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;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 757/5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization

             (B) life skills;
             (C) education counseling;
             (D) work readiness skills; or
             (E) supervised meaningful work experience
        
projects.
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