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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2563
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2563 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Community Youth Employment Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Program; eligibility. The Department shall | ||||||
7 | administer a competitive grant program that will provide 2,500 | ||||||
8 | youths with stipends and supervision over a 6-week summer work | ||||||
9 | period. The grants shall be awarded only to summer programs, of | ||||||
10 | no more than 30 youths, that: | ||||||
11 | (1) are created and administered by a community-based | ||||||
12 | organization in Chicago; | ||||||
13 | (2) employ youths from low-income communities in | ||||||
14 | Chicago between the ages of 14 and 17; and | ||||||
15 | (3) involve any one of the following: | ||||||
16 | (A) job training; |
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1 | (B) life skills; | ||||||
2 | (C) education counseling; or | ||||||
3 | (D) supervised work on community improvement | ||||||
4 | projects. | ||||||
5 | Section 10. Eligible costs. Grant money awarded under this | ||||||
6 | Act shall be used as follows: | ||||||
7 | (1) a stipend of $7.50 per hour for a maximum of 120 | ||||||
8 | hours per participating youth, to be paid over a 6-week | ||||||
9 | period; | ||||||
10 | (2) to provide salary for a maximum of 180 hours for | ||||||
11 | one counselor for each summer program; and | ||||||
12 | (3) a 10% overhead, per summer program, to provide for | ||||||
13 | insurance and business necessities. | ||||||
14 | Section 15. Community-based organization responsibilities. | ||||||
15 | Any community-based organization receiving a grant under this | ||||||
16 | Act must provide services to the youths receiving stipends | ||||||
17 | under this Act. In providing the following services, the | ||||||
18 | community-based organization must expend, out of the | ||||||
19 | organization's budget, at least 50% of any amount awarded under | ||||||
20 | this Section. The services provided must include: | ||||||
21 | (1) job assessment services; | ||||||
22 | (2) recreation services; | ||||||
23 | (3) job placement services; or | ||||||
24 | (4) government-funded youth programs.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.".
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