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/brazil.asp\">Brazil<\/a><\/strong>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/canada.asp\">Canada<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/chile.asp\">Chile<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/china.asp\">China<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/colombia.asp\">Colombia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/costarica.asp\">Costa Rica<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/croatia.asp\">Croatia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/czech.asp\">Czech Republic<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/denmark.asp\">Denmark<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/ecuador.asp\">Ecuador<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/elsalvador.asp\">El Salvador<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/estonia.asp\">Estonia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/finland.asp\">Finland<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/france.asp\">France<\/a>, <strong><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/germany.asp\">Germany<\/a><\/strong>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\">Greece<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/guatemala.asp\">Guatemala<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Honduras\">Honduras<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/hungary.asp\">Hungary<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/ireland.asp\">Ireland<\/a>,<strong> <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/israel.asp\">Israel<\/a>,<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/italy.asp\">Italy<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jamaica\">Jamaica<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/southkorea.asp\">Korea<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/latvia.asp\">Latvia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malawi\">Malawi<\/a>, <strong><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/mexico.asp\">Mexico<\/a><\/strong>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Namibia\">Namibia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/netherlands.asp\">Netherlands<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/newzealand.asp\">New Zealand<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/newzealand.asp\">Norway<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/panama.asp\">Panama<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/peru.asp\">Peru<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/poland.asp\">Poland<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/portugal.asp\">Portugal<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/russia.asp\">Russia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/serbia.asp\">Serbia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/slovakia.asp\">Slovakia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slovenia\">Slovenia<\/a>, <strong><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/southafrica.asp\">South Africa<\/a><\/strong>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/spain.asp\">Spain<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/sweden.asp\">Sweden<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/switzerland.asp\">Switzerland<\/a>,<a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/thailand.asp\">\u00a0<\/a><\/em><em style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><strong><a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/thailand.asp\">Thailand<\/a>,<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/ukraine.asp\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #808080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/culture_quests\/unitedkingdom.asp\">United Kingdom<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #11a7c2\">Solid Corporate Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, Au Pair in America maintains offices in five countries with a network of more than 600 employees worldwide dedicated to providing you with a reliable source of child care and a once-in-a-lifetime cultural exchange experience for your family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Our headquarters, provides comprehensive support to all program participants. An experienced and dedicated placement team facilitates the selection and distribution of au pair applications for host family review and regional managers assist the activities of our community counselors throughout the country. We also handle the logistics like visas, flights and offer the definitive au pair orientation program in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Au Pair in America is a division of the American Institute For Foreign Study (AIFS). With more than 50 years of experience, AIFS is a leader in the educational and cultural exchange arena. More than 50,000 people participate each year on AIFS programs\u2014more than 1.5 million since its\u2019 founding in 1964. AIFS maintain offices in the U.S., Australia, France, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nation\u2019s first &amp; most recognized au pair program Au Pair in America combines cultural exchange &amp; live-in child care for a mutually rewarding and enriching experience for the entire family. Trusted live-in child care since 1986 For over 30 years, we have placed more than 100,000 au pairs with U.S. families like yours. 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