About CAEP
HHK Merges with CAEP!
Become a CAEP Business Partner
Become a CAEP Educational Partner
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About CAEP
For more than a quarter century, Communicating for Agriculture Education Programs has carried out the vision of giving young adults an opportunity to experience the world through agricultural exchange, and provide an opportunity for rural families to be touched by other cultures, cultivating lifelong friendships.
Host businesses benefit from working with motivated and qualified trainees at an affordable rate.
Our technical capability, network of offices worldwide, and variety of programs enhances our stellar track record of success:
- Over 30 program options
- Over 20,000 international interns placed
- 16 International Offices connecting globally
- 48 International Partners in 50 countries
- Use of state-of-the-art technology
- Highest rate of visa approval
How We Do It
We match specific business needs of host companies with qualified applicants looking for a paid internship opportunity. Through our offices around the world, we select, screen and match applicants based on criteria of rural and agricultural companies. An effective training plan ensures mutual expectations are met.
We foster a mutually beneficial relationship between host and trainee. Let us put learning to work for you today!
HHK Merges with CAEP!
CAEP is proud to announce that its long-time business associate, HHK, has merged into CAEP as July 1, 2011. All of HHK's programs, which were formerly available under the AgriVenture program, are now offered under the CAEP banner, providing more opportunities for young people to experience the world through agricultural exchange. We have set up a special Facebook page to communicate these important and exciting changes. We encourage you to participate with us at www.facebook.com/caep.programs now, and be a part of this positive journey.
Become a CAEP Business Partner
CAEP is an organization that brings people from all over the world together to travel, learn and earn. We are the largest J-1 Agriculture program in the world. Over 20,000 trainees have come to the U.S. to live and experience life with our host families and businesses. Many have found careers and run large farms, nurseries, wineries and horse operations in their respective countries. Some have just racked up the experience as a life experience in growing up. All have loved the opportunity to explore another culture through our programs.
The Business Model
CAEP works with CAEP Partners* to recruit young people to come on our programs. These "trainees", or "interns" come to the U.S. and other host countries for 3 to 12 months to "learn and earn" with one of our host companies. They pay fees that include; Partner fees, the price of the ticket, insurance, and fees to CAEP for placement, management, and certification.
*Partners is collectively, Recruiters, Recruitment Offices, and Country Partners.
As a CAEP Partner, you have access to our online systems for worldwide application processing, We As a CAEP Partner, you have access to our online systems for worldwide application processing, marketing, presentation, technology assistance in building your market, financial assistance programs, and opportunities to develop a hosting business in your own country for worldwide participants. provide marketing, presentation and technology assistance in building your market, financial assistance programs, and opportunities to develop a hosting business in your own country for worldwide participants.
There are three levels of partnership with CAEP:
A Recruiter is an individual, who wishes to register with CAEP directly, and/or CAEP and a CAEP Recruitment Office for the purpose of selling CAEP products. Often this is a past CAEP participant who wishes to supplement and eventually build a business to recruit participants to the CAEP program.
A CAEP Recruitment Office is a CAEP office who promotes CAEP services exclusively and has the right to all CAEP brands, assigned territories, marketing assistance, and special programs (ie financing from CAEP).
A Country Partner is an existing independent business who receives special pricing from CAEP for CAEP services and who provides CAEP services in conjunction with other vendor’s products and services.
Additional Revenue Streams
In some cases insurance fees charged by CAEP are commissionable back to the CAEP Partners. If you have an individual that travels the world with CAEP, you receive commissions on all the fees associated with that individual as they travel throughout the world on multiple placements with CAEP.
Duties
A CAEP Partner is responsible for recruiting people to the CAEP programs, managing applications, and assisting the applicant through the visa application process.
If you are interested in becoming a Partner with CAEP, please contact Greg:
Send an email to greg@caep.org with more information about your organization and why you are interested in partnering with CAEP. Our phone number is: 218-739-3241.
