In addition to study abroad service providers and non-profit organizations, the United States government has two programs to encourage students to study abroad in high school.

These programs are the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) and YES Abroad.

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) is a United States government program that provides intensive language study abroad for high school students, particularly for languages that are in the national security interest of the United States. NSLI-Y offers programs for Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Farsi, Russian, and Turkish. These programs can take place during the course of an academic year for eight to ten months or during the summer for six to seven weeks. Students must go through a rigorous application process in order to participate in this program. 

YES Abroad is a program administered by the federal government that gives high school students and recent high school graduates the ability to spend an academic year abroad in Muslim majority countries. Students live with a host family and attend a local school and have a full immersion experience during their year. They are meant to teach the people in their host-country about life in the United States. The program is extremely competitive, and the YES Abroad program pays for airfare, room and board, tuition, and other expenses.