Youth in the USA - Framework for Growing Up in the U.S.

However, there are a handful of programs that allow high school students to spend a semester or year abroad. These programs can be costly for families and tend to be most accessible to students whose families have the financial abi - lity to pay for the exchange trips. Otherwise, schools may subsidize the programs for stu - dents or support students and families with fundraising initiatives. There is a larger num - ber of university study abroad program op - tions and some students spend a semester or academic year abroad during college. Howe - ver, these programs can also be costly and less accessible for low-income students.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) is a United States government pro - gram that provides intensive language study abroad for high school students, particularly for languages that are in the national securi - ty interest of the United States. NSLI-Y offers programs for Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesi - an, Korean, Farsi, Russian, and Turkish. These programs can take place during the course of an academic year for eight to ten months or during the summer for six to seven weeks. Stu - dents must go through a rigorous application process in order to participate in this program. Yes Abroad YES Abroad is a program administered by the federal government that gives high school stu - dents and recent high school graduates the ability to spend an academic year abroad in Muslim majority countries. Students live with a host family and attend a local school and have a full immersion experience during their year. They are meant to teach the people in their host-country about life in the United States.

United States Government Programs for International Youth Education

In addition to study abroad service providers and non-profit organizations, the United States government has two programs to encourage students to study abroad in high school. These programs are the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) and YES Abroad .

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