Become a CAEP Educational Partner
Our slogan is “We Put Learning to Work”. It says it all. We partner with educational institutions worldwide to fulfill the practical “hands-on” component of the learning process. We are not an accredited educational institution. Rather, we are the link to take educational curriculum and tie into real-world skills development to better prepare an individual for their career. CAEP provides three ways to partner with academic institutions:
1. Current International Participants Pursuing an Educational Experience. Through CA, J-1 authorization, CAEP places an individual who qualifies as an accredited student in a post-secondary institution in their own country, into a “work and learn” experience. A minimum of the first half of their potential 12 month stay can be in a work/training program. The remaining half can be attending school. CAEP acts as an “educational advisor” and matches the current J-1 participants to the best school in their geographic, interest, or pre-chosen institution. CAEP handles all applications, course chooses, and payments on behalf of the applicant.
2. Institutions looking to provide International Experiences. CAEP has been in the training and work visa business for over 25 years with over 20,000 participants. CAEP has a global network of employers and partners who can place your students into an internship placement in 42 countries. For schools that are looking to outsource or enhance their “International Presence”, CAEP can handle recruitment and placement for your institution.
3. Sandwich Programs for Institutions with an Internship Component. CAEP has contacts with academic institutions worldwide. We can manage your “sandwich” program by getting you in contact with our worldwide network of offices that work daily with educational institutions in their country to build you International Educational experience. CAEP will include our own vocational internship component into the International experience.
CAEP uses a sophisticated tracking tool, (“Skillability”) to map the participant’s educational objectives to the skills that will be practiced and mastered on the job. These skills are employer generated and endorsed by international skill standards for curriculum vitae. In the United States, the skills are recognized by the U.S. Department of Labor as the CA National Skills Standards. CAEP’s unique approach takes each employer’s skills and maps it back to the curriculum objectives of the originating school and the destination school. This positions CAEP as a strong partner in showing the educational institution’s curriculum is tied to relevant skills need by today’s employers around the globe.
Three organizations make up the CA family of educational programs:
Communicating for America is the parent, non-profit organization with tens of thousands of farmers, ranchers and small business members across the United States and abroad. The members are the hosts, our trainees and interns. The CA organization has been promoting rural education, training, legislation and health care for over 35 years.
Communicating for Agriculture Scholarship and Education Foundation has awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships to young people worldwide. This organization is the registered entity with the Department of State for J-1 visas.
CA Education Programs (CAEP) administrates the training and internship programs on behalf of the Foundation.
CA has been a long-time adviser to the State Department regarding regulatory issues for J-1 visas and has received high marks from Congress for our efforts to promote agriculture education:
"Mr. Speaker, CA has also been a strong supporter of the education of young people in providing the opportunity to train and experience life and personal growth overseas. Today, the CA Education Programs has become the largest program of its kind in the country."
Collin Peterson - Member of the House Agriculture Committee.
Every winery, farm, ranch, nursery, business or other host business as well as trainees and interns are members of CA. This means that our host companies have a long term commitment of involvement with our organization not just as a host to interns, but also as a member of our rural advocacy organization.
State -of-the-art applicant processing: All candidates of our programs are screened via video conferencing by CAEP. The candidates complete all applications online, have all documents and contracts processed online, and all communication archived for auditing purposes and immediate retrieval.
The Communicating for Agriculture Scholarships and Education Foundation is authorized by the U.S. State Department to sponsor visas on behalf of the United State Government under the J1 category of Internship and Trainees.
The Foundation provides emerging leaders in rural communities scholarships for educational advancement - both here at home and abroad. Headed by leaders from all over the country, the Foundation helps cultivate new globally minded citizens through education and travel.
The Foundation has awarded over 2.5 million dollars to young Americans striving to obtain their career dreams. Scholarships benefit a wide range of young people in the fields of nursing, agriculture, and other studies or who want to train in a field where the benefit of practical skill development can be taken back to their communities. The CA Foundation takes a "world view" that young people should be encouraged to visit countries with businesses that have global presence to develop global work skills.