Receive a 10% scholarship for national partner affiliates (after scholarship, tuition is $720/course for both undergrad & grad)
| St. Matthew’s House (19) Miracle Hill Ministries (15) Wiseman Ministries (14) Dream Center Los Angeles (8) Lovelady Center Birmingham (7) Brother Bryan Mission of Birmingham (6) Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission (5) Open Door Mission (Omaha NE) (5) Knox Area Rescue Mission (4) Jericho Road Ministries (Brooksville FL) (4) Salvation Army Western Territory (4) Wyoming Rescue Mission (4) Benilde Hall (4) Market Street Mission (4) Sunday Breakfast Mission (Wilmington DE) (3) Salvation Army Eastern Territory (3) Rescue Mission Alliance: Central Coast (3) Gateway Rescue Mission (Jackson MS) (3) Valley Rescue Mission (3) Bay Area Rescue Mission (3) Ministry Village at Olive (3) Adult & Teen Challenge Ohio Valley (3) Shelter KC (2) Union Rescue Mission (Los Angeles CA) (2) New Life Center Fargo (2) Wheeler Mission Ministries (2) Merced County Rescue Mission (2) CITA Rescue Mission (2) | Capital City Rescue Mission (2) Christian Mission Centers (Enterprise AL) (2) Columbus Rescue Mission (2) East County Transitional Living Center (2) Long Beach Rescue Mission (1) Light of Life Rescue Mission (1) World Impact (TUMI) (1) University of the Nations (1) City Union Mission (Kansas City) (1) Union Gospel Mission Salem (1) Tri-City Union Gospel Mission (Pasco WA) (1) CityTeam: Portland (1) Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission (1) Durham Rescue Mission (1) Foundry Ministries (1) Fresno Mission (1) Revive Life House (1) Rescue Mission of Salt Lake (1) Rescue Mission Alliance: Ventura (1) Gateway Mission (Holland MI) (1) R3 Recovery Ministries (1) Place of Promise (1) Pathway Ministries (1) Healing House KC (1) Hiway 80 Rescue Mission (1) Isaiah House (1) Las Vegas Rescue Mission (1) 12 Neighbors (1) |
Because we are a relational ministry in addition to being a university, our goal is to be have an active relationship with all organizational partners. Because of this, for an organization to remain an active Scholarship Partner or Affiliate Partner, we need to meet with the leadership of the organization at least once a year.Â
Become a scholarship partner to organizations that send two or more students in a year & meet partnership expectations (after scholarship, tuition is $550/course undergrad or grad)
For students from partners sending two or more students and receiving the maximum Pell grant:
Work with City Vision to develop collaborative cohort programs for groups of staff, clients or interns including credit partnerships​.
St. Matthew’s House is an incredibly innovative $33 million dollar rescue mission serving the poor, homeless and addicted in Naples, FL. Each year, they provide over 513,000 meals and housing to over 1,600 individuals. Of those, 120 are placed in jobs, and 385 are placed in housing. The leadership of St. Matthew’s realized a key strategy to remain effective and innovative is to invest heavily in the education and training of their staff. In the past 5 years, St. Matthew’s has had over 40 of their staff and others enroll in City Vision and one of their staff has become faculty.
As a strategic partner, City Vision provides a scholarship so tuition is only $550/course. Also, many of their staff have outstanding senior management experience, enabling them to accelerate their degree by getting prior learning credit for their past experience. As our partner, St. Matthew’s can better fulfill their vision of transforming thousands of lives and becoming a national model of best practices for other organizations to replicate.
“City Vision University provides a quality, practical and affordable education that equips our staff to better serve people experiencing hunger, homelessness and addiction. Often our people that earn their degrees at City Vision have been homeless or addicted and now are valued employees that can help transform other people’s lives through their education.” – Steve Brooder, CEO, St. Matthew’s House
Springs Rescue Mission is a rapidly growing innovative $16.7 million dollar rescue mission serving the poor, homeless and addicted in Colorado Springs. In 2021, they provided over 186,651 meals and housing to 2,596 individuals. Of those, 30% are in addiction recovery programs and 51% are enrolled in job training programs.
Jeff Cook, Chief Programs Officer at Springs Rescue Mission, completed his Bachelor’s in Nonprofit Management as well as his MBA with City Vision. From this experience, he saw the need to develop two staff training tracks in partnership with City Vision.
Management and Leadership Cohort
The goal of this group is to equip emerging leaders to become managers through the following sequence of 5 courses:
Case Management Cohort
The goal of this group is to equip guest services staff to become case managers through the following sequence of 5 courses:
How it works & benefits
Currently, 11 Springs Rescue Mission staff take one of the above courses each term as a cohort in sequence. A part of their work schedule involves having discussion groups on the course material (similar to a book club). Students work collaboratively on projects together, but still have to submit their own work. As a strategic partner, City Vision provides a 33% scholarship so tuition is only $5,000/year. For staff that have outstanding senior management experience, City Vision enables them to accelerate their degree by getting prior learning credit for their past experience. As our partner, Springs Rescue Mission can better fulfill their vision of transforming thousands of lives and becoming a national model of innovation for other organizations to replicate.
“City Vision is the perfect partner for Springs Rescue Mission in higher education. The courses are specific to the work being accomplished at the mission. Because staff learn the same terminology and information at City Vision, they can use that to strengthen the programming and processes at the mission.”
– Jeff Cook, Chief Programs Officer, Springs Rescue Mission
