As we reflect on the last academic year, we are grateful for all the successes achieved because they reflect our commitment to helping students reach their academic and career goals.
Hightlights from Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25
CEWD Enrollment
In Fiscal Year 2025, the Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) enrolled 3,018 students. The majority of CEWD students identify as female (66%) and reside in the Bronx (64%). Of the 1,921 CEWD students that elected to share information about their race/ethnicity, 62% identified as Latina/o/x/e and 34% identified as Black.
Eighty-five (85%) of our students successfully completed their training program. The majority of CEWD students enrolled in Medical and Health (44%), Construction (17%), and English as a Second Language (12%) courses. Students that successfully completed a CEWD program, 79% reported being employed to date.
Enrollment by Training Program Enrollment by Race / Ethnicity
Transitioning Students from CEWD to Hostos Degree Programs
CEWD alumni continue to enroll in Hostos degree programs. Since 2018, 569 enrolled at Hostos Community College. To date, 41% or 235 CEWD alumni graduated from Hostos and 6% or 33 students transferred from Hostos to another CUNY college. During the 2024-25 academic year, 37 CEWD alumni graduated with a Hostos degree and 77 CEWD alumni enrolled as first-time freshman. This year, there are also one hundred ninety-nine (199) CEWD alumni registered as continuing Hostos degree students.
Transitioning Students (2024-25 academic year)
Credit for Prior Learning Helps Students’ Matriculate and Graduate
To facilitate college matriculation and expedite a student’s time to graduation, Hostos has undertaken a college-wide effort to increase opportunities for students to earn credit for prior learning (CPL). Since 2014, 232 Hostos degree students have received college credits via CPL. This effort has included a meaningful collaboration between CEWD and the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) that has resulted in:
. Credit articulation agreements for students in CEWD certificate programs that will grant students college credit(s) upon entry into a degree program
. Academic departments designating course equivalencies for standardized exams like AP or CLEP
Education Department creating a challenge exam for students with experience working in education settings
Portfolio
Credit for Prior Learning
Standardized Exams
Learn How to Earn Credits
Certificates & Industry Recognized Credentials Challenge Exams
Military Training & Occupations
Avenues Hostos Degree Students Received College Credits Through CPL (Academic Year 2024-25)
Hostos degree students received college credits through CPL via the following avenues:
Military/Joint Service Transcript
Credit Articulation Agreements
Departmental Challenge Exams
Standardized Exams (AP/IB/CLEP)
Matriculated Hostos Degree Students also Complete CEWD Industry-Recognized Credentials
Another longstanding collaboration between CEWD and OAA has been the promotion of “crosswalks,” where students complete a CEWD certificate while enrolled in a degree program or shortly after graduating. For those degree programs where CPL adds value, they have promoted CEWD programs as part of an effort to prepare their students for the workforce. For example, the Early Childhood Education Department has encouraged students to complete Department of Education hiring requirements, such as the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) seminar, while Allied Health programs encourage students to obtain their CPR certification through CEWD.
Since 2018, 169 students have participated in a crosswalk. Almost all degree programs are represented, but the majority of students come from one of the following Hostos degree programs: Liberal Arts (31%), Early Childhood Education (26%), Community Health (9.5%), and Nursing (9%). This year, nine (9) students received CPL through a crosswalk: eight (8) students in Community Health and one (1) student in Office Technology.
CEWD Provides Scholarships to Alumni that Enroll in a Hostos Degree Program
The Hostos Mackenzie Scott Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) scholarship continues to serve as an important resource to both enroll and retain CEWD alumni that matriculate into a Hostos degree program. In AY 2024-2025, twelve (12) CEWD alumni received a $1,000 firsttime freshmen award and fifteen (15) returning CEWD alumni students received a $500 retention award for remaining continuously enrolled in a Hostos degree program and maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or above. To date, 45 students have received the Mackenzie Scott ACE scholarship and 9 scholarship recipients have graduated from Hostos with an associate’s degree. Since Fall 2022, CEWD has awarded $73,000 in ACE scholarships.
CEWD continues to seek scholarship opportunities that help our alumni transition to a Hostos degree program. In Spring 2025, CEWD awarded its inaugural CEWD College Success Scholarships to 21 CEWD alumni enrolled at the college. Six (6) full-time students were awarded a scholarship of $1,500 and fi fteen (15) part-time students were awarded a scholarship ranging from $700-$800. The CEWD College Success Scholarship is funded by a grant from CUNY Central’s Workforce Development Initiative’s Future of Work Centers. In Spring 2025, CEWD awarded $20,000 in CTAP scholarships.
12 15
Returning CEWD alumni students received a $500 retention AY 2024-25
CEWD alumni received a $1,000 first-time freshmen award
SP25 Scholarships
21 6 15
Inaugural CEWD College Success Scholarships were awarded
Full-time students were awarded a scholarship of $1,500
Part-time students were awarded a scholarship ranging from $700-$800
Scholarships to Date
45 9
Students have received the Mackenzie Scott ACE scholarship
Scholarship recipients have graduated from Hostos with an associate’s degree
Expanding No-cost Programs that Benefit the Communities We Serve
In response to the impact of the global pandemic on the communities we serve, CEWD increased its efforts to provide students with scholarships and no-cost programming. Since Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, 762 students have enrolled in CEWD’s no-cost programming. Over the past three fiscal years, CEWD has raised $1,852,204 so that our students can enroll in an occupational training or basic education program at no-cost to them. The vast majority of students (668 or 88%) enrolled in one of our medical and health training programs such as Community Health Worker, Certified Billing and Coding Specialist, and Patient Care Technician.
In addition, CEWD offers English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and General Equivalency Diploma (GED) courses at no-cost to students. With funding from CUNY Central, the Adult Learning Center (ALC) offers ESOL and GED classes and the CUNY Fatherhood Academy (CFA) provides fathers, ages 18-30, with GED preparation classes. Since FY 2023, 740 CEWD students have enrolled in ALC’s no-cost ESOL courses and 94 have enrolled in ALC’s no-cost GED courses. In addition, 102 CEWD students have enrolled in CFA’s no-cost GED courses since FY 2023.
CEWD remains committed to identifying resources that will allow us to continue providing our students with no-cost programming, so they can achieve their educational and career goals.
Engaging with Community-Based Organizations and Industry Partners
CEWD continues to support community-based organizations (CBOs) by creating customized occupational training programs for their participants. In Fiscal Year 2025, two CBOs—Phipps Neighborhoods, Inc. and The Door—contracted with CEWD to support their NYC Department of Youth and Community Development-funded Train and Earn program, a career pathways initiative for youth and young adults. CEWD provided Allied Health occupational training to their participants.
With funding from the New York City Council, CEWD trained 23 participants as Community Interpreters to support the New York Immigration Coalition’s NYC Community Interpreter Bank (CIB)—a city-funded program aimed at increasing language access by recruiting, training, and dispatching interpreters to serve Limited English Proficient (LEP) New Yorkers. A total of 23 participants successfully completed the 48-hour Community Interpreter training program.
CEWD Industry Engagement: CEWD’s NYSDOL Registered Community Health Worker Apprenticeship Program Helps Engage Employers
CEWD continues to partner with industry partners to increase the number of skilled Community Health Workers locally and regionally; as well as, creating an industry “gold standard” for training CHWs. Since 2017, Montefiore has participated in Hostos CEWD’s New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Registered CHW Apprenticeship Program. The apprenticeship program includes 144 hours of didactic education and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training (OJT). The first pilot with Montefiore aimed to upskill Direct Service Workers at their Hudson Valley location; 18 CHW apprentices completed. The second iteration served incumbent workers and new hires and included a maternal health competency component. Thirty (30) CHW apprentices from Montefiore completed the second cohort.
In collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Mental Health, CEWD added a Behavioral Health component to our existing Community Health Worker (CHW) apprenticeship program and engaged local CBOs as employers. Fourteen (14) students that successfully completed our CHW program were offered apprenticeships at the following CBOs: Center for Hope Services, Inc., Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, Rise Boro Community Partnership, Project Renewal, Strong Children Wellness, Hamilton Madison House, Voces Latinas, and CUNY CARES.
The Mayor’s Office launched a white paper entitled “Challenges and Solutions for a Thriving Behavioral Health Workforce,” which mentions CEWD’s CHW program. To read the white paper, please visit Behavioral Health Workforce - Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health
CEWD also piloted a CHW cohort that focused on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH), which are the economic, social, and physical factors that influence overall well-being. A unique feature of this pilot is that students participate in a community mapping project where they will have the chance to conduct research, map community resources, develop interventions, and demonstrate practical skills that contribute to the improvement of health outcomes in the South Bronx. Five (5) students participated in the pilot program.
CEWD has worked with employers to register 34 individuals in its CHW Apprenticeship Program
CHWs completed CEWD’s CHW Apprenticeship Program via collaboration with Montefiore Albert Einstein
CHWs completed CEWD’s CHW Apprenticeship Program via collaboration with Mayor's office of Mental Health
CHWs completed the apprenticeship program via a pilot program CEWD established with the Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative
CEWD expresses gratitude to:
Our staff that work to assist our students
Students for choosing CEWD at Hostos
Our partners and funders
. Adult Career and Continuing Education Services Vocational Rehabilitation
. AmeriCorps
. Catholic Charities Community Services
. City University of New York
. Columbia University
. Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD)
. Fedcap Rehabilitation Service Inc.
. Health Resources & Services Admin.
. Help USA and Affiliates
. Human Resource Administration
. Literacy, Inc
. Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
. New York City Health & Hospitals
. New York City Housing Authority
. New York City Office of the Mayor
. New York City Small Business Services
. New York Community Trust
. Paraprofessional Healthcare Inc
. Workforce Development and Re-Entry
. Workforce 1
. Center for Community Alternatives
. Department of Labor / Employment & Training Administration
. Mosholu Montefiore
. NYC Center for Employment Opportunities
. NYS Education Department
. Phipps Neighborhoods
. Social Security Administration (SSA)
. State of New York
. The Door
. Veteran’s Affairs
. Work Incentives Planning & Assistance
. 163rd Street Improvement Council
. Atlas Safety
. Bronx Point Owners
. Building Skills New York
. Consortium for Worker Education
. CUNY Center for the Future of Work
. Housing Works
. Living Redemption Youth Opportunity Hub
. Men You are Not Alone
. Mexican Coalition Training Partnership
. Osborne Association
. Trinity Wall Street
. Why We Lift
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