1. Benefits & Steps to Become a
City Vision Internship Site
Andrew Sears
Executive Director
TechMission

2. About TechMission & City Vision
 TechMission is a Christian nonprofit parachurch ministry
with the values of Jesus, Justice and Technology
 City Vision College and City Vision Internships are
programs of TechMission.
 In the Past 10 years TechMission…
◦ Provided 539 AmeriCorps Members and City Vision interns that
served 22,101 k-12 children
◦ Provided accredited college courses with 536 students taking
2,582 courses through City Vision College
◦ Served over 10 million unique visitors through our websites
◦ Had 3rd most visited Website among Christians serving the poor
◦ Matched over 75,000 volunteers through
ChristianVolunteering.org & programs

3. About City Vision Internships
 In the past 10 years, we have placed over 500 full time
interns in ministries
 Currently have 67 internship sites
◦ 24 Gospel Rescue Missions
◦ Salvation Army sites (1 active + 3 former + 3 applying)
 500 intern applicants per year with 47 placed in 2014
 Interns serve 30-40 hours per week at sites
 Two Models
 Option 1: Job Readiness internship for ministry
participants and graduates
 Option 2 Christian counterpart to AmeriCorps: City
Vision recruits interns

4. Option 1: Job Readiness Model
1. Intern works at your ministry while taking classes online with City Vision
2. Full Pell grant of $5,730 - $3,500 tuition = $2,230 paid to intern (if qualified)
City Vision Internships
Ministry Program
Graduates Jobs

5. Option 2: Christian Counterpart to AmeriCorps
Intern Site
Pell Grant Paid To Student
$5,730 (if qualified)
City Vision
$3,500-
$8,000
Free Tuition in City Vision ($6,000-$10,800)
Housing
Or Stipend
(optional)
500 Intern Applicants
Intern
29-40 hour/week
internship

6. Types of Internships
Model Job
Readiness
Christian Counterpart to AmeriCorps
Option: Bachelor’s Bachelor’s
Free Tuition
Stipended
Intern
Grad School
Free Tuition
Tech Intern
Free Tuition
Cost to Ministry Free (housing
suggested)
$3,500 + housing $2,000 +
housing
+stipend
$8,000/intern
stipend/housing
optional
$8,000/intern
stipend/housing
optional
Who Pays? Student/Pell
Grant or Ministry
Ministry Ministry Ministry Ministry
Candidates Capacity/Degree
Required
Low/None Low/None High/
Bachelor’s
High/
Bachelor’s
High/
Bachelor’s
Pastoral Investment Needed &
Candidate Risk
High High Low Low Low
40% Tuition Discount for Interns    
Access to 500+ Intern Applicants
Listed on
CityVisionInternships.org
   
Who Recruits? Ministry City Vision and
Ministry
City Vision
and Ministry
City Vision
and Ministry
City Vision
and Ministry
Free GED System     
25% Tuition Discount:
Staff/Participants
    
Ministry Requirements Any Location US, Canada,
UK Nonprofit
US, Canada,
UK Nonprofit
US, Canada,
UK Nonprofit
US, Canada,
UK Nonprofit
Summer Interns   

7. 4 Benefits of Being a City Vision Site
City Vision
Internships ILS Nova
GED
(Free)
City Vision
College
25% Staff
Tuition
Discount

8. About City Vision College
 History: Started Rescue College in 1998 as a Program of AGRM,
DETC Accreditation in 2005, Transferred to TechMission in 2008
 Degrees
◦ Bachelor’s in Nonprofit Management, Addictions Studies, Missions
◦ MS in Technology and Ministry
 Statistics
◦ 79% of receive Pell grants
◦ 67% graduation rate in 2013
◦ Cumulative 91% job placement rate
◦ Growing at 20% per year since 2008
 Low Cost
◦ Tuition $6,000/year undergrad and $10,800 grad, $3,500 for interns
◦ Cost is less than 95% of private nonprofit institutions (16th lowest Christian)
◦ CCCU Average Tuition: $24,355, Liberty University’s online tuition $12,882,
National average tuition $30.994

