9 7 8 . ▁ ▁During ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁Y F U , ▁Inc . ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁primary ▁administrative ▁organization ▁for ▁applications ▁and ▁inter views ▁in ▁the ▁Congress - B und est ag ▁Youth ▁Exchange ▁( CB Y X ) ▁scholar ship ▁program , ▁over seen ▁by ▁the ▁now ▁def unct ▁United ▁States ▁Information ▁Agency ▁( US IA ). ▁With ▁the ▁dissol ution ▁of ▁the ▁US IA ▁toward ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁the ▁C BY X ▁scholar ship ▁program ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁re organ ized ▁on ▁a ▁regional ▁basis , ▁and ▁Y F U ▁ceased ▁its ▁central ▁administrative ▁control . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Y F U , ▁Inc . ▁ceased ▁operations ▁and ▁file d ▁for ▁Chapter ▁ 1 1 ▁bank rupt cy ▁later ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁Y F U ▁organization ▁in ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁re organ ized ▁as ▁Y F U ▁USA ▁Inc ., ▁which ▁opened ▁on ▁March ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁The ▁organization ' s ▁offices ▁were ▁moved ▁to ▁Beth es da , ▁Maryland ▁later ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁Ulrich ▁Zahl ten , ▁founder ▁and ▁former ▁chair ▁of ▁Y F U ▁Germany , ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁Y F U ▁USA . ▁This ▁re organ ization ▁also ▁revers ed ▁the ▁organization ' s ▁mis fortun es ; ▁the ▁annual ▁report ▁for ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁reports