Program Options
Agent Au Pair offers multiple program options to meet your family’s needs! The first step to becoming a host family is to select the program that best accommodates the needs of your family.
Standard Au Pair
Childcare: Up to 45 hours a week
Minimum Weekly Stipend: $195.75
Education Requirement: 6 semester credits or 72 classroom hours at an accredited post-secondary institution. Host families are required to provide up to $500 towards the au pair’s educational costs.
Pro Au Pair
Childcare: Up to 45 hours a week
Minimum Weekly Stipend: $265.00
Education Requirement: 6 semester credits or 72 classroom hours at an accredited post-secondary institution. Host families are required to provide up to $500 towards the au pair’s educational costs.
Additional qualifications:
- A 4 year degree in a child related field or one which had a pediatric component
- At least 2500h of childcare experience with non-family members
OR
- Previous full-time au pair experience of at least 6m (outside of current contract)
- Able to provide proof and documentation of previous au pair experience (letter/certificate of completion & childcare reference from former family/families adding up to a minimum of 1000h of experience)
TutorCare
Childcare: Up to 30 hours a week
Minimum Weekly Stipend: $146.81
Education Requirement: 12 semester credits or 144 classroom hours at an accredited post-secondary institution. Host families are required to provide up to $1,000 towards the au pair’s educational costs.
TutorCare is a program that provides 30 hours of childcare per week to host families that have school-aged children. This program is for families who require care primarily during the mornings before school and after school with some option for evening and weekend hours.
Infant Care Au Pairs
Au pairs need to be qualified to care for infants ages 3 months to 24 months. Infant Care au pairs have at least 200 hours of verifiable experience caring for children under the age of 2 before being accepted into the program. Regular program fees apply.
Extension Au Pairs
Extension au pairs are in country and have the option to extend for 6, 9, or 12 months. Most au pairs will extend with the same host family, however there are occasionally au pairs that are available for placement with a new host family. Extension fees for the same host family and same au pair are a percentage of the program fee, and are dependent on the length of the extension (the program allows for 6, 9, or 12-month extensions).
Au Pair Qualifications
The United States Department of State has designated Agent Au Pair as a sponsoring organization for the Au Pair Cultural Exchange Program. The requirements and guidelines for participation in our program are determined by the US Department of State and are the same for all Au Pair Programs in the United States.
To be an au pair, candidates must:
- Be between the ages of 18 and 26 when they arrive in the USA
- Be available for a 12 month cultural exchange program
- Have previous childcare experience
- Candidates must have good English language skills – achieve a Minimum B1 level of English on the standardized iTEP English test
- Be a secondary school graduate or equivalent
- Be in good health and have no criminal record
- Have a driver’s license
Please note: To care for children under the age of two, au pair candidates must have at least 200 hours of previous childcare experience with children under the age of two. Agent Au Pair supports program participation from all nations, but obtaining a J-1 Visa may be challenging in some countries.