September 17, 2025
Host Families Needed for 2026 Inbound Exchanges
For 2026 hosting opportunities through States’ 4-H International Exchange Programs (States’ 4-H) in Kansas will likely be limited to the Japan Exchange from July 23 to August 15, 2026, and Taiwan 4-H from June 30 to July 25, with host families. We had a great experience with the Taiwan 4-H group of five teens and a chaperone this summer and are trying to determine Kansas 4-H families’ level of interest in hosting a Taiwan 4-H teen during July before Kansas commits to hosting numbers on September 25, 2025. Families for Japan or Taiwan inbounds must have a host sibling of the same gender and near the same age. Taiwan hosts should be involved in 4-H.
We plan to communicate with this year’s host families directly. If county staff know of families interested in hosting teens in the July time period, please let Mary Kay Munson know before September 25. Contact her at 785-375-3190 or mkm2@ksu.edu . Applications for States’ 4-H hosting will open on October 1.