Letter from Vice President and Interim Dean

Get Trained. Get Hired.

Make 2022 Count!

The year 2021 is marked by the global pandemic-COVID-19, a life event that continues to challenge our thinking and the way we behave. What we do or not in 2022 will shape the years ahead. Nevertheless, we are initiating with optimism. We have renewed and continued funding and new promising partnerships with increased opportunities for New Yorkers to continue to engage in personal, educational and professional development courses and programs.

With that said, we are delighted to announce Evelyn Fernández Ketcham as the newly appointed Vice President, Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development. Before assuming this new position, Vice President Fernández-Ketcham had been Executive Director of the Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division since 2013. During her ten-year tenure as Executive Director of Workforce Development, Vice President FernándezKetcham has helped secure and manage over $13 million dollars in grants for programs from the Department of Labor/Employment & Training, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Youth & Community Development, and Capital One Foundation to name a few.

To respond to the needs of our residents and New York City at large, we kick off 2022 with initiatives for individuals to advance their education and upskill for work:

= The Hostos MacKenzie Scott Scholarship for Adult and

Continuing Education (ACE) will scholarship $1,000 dollars for up to 25 students to matriculate at Hostos.

= CUNY’s NYC Accelerated Workforce Recovery HUB, a joint effort with LaGuardia Community College, funded by New York

Community Trust will offer 200 scholarships at Hostos and 200 at LaGuardia for respective community members to enroll in occupational training courses in industries such as health care, information technology, education, professional and human services. See page 48 for offerings.

= The Montefiore Health System/Hostos Community Health

Workforce Initiative: Scaling Community Healthcare Workers (CHW) in New York State will hire 20 CHW apprentices to expand

Hostos New York State Department of Labor (DOL) Community

Healthcare Worker registered apprenticeship program. The goal is to scale up the training capacity and deployment of 245 certified CHWs in New York state by 2025.

= The Mother Cabrini Foundation supports the CHW expansion offering stipends to an additional cohort of students before getting hired. = Hostos / Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Train and Earn Career Pathways Program) will train 36 emerging adults in the healthcare sector as Patient Care

Technicians (PCT) and Clinical Medical Administrative

Assistants (CMAA). See pages 18 and 20 for course schedules.

= The Career Success – Helena Rubinstein Scholarship provides recipients with up to 90% of tuition costs for continuing education certificate programs. Scholarship applicants may be those individuals who are unemployed or seeking a career change. Scholarships are awarded on a semester basis.

See page 49 for more information.

= First Course NYC focuses on getting New Yorkers into Line

Chef positions at mid to high-end restaurants throughout the city through an 8-week intensive training program. Trainees will then embark on a 6-week apprenticeship at various restaurants brokered by the NYC Food & Beverage Commission.

In partnership with NYC Small Business Services (SBS),

CEWD was awarded $862,000 to run three cohorts of 25-28 trainees, each in 2022.

= Certified Home Health Aide Training and English as a Second

Language (ESL) Program, funded through the Integrated

English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE) Grant, trains and certifies individuals as bi-lingual Home Health Aides through

Elara Caring. See pages 13,19 & 53 for more information.

Through these initiatives and others, our goal is to increase success by helping students save time and money. All students will be supported as they transition in their journey to life-long learning.

The Division continues to maintain and build relationships with business and industry, governmental agencies, community organizations and workforce partners while ensuring quality and relevance to all our programs.

Evelyn Fernandez-Ketcham Vice President Continuing Education & Workforce Development Peter Mertens Assistant Dean Continuing Education & Workforce Development