{"id":40209,"date":"2025-08-20T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?page_id=40209"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:05:33","slug":"host-family-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/student-life\/host-family-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Host Family Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block rtf align style-default align-default position-right bg-color-default\">\n\t<div class=\"block-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rtf-content cf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>KWU&#8217;s Host Family Program is an important part of the work to integrate students in the Coyote Pack, and into the greater Salina community in general. 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