30 ILCS 757/5: Program; eligibility.

Subject to appropriation, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall administer a competitive grant program that will provide 5,000 youths with stipends or wages, or both, and supervision for up to a 10-week summer work period. The grants shall be awarded only to summer programs, of no more than 100 youths, that:

(1) are created and administered by a community-based organization, not-for-profit organization, educational institution, or governmental entity in Illinois;

(2) employ low-income youths in Illinois between the ages of 14 and 21; and

(3) involve age-appropriate, ability-appropriate, and experience-appropriate:

(A) job training;

(B) life skills;

(C) education counseling;

(D) work readiness skills; or

(E) supervised meaningful work experience projects.