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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Each agency should be required to disclose what percentage of attempted rematches are successful for the au pairs. Many get sent home after the allowable 14 days.
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I'm a host mom (not an AP program naysayer), but I think this is a really good idea.

I wish AP companies were forced to report:
1) how many rematches were initiated by their APs
2) how many rematches were initiated by the HFs
3) (how many were "mutual")
4) and how many rematches were successful.

I think this would shed a lot of light on which agencies really are doing their jobs well.  I've been a HM for 8 years now.  I've mostly had good experiences (2 rematches), but I think both the good matches and the bad matches are primarily a product of whether both parties have similar, reasonable expectations about what the program is or isn't.

If you saw an Agency with a high number of rematches, to me, that indicates that the agency is not doing a good job of educating the participants.

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Exactly. Why aren't agencies disclosing their rate of:

1. Failed matches
2. Attempted rematches
3. Successful rematches

There's nothing complicated here. In fact, I'm certain each agency must keep these statistics, however private it may be. This would be the only way the owners could evaluate the competence of the matchmakers.
Also, where is the data on the exit interviews of the au pairs? Is this kept private as well?[/quote]

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