Evaluation of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' Oversight of Participant Safety

This evaluation will determine the extent to which ECA has clear policies and procedures in place to facilitate the safety of secondary student exchange participants and respond to safety-related complaints, assess ECA's efforts to verify that secondary student exchange sponsors and hosts adhere to participant-related safety program requirements, and assess the extent to which ECA comprehensively tracks and responds to secondary student exchange program safety-related complaints. Independent external evaluator Kearney & Company, P.C. (Kearney), will perform this review under OIG’s direction.