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. (1) are created and administered by a community-based organization, not-for-profit organization, educational institution, or governmental entity in Illinois;
2. (2) employ low-income youths in Illinois between the ages of 14 and 21; and

3. (3) involve age-appropriate, ability-appropriate, and experience-appropriate:

   1. (A) job training;
   2. (B) life skills;
   3. (C) education counseling;
   4. (D) work readiness skills; or
   5. (E) supervised meaningful work experience projects.

(Source: P.A. 96-1225, eff. 7-23-10.)