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[quote=Anonymous]The agencies basically offer the same services, but with slight variations. I would suggest you reach out to the big agencies in your area and speak with the local coordinators. This is the person who will be on the front line if you have any problems with the program, so it's important to be comfortable with him/her.

For what it's worth, we are with InterExchange, which is a smaller agency. It is a non-profit, and the fees are generally lower than APC and CC by about $800. My coordinator has been in her role for 20 years and was a host mom before. We have received excellent service in the 7yrs we have been with them.

The drawbacks of InterExchange, in my opinion, are the search on the web site is not that great. It requires a lot of reading/digging to find right candidate. Also because it is a smaller agency, they have less families/candidates, therefore options are limited when rematching (which we went through once). On the other side, their vetting process seems very thorough.

I have a good friend who was a coordinator for APC and speaks very highly about the agency. I would consider going with them if the candidate I really wanted were with them.

I would not go with CC, based on my past experience with a candidate we found online and eventually switched to IE. I was surprised that her profile was available online for families to review, while she had not yet passed her physical and criminal check. I was told that they run those only once the AP has a match, to make sure these documents don't lapse between the time she does the physical/background check, and applies for her visa. Perhaps someone can confirm that? CC also always prices at the top of the list both for families and for AP applicants.

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