Did you know that APIA au pairs with at least 6 months left on their contracts are eligible to receive a scholarship from APIA for an American Red Cross First Aid class? They can either have APIA enroll them directly into a class or sign up for a class and get reimbursed by APIA. Read on to find out more!
Classes in First Aid and CPR are available all over the country through the American Red Cross. Au pair in America will pay for the cost of a class provided an au pair has at least six months left on her visa and she takes the Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED class.
STEP 1 ~ COURSE SELECTION
- For APIA to enroll a participant, the selected class must be given by the American Red Cross, and not an affiliate/partner. For instance, when choosing classes, the provider must be American Red Cross.
- All au pairs should have 2 class choices. This will help in the event that a first choice is no longer available.
- See Red Cross link for course locations and options.
STEP 2 ~ SIGN UP
- Once an au pair has decided on her class choice, she will need to fill out the Red Cross Sign Up Community Course Registration
- This will prompt her to fill out all the necessary information needed to enroll.
- This document must be emailed back to Courtney Simpson at csimpson@aifs.com. She will need 4 business days to process and enroll the au pair in her selected course.
- If an au pair wants to take a class not provided by American Red Cross, that is OK. However, APIA cannot sign her up for the course. Instead, she will have to sign up, and we will reimburse her once we have received a receipt for the class.
- APIA will reimburse for the Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED classes only.
- Au pairs hoping to use the Red Cross scholarship will need to have 6 months remaining on their contract. This is to ensure that both the host family and au pair are benefitting from the scholarship.
Contact Courtney Simpson at csimpson@aifs.com if you have any questions!
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