Section 3075.20  Grant Program Objective

a)         The Illinois Youth Recreation Corps grant program provides grants to be disbursed by the Department to eligible local sponsors to provide wages to youth working, operating and instructing in conservation or recreational programs f. 

b)         The conservation or recreational programs shall include, but are not limited to, the coordination and teaching of natural resource conservation and management, physical activities and learning activities directly related to natural resource conservation management or recreation. 

c)         Local sponsors may charge a user fee for participation in the conservation or recreational program, as long as those fees are designed to promote as much community involvement as possible.

(Source:  Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 18865, effective November 7, 2013)