The Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) is a scholarship
program administered by the U.S. Department of State through funding
from the Freedom Support Act. The program provides opportunities for
high school students from Eurasia (former Soviet Union, including: Russia,
Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Krygyzstan) to spend a year
in the United States, living with a family and attending an American
high school. The program was created in 1992 out of former Senator Bill
Bradley’s conviction that the best way to ensure long-lasting peace
and understanding between the U.S. and Eurasia is to enable young people
to learn about democracy firsthand through experiencing it.
This site is designed to provide valuable information,
serve as a forum to share thoughts and ideas, and act as resource center
for students, host families and local coordinators involved in the FLEX
program. For more information about the FLEX program, visit the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
web site: http://exchanges.state.gov/education/citizens/students/
