Current Status of AFS, regarding recent terrorist attack on USA: "All hosted students are safe. The few students and teachers who are hosted within the general vicinity of the affected areas have been contacted and are fine and with their host families. Natural families of students abroad also in these areas have been contacted and are also fine," according to The Central States Regional Service Center Employees. Click here for the full bulletin.

Upcoming Event: 2001 VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION - Nov. 2-4 at the Kansas City Airport Hilton. It's your chance to get connected or reconnected with AFS! High school counselors, AFS club presidents, local volunteers, host families wanting to become involved, AFS and press advocates, returnees...

Kansas City proudly calls itself the "Heart of America." This part of the United States is known for its friendly people, strong family values, and good schools. Our AFS organization wants to make sure that our students have a year which everything hoped for.

AFS has a strong, supportive program in Kansas City and the surrounding communities. Each year the area hosts between 75 and 85 AFS students at over 30 different high schools. AFS students don't happen by accident. They are chosen from the hundreds of applications that come into the United States from all over the world. AFS Kansas City picks students because we think the Kansas City area will be a good place for him or her, and because we would like to have that student here.

Again, welcome, and please look around our website, and become familiar with Kansas City. Learn a little about our city, view our map of Kansas City, and learn what it is like to be a part of AFS.

We are currently looking for host families for next year. If you are interested in becoming a host family, click here.