Student-Parent Resources

Announcements

Visit our Vikings Care page for financial aid, childcare, support services, and other resources.

Free On-Campus Childcare Opportunity

Phone: (361) 698-2381 | Center for Early Learning

The Del Mar College Center for Early Learning currently has financial assistance available for DMC students! Children must be between 18 months and 5 years old. Childcare is from 7:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Marcy Vargas at (361) 698-2381 or mvargas11@delmar.edu (reference: Childcare Scholarships).

Free Maternity Clothes

Gently used maternity clothes (sizes Small and Medium) are available! If you're interested, please contact the Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison, Dr. Sara J. Huerta, at shuerta21@delmar.edu to coordinate a time to stop by, browse, and pick up anything you need! Items are first-come, first-served.

Join us for these family-friendly events happening around campus & the community! Learn more about on-campus events on our Events Calendar.

Summer

Corpus Christi Municipal Band Concerts

Bring a lawn chair and enjoy music under the stars as the Corpus Christi Municipal Band performs its free concerts on Sunday evenings. Concerts begin at 8 p.m. starting June 7th and every Sunday through July 5th.

Dates: Sundays
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Heritage Campus, Amphitheater

Mobile Health Clinic

The South Texas Family Planning Mobile Clinic will be on campus to serve any health care needs: free or low-cost! The Mobile Clinic will be on all campuses throughout the summer. Visit our Events Calendar to learn more!

July

Operation Health & Wellness Event

This free, community-wide event offers a wide range of health services at no cost to the public! General medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, back-to-school physicals, immunizations, and more will be available!

Dates: July 15-23, 2026
More Information: Visit the Nueces County Operation Health & Wellness website.

Back to School Night

Join us for a night of FREE services, resources, and fun for the whole family! Free haircuts, eye exam vouchers, sports physicals, immunizations, hygiene items, and more.

When: Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: 417 S. Upper Broadway, Corpus Christi, Texas

August

Operation Safe Return

Operation Safe Return gives every child the opportunity to receive necessary school supplies, obtain valuable safety information, and ensures a healthy start to the upcoming school year. Free school supplies, immunizations, haircut vouchers, dental education, sports physicals, and more will be available! 

When: Saturday, August 1, 2026, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: Hilliard Center, 1901 N. Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, TX

Del Mar College offers comfortable, private areas for milk expression or breastfeeding. All rooms are secure and equipped wit locks, seating, and electrical outlets.

Heritage Campus

White Library

2nd Floor, Rm. 224

Oso Creek Campus

Main Central Building

3rd Floor, Rm. 332 (Library)

STEM Building

3rd Floor, Rm. 305

Windward Campus

Health Science 3 Building

3rd Floor, Rm. 330

View our campus maps here to locate the rooms!

I just found out I’m pregnant, where do I start?

You can connect with our Pregnant and Parenting Student Liaison, Dr. Sara Huerta. Sara will guide you through your rights as a pregnant student and provide information about other campus and community resources you can take advantage of.

Student Parent Liaison
Dr. Sara Huerta
Assistant Dean & Campus Administrator, Student Engagement and Retention
Oso Creek Campus
shuerta21@delmar.edu 
(361) 698-3931

What kinds of accommodations can I receive as a parenting student?

Students experiencing pregnancy or pregnancy related conditions are entitled to reasonable accommodations for the health and safety of their pregnancy. Students requesting each protection or accommodation under this policy can contact the Student Parent Liaison. Some examples of common reasonable accommodations include:

• Excused absences,
• Opportunity to make up missed assignments or assessments,
• Additional time to complete assignments in the same manner as is allowed for other temporary medical conditions,
• Pregnant students are provided access to instructional materials and video recording of lectures for classes which the student has an excused absence,
• A larger desk or different seating arrangements.

Are there scholarships or other forms of financial aid available for pregnant and parenting students?

Perkins Grant Funding might be available for single parents, including single pregnant mothers. Explore Funding Types and Requirements here.

The application for the DMC Foundation Scholarships opens every year and is available for students with a GPA above a 2.0. Some scholarships specifically aim to support parenting students. Begin Your Application Process here.

Make sure to complete the FAFSA each year, even if you’ve been found ineligible for aid previously. Start your application here.

Lean more about these, and other, forms of aid through our Office of Financial Aid.

I feel that faculty/staff are discriminating against me due to my pregnancy. What can I do?

If you are experiencing incidents of pregnancy or parenting discrimination, you can submit a formal complaint to the Title IX Deputy Coordinator for Students or Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison, listed below. Please be aware, to initiate the Title IX complaint resolution process, complainants cannot remain anonymous.

Rita Hernandez
Dean of Student Engagement and Retention
Title IX Deputy Coordinator for Students
Rhernandez18@delmar.edu
(361) 698-1277

Dr. Sara Huerta
Assistant Dean & Campus Administrator, Student Engagement and Retention
Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison
shuerta21@delmar.edu 
(361) 698-3931

B7.34.1 Purpose and Authority

Del Mar College establishes this policy and related procedures and processes in its continuing effort to seek equity in education and employment, and consistent with its legal responsibility and authority to take measures to address, report, investigate, and prevent discrimination against students due to their pregnancy or parental status, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, et. seq.; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e; Texas Education Code § 51.982 (Tex. SB 412).

This policy is intended to inform students of their rights if they are subjected to discrimination, including the complaint procedures and available support services.

B7.34.2 Statement of Policy

This policy protects student parents or legal guardians of children under 18 from discrimination including: requiring pregnant or parenting students to take a leave of absence or withdraw from the student's degree or certificate program; limit the student's studies; participate in an alternative program; change the student's major, degree, or certificate program or refrain from joining or cease participating in any course, activity or program at the institution.

B7.34.3 Definitions

• B7.34.3.1 Parenting student: a student who is the parent or legal guardian of a child under 18 years of age.

B7.34.6 Supporting Measures: Supportive measures are non-disciplinary, non-punitive individualized services offered as appropriate, as reasonably available, and without fee or charge to the complainant before or after filing of a formal complaint or where no formal complaint has been filed.  Supporting measures may include,  but are not limited to, counseling, extensions of deadlines or other course-related adjustments, modifications of work or class schedules, and leaves of absence.  Del Mar College must maintain as confidential any supportive measures provided to the complainant to the extent that maintaining such confidentiality will not impair Del Mar College's ability to provide the supportive measures.  The appropriate Title IX coordinator or designee is responsible for coordinating the effective implementation of supportive measures.

Have Questions? Don't worry! We're here to help. Meet with our Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison:

Dr. Sara Huerta
Assistant Dean & Campus Administrator, Student Engagement and Retention
Pregnant & Parenting Student Liaison
shuerta21@delmar.edu 
(361) 698-3931