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About Au Pair in America

Au Pair in America is the nation’s first federally approved program for both U.S. families seeking au pairs to provide live-in child care, and international young people wanting to take part in a year long cultural exchange.

Au Pair in America (aupairinamerica.com) has 136 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 4.1 out of 5.

Also known as: aupairinamerica.com
Website: aupairinamerica.com
Category: Kids & Family
Location: Stamford, Connecticut
Listed on The Fair Hearing: 2026

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May 4, 2023

The Au Pair in America program

The Au Pair in America online portal is very efficient, as well as the application and documentation process. What leaves a lot to be desired is the support for Au Pairs when we are with the family, no matter how good the family is, the service in general is very tiring and stressful, we work as much as anyone else 45 hours a week earning only 4 dollars per hour , this is a shame, the excuse for paying so little is that we are in the country to study and we live with the family, however the scholarship is only 500 dollars per year and the study hours are only 72 hours, the study is a lot weak, and can be completed in a short time, does not justify paying such a low salary. Being in another country, working a lot, earning so little and so many other problems make many Au Pairs psychologically ill and the agency does not provide support in this regard,

By TAMIRES NUNES DE A.

Response from Au Pair in America· May 5, 2023

We appreciate you sharing this review. And are very pleased to hear you found our online portal, application and documentation processes efficient. The au pair program is regulated by the US Department of State, which does require that host families pay a minimum weekly stipend and provide room and board. In addition, host families and au pairs can agree on a higher weekly stipend. The DOS states that au pairs may not work more than 45 hours of work a week and in some cases au pairs work less hours (in agreement with their host family). I'm so sorry to hear that the program wasn't what you expected in this regard as we work hard to make sure our host families and au pairs have clear expectations about what the program is really like. But I'm also encouraged to see that you did decide to extend on the program for an additional 12 months. And that you had many positive exchanges with your community counselors during those 24 months about the great time you were having on the program. Hopefully those positive memories will stay with you for the future.