Hostos Family Empowerment Program - FEP

10/06/2026

Low Dose Aspirin (LDA) is improving birthing outcome for pregnant women and preventing preeclampsia.

We will be bringing several workshops to campus to educate our college community on the benefits LDA to improve birthing outcome in our community. Please use the bar code to advise us if you would prefer in person or virtual informational sessions. If you are pregnant or know someone who is pregnant, please encourage them to talk to their health care providers about the benefits of using low dose aspirin to address preeclampsia. students Faculty and staff are welcome to our session. Each One, Teach One!!

Please read the flyer carefully....

10/06/2026

Are you a student who has children and would like to learn more about how Hostos Community College supports student who are pursuing their education while parenting or expecting. Come Learn more!
Reach out using the bar code in the flyer

09/23/2026

Are you Pregnant? Is your girl having a baby? Are you in your reproductive stage thinking of having a child?

There is a Bronx Preeclampsia launch event tomorrow at Einstein School of Medicine, educational seminars with lots of prizes and give aways for families who are expecting. The event is Sept 24, 2026, from 9am to 1pm. You can register at the link below
See flyer for more details

Price Center/ Block Research Pavilion Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1301 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, New York, 10461

Join us to kick off a community effort to keep moms and babies safe from Preeclampsia in the Bronx!

09/23/2026

The Hostos Family Empowerment program welcome all parenting and expecting student this semester. You are invited to join our program if you meet our criteria. We are here to support our students to address the barriers that may be impeding their abilities to maintain good home, school and life balance. You can visit the FEP office in the A bldg. room A-016 or call 718-518-4474 to schedule an appt. or email me Christeen Francis at [email protected]

08/05/2026

Looking for homework help? The UFT’s award-winning Dial-a-Teacher program is a homework help line for elementary and middle school students attending New York City public schools. Students or their parents are invited to call the hotline, which is staffed by classroom teachers who are experienced in all subject areas. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. When school is in session.
Call the Hotline:
(212) 777-3380.
www.dialateacher.org

06/09/2026

The People's Money
Do you live in NYC? If yes, we encourage you all to vote on the budget and have a say in how it affects your community.
Vote to support programming for parents, youth, etc. read the choices and select the ones that you care about. Let your voice be heard and vote!!
And share this campaign with your family, friends and neighbors all NYers ages 11 and above can vote on the People Money.

Visit the online voting site for NYC’s citywide participatory budgeting process to help decide how city funds are spent on resident-proposed projects.

06/03/2026

FEP would like to congratulate all the students who graduated yesterday and today. It is impossible to upload everyone's photos so we are using this image to represent all parenting grads, we are so very proud of you all. WELL DONE!!!!

04/28/2026

Kids had fun yesterday Sunday, April 26, 2026 with their parents at our annual Spring Carnival enjoying BBQ, Magic & Bubble show, face painting and cotton candy. We also invited some of our community partners Mercy Center, DCAS- Public Service Corps and League of Women Voters & internal partners CUNY EDGE and Career Services to share information on the services they have available to our parenting students.
We want to thank our Hostos Peace Officers for supporting this event.

And thank you to our sponsors Hostos Career Services, Hostos CUNY EDGE, Hostos Fatherhood Academy, Hostos Children's Center, The President's Initiative for Students Success, Hostos Student Government Associations, Hostos Leadership Academy, Hostos Student Affairs and Hostos ASAP.

And Special thanks to Hostos Family Empowerment Club and all the volunteers, we had a successful event because everyone pitched in.
***Very special thanks to our facilities laborers who showed up on the weekend to set up...gracias!

04/21/2026

Bring your children to the park for a fun Spring Activity on Saturday May 2, 2026, from 1:00-3:30pm. See flyer for more details

03/18/2026

Annual Spring Carnival at Hostos Community College Hostos students who are parenting with children between the ages of 0-14 years are invited to attend our Spring Carnival on Sunday April 26, 2026 from 12pm to 5pm. See bar code below to sign up or use the url
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2CmrDHksNk1Cr-SXTcEuUZtUOURURVFCRkVYNUhMSUVDMVFXN0JNSEhaMy4u
ONLY Hostos Community College students can attend!