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

 

 

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1         projects.
 
2     Section 10. Eligible costs. Grant money awarded under this
3 Act shall be used as follows:
4         (1) a stipend of $7.50 per hour for learning activities
5     and at least minimum wage for meaningful work experience
6     for a maximum of 200 hours per participating youth, to be
7     paid over a 10-week period;
8         (2) to provide salary for supervisors for each summer
9     program;
10         (3) supportive services, including but not limited to
11     transportation and child care; and
12         (4) a 10% overhead, per summer program, to provide for
13     insurance and business necessities.
 
14     Section 15. Grantee responsibilities. Any entity receiving
15 a grant under this Act must provide services to the youths
16 receiving stipends or wages, or both, under this Act. In
17 providing the following services, the entity must expend, out
18 of the entity's budget, at least 20% of any amount awarded in
19 paragraphs (2) through (4) of Section 10 to provide for
20 services under this Section. The services provided must
21 include:
22         (1) job assessment services;
23         (2) recreation services;
24         (3) job placement services; or

 

 

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1         (4) administration of this youth program.
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.