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1    AN ACT concerning conservation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Community Youth Employment Act is amended by
5changing Section 5 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 757/5)
7    Sec. 5. Program; eligibility. Subject to appropriation,
8the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
9administer a competitive grant program that will provide 5,000
10youths with stipends or wages, or both, and supervision for up
11to a 52-week, year-round 10-week summer work period. The grants
12shall be awarded only to summer programs, of no more than 100
13youths, that:
14        (1) are created and administered by a community-based
15    organization, not-for-profit organization, educational
16    institution, or governmental entity in Illinois;
17        (2) employ low-income youths in Illinois between the
18    ages of 14 and 21; and
19        (3) involve age-appropriate, ability-appropriate, and
20    experience-appropriate:
21            (A) job training;
22            (B) life skills;
23            (C) education counseling;

 

 

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1            (D) work readiness skills; or
2            (E) supervised meaningful work experience
3        projects.
4(Source: P.A. 96-1225, eff. 7-23-10.)