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. community-based organization, not-for-profit organization, educational institution, or governmental entity in Illinois; ages of 14 and 21; and experience-appropriate: projects.
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