9. ILS Nova Online Adult Basic Education, GED
and Career Education System
 Has been used by over 200 Christian learning centers in
rescue missions and rehabilitation centers
 Free to all program participants for internship sites
 Learn-to-Read (Ultimate Phonics)
 Analytical Reading
 Reading Comprehension Skills
 Learning Skills Improvement
 Analytical Thinking Skills
 Deductive Reasoning
 Analytical Writing (Mechanics of
Writing)
 Spelling Skills Improvement
 Career Counseling
 Employment Barriers
 Resumes
 Pre-employment Issues
 Applications
 Interviewing
 Job Search
 Work Competency Skills
 Community Life Skills
 Personal Finance

10. Internship Site Requirements
 Must be a Christian organization or Christian-led
business
 Organization must employ at least one full-time staff
member who could supervise a City Vision intern
 Your site must be able to pay the fees, housing and/or
stipends listed
 Be willing to provide an internship at your ministry for
the student.
 Be willing to provide accountability and supervision of
online study time, and provide the student with access
to a computer with broadband access for study time.
 Option 2: Christian Counterpart to AmeriCorps requires
◦ Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered charity in USA, Canada or UK

11. Steps to Partnering (Option 1: Job Readiness)
1. After you apply and are accepted, we will provide your organization with a discount code.
Ministries that also want City Vision to recruit interns for them, will also need to sign our
Memorandum of Understanding.
2. You select the interns. It is completely up to your organization on which of your graduates you
would like to do an internship with you. We recommend that you interview them as you would for
any job or internship, but the decision is completely up to your organization.
3. Internship Contract Template. Once you select the intern, you can use our contract template
for the internship. You may also use your own contract, but we recommend looking over our
template to make sure you have covered all key elements.)
4. Discount Code. You provide the intern with the discount code. They apply as a student
following the instructions at: http://www.cityvision.edu/admission-enrollment
5. Free GED Program. Any program participants at the site without a high school diploma or GED
will receive free access to our online adult-education and GED system ILS Nova by creating an
account at: http://www.ilsnova.com/courses/login/index.php
6. Site Director Training. Site director completes online training at:
http://www.cityvisioninternships.org/city-vision-internship-site-director-orientation
7. Interns complete City Vision Internship online training. Interns take free online courses
through City Vision College while in ministry.

12. Additional Steps for Option 2: Christian Counterpart
to AmeriCorps (do steps of option 2 plus…)
8. Start interviewing candidates through our recruitment Web portal using
the login we provide. Site recruits locally for position (City Vision College
will recruit nationally)
9. Once you decide which candidate you want, E-mail TechMission and
make an offer to the candidate.
10. Both your organization and the intern sign the intern contract with City
Vision (MS Word file).
11. Site pays City Vision College $700 (or $1,600 for graduate interns)
once an intern is placed on site. Site continues to pay at $700 (or $1,600
for graduate interns) increments on August 15, October 15, January 15,
March 15 and May 15 for a total of $3,500/year. If an intern does not
complete the full year, then the site only pays the fee up to the time
intern left.

13. Questions? Contact Us
 info@cityvisioninternships.org
 617-282-9798 x116

14. Appendix: History with Rescue
Missions and Salvation Army
and Courses

15. Rescue Mission City Vision Internship Sites
 Boston Rescue Mission (Boston, MA)
 Crossroads Nogales Mission (Nogales, AZ)
 Denver Rescue Mission (Denver, CO)
 Great Falls Rescue Mission (Great Falls, MT)
 Hiway 80 Rescue Mission Ministries
(Longview, TX)
 Holland Rescue Mission (Holland, MI)
 Isaiah House (Willisburg, KY)
 Keystone Rescue Mission Alliance (Scranton
& Wyoming Valley, PA)
 New Life Center (Fargo, ND)
 The Path of Citrus County (Beverly Hills, FL)
 Redwood Gospel Mission (Santa Rosa, CA)
 Rescue Mission of Utica (Utica, NY)
 Salt Lake City Mission (Salt Lake City, UT)
 Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission
(Nashua, NH)
 Springfield Victory Mission (Springfield, MO)
 Union Gospel Mission (Winnipeg, MB,
Canada)
 Wheeler Mission Ministries (Indianapolis, IN)
 Jericho Road Ministries (Brooksville, FL)
 Lighthouse Ministries (Lexington, KY)
 Long Beach Rescue Mission (Long Beach,
CA)
 Louisville Rescue Mission (Louisville, KY)
 Souls Harbor Rescue Mission (Halifax, NS,
Canada)
 Springs Rescue Mission (Colorado Springs,
CO)
 Union Gospel Mission (Spokane, WA)

