July 30-YFU USA COVID-19 UPDATE
Jennifer McKendree
Update July 30
For nearly 70 years, YFU has remained a leader in international high school exchange. The health, safety, and well-being of all of our participants have always been our top priority. With this in mind, YFU USA has made the difficult and painful decision to cancel our Fall 2020 Inbound International High School Student Program. The American Study Abroad Program has NOT been impacted by this decision.
As the pandemic situation in the United States continues to deteriorate, it is not safe for our international students to arrive this fall. The escalation of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths in the US, as well as the uncertain opening of many schools pose an undue risk to the quality and safety of YFU USA’s program, and online learning has been determined by the YFU network and the US Department of State as an unacceptable exchange experience.
Read more about YFU’s 2020-2021 inbound program cancellation, what host families can do until we resume our inbound programming in January, and how our 2020 American Study Abroad program is moving forward!