STEP Workshop: STEPWork; A workshop to benefit sustainability efforts of STEP grants through collaborative efforts with Workforce Boards

该项目将支持一个研讨会，探讨STEM人才拓展计划（STEP）资助项目的可持续性和制度化问题。特别是，讲习班将新的和已建立的STEP项目的主要研究人员与来自全国各地的区域劳动力发展组织的代表聚集在一起。这一努力的根源在于中央佛罗里达大学的STEP项目领导的经验，他们成功地与中央佛罗里达劳动力（WCF）的工作人员进行了接触，该工作人员是该地区劳动力计划、计划和区域劳动力市场的权威。本次研讨会的主要预期成果是在STEP受助者和来自不同项目各自区域的劳动力发展组织之间建立一套新的伙伴关系。

This project is supporting a workshop to explore issues relating to sustainability and institutionalization of projects funded under the STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP). In particular, the workshop is bringing together Principal Investigators of both new and established STEP projects with representatives from regional Workforce Development organizations from around the country. The seeds of this effort lie in the experiences of the STEP project leadership at the University of Central Florida who have successfully engaged with staff at Workforce Central Florida (WCF), which is that region's authority for workforce planning, programs, and the regional labor market. The primary expected outcome of this workshop is the creation of a set of new partnerships between STEP grantees and Workforce Development organizations from the different projects' respective regions.