16. History of TechMission
& The Salvation Army USA
 2004: TechMission AC4 program partners with the Salvation
Army’s Equip for Success Initiative with Beaumont Foundation
 2005: Major Bill Hurula joins TechMission board (and later
becomes board president)
 2008-11: Salvation Army sites with TechMission’s AmeriCorps
program
 Compton (Captain Martin Ross), National HQ (Major Betty Israel), South End
(Captain Irene Norman)
 Placed 5 to 10 AmeriCorps interns
 2011-Now: City Vision Internships
 Central St. Louis Corps (Majors Phil & Gail Aho, Colonel Dawn
Heatwole, Major Debra Pascoe, Captain Steve Diaz),
 Article on page 10 of January 2012 Newsletter
 Placed 5 to 10 City Vision interns
 Applications from: Captains Smith at South End, Francine Huck at
Santa Cruz, Sue Dunagan, Dorchester Kroc Center

17. Article on Page 10 of Central Territory January 2012 Newsletter

18. Addiction Studies Courses
 Life Skills Training
 Managing Residential
Recovery Programs
 Mental Illness and
Addiction
 Professional Counseling
Practices
 Recovery Dynamics
 Sexual Issues in
Addiction
 Case Management
 Counseling Alcoholics
 Counseling in the City
 Counseling Foundations
 Drugs of Abuse
 Family Issues and
Recovery
 Group Counseling
Practices

19. Urban Missions Degree Courses
 History of Urban
Missions
 Human Resources
 Residential Recovery
Programs
 Facilities Management
 Food Services
 Theology & Strategies
of Urban Missions
 Urban Youth Ministry
 Christian Community
Development
 Counseling in the City
 Life Skills Training
 Urban Evangelism &
Discipleship
 Case Management
 Recovery Dynamics
 Family Issues and
Recovery

20. Nonprofit Management Courses
 Nonprofit Administration
 Nonprofit Accounting
 Nonprofit Management
& Leadership
 Human Resources
 Facilities Management
 Food Services
 Fund Raising Basics
 Intermediate
Fundraising
 Financial Planning for
Nonprofits
 Theology of Work

21. Masters in Technology and Ministry
 Theology of Technology
 Organizational Systems
 Theology of Work in the
STEM Professions
 Emerging Media Ministry
 Technology, Cross-
Cultural Ministry & the
Poor
 Capstone Project
 Technology and
Addiction
 History of Technology
in the Church
 High Tech Social
Entrepreneurship
 Grant and Proposal
Writing

22. Faculty Michael Liimatta
Chief Academic
Officer, City Vision
Addiction Studies
Dee Bissell
Adjunct Faculty
Florida
Rosalind Johnson-
Marshall, Adjunct
Faculty, Missouri
Lynda Mitton
Adjunct Faculty
Colorado
Melissa Patton
Adjunct Faculty
Iowa
Bob Rapp
Adjunct Faculty
Oregon
Steve Brubaker
Adjunct Faculty
Pennsylvania
Missions
James Harriger
Adjunct Faculty
Missouri
Rachael Jarboe
Faculty
Maryland
Lorraine Minor,
Adjunct Faculty
Missouri
Edna Quiros
Adjunct Faculty
Florida
Mark Turner
Adjunct Faculty
Missouri
Fletcher Tink
Adjunct Faculty
Missouri
Nonprofit
Management
Barbara Clemenson
Adjunct Faculty
Ohio
Perry Jones
Adjunct Faculty
New York
John Savag
Adjunct Faculty
Washington
Mark Seigrist
Adjunct Faculty
Colorado
James ValHagen
Adjunct Faculty
New York
Masters in Science,
Technology,
Society & Ministry
Andrew Sears,
MSTSM Director
John Edmiston
Adjunct Faculty
California
Jay Gary
Adjunct Faculty
Virginia
Greg Hopwood
Adjunct Faculty
Massachusetts
Richard Nongard
Adjunct Faculty
Oklahoma
Note: all faculty have Master’s degrees and nearly all are active practitioners