CivicHub High School Internship Program

Build real civic tech.
Make your city better.

A 30-day remote internship program for DFW high schoolers. Pick a track, do real work that ships live, and make a direct impact on your city and the DFW metro — real civic change, starting now.

9 Tracks Available

100% Remote

30 Days · 2–3 hrs/day

Ships to Live Site

Browse Tracks

Internship Tracks

Day Program

Open Seats

DFW Cities Covered

100%

Remote & Flexible

Choose Your Path

6 Internship Tracks

Each track is 30 days of real work that gets built into the live CivicHub platform.

Civic Data ResearcherPython · Data2 seats

Collect & clean real DFW public datasets using Python that power the live site.

Feature Ideation & UX ResearcherDesign · Research2 seats

Interview DFW residents, identify gaps, and propose real new features backed by user data.

Organization Data CollectorResearch · Community3 seats

Research and onboard DFW nonprofits, food banks, shelters, and civic orgs into the live database.

City History & Content WriterWriting · History3 seats

Research and write expanded city histories, landmark descriptions, and Know Your City content for all 30 DFW cities.

Junior Python Backend DeveloperPython · FastAPI2 seats

Build real FastAPI endpoints and automation scripts for the live backend.

Civic Issues AnalystPython · Civic Data2 seats

Build a pipeline from Dallas 311 open data into CivicHub and produce monthly trend reports for DFW cities.

AI Civic Chatbot DeveloperAI / NLP2 seats

Build a real AI assistant that answers questions about DFW cities — using free LLM APIs and public data.

AI Content Summarizer & TaggerAI / Automation2 seats

Use AI to auto-summarize city news, tag civic issues, and generate weekly digests for 30 DFW cities — automatically.

Civic AI Predictor (ML)AI / Machine Learning2 seats

Use real DFW public data to train machine learning models that predict civic trends — from road repair wait times to park usage.

What You Get

Intern Benefits

Official Certificate

Signed completion certificate from CivicHub DFW

LinkedIn Recommendation

Written recommendation letter from CivicHub DFW leadership

Live Portfolio Project

Your work ships to a real public-facing platform

Site Credits

Your name listed as a contributor on the site

Real Work Experience

Hands-on civic tech experience you can point to and show

Remote & Flexible

100% remote, 2–3 hrs/day, fits school schedule

Requirements

Current high school student (grades 9–12)
Lives in or near the DFW metroplex
Has a laptop or desktop computer
Reliable internet connection
Can commit 2–3 hours per day for 30 days
Basic computer skills (email, Google Docs)
No coding experience needed for most tracks
Parent/guardian approval for under-18 applicants

Program Structure

Duration30 days

Daily Time2–3 hours (flexible schedule)

Format100% remote, async

Check-insWeekly video call with mentor

ToolsPython, VS Code, GitHub, Figma, Google Sheets — all free

Team Size1–2 interns per track

Start DateRolling admissions — apply anytime

CompensationUnpaid · Certificate + LinkedIn rec

Ready to Join?

Apply for an Internship

Takes 5 minutes. We'll follow up within 3 business days.

Questions?

Reach out to the internship coordinator directly.

team@dfwcomp.org

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