The State Summer Youth Employment Program enables non-profit and governmental agencies to hire economically disadvantaged youth between the ages of 14 and 20 for the months of June, July and August through funds appropriated by the state legislature.  The funded agencies recruit and hire all youth.  All youth participants in the program may work no more than 240 hours for the length of the program.

For eligibility purposes, when applying with a participating agency, all youth must be prepared to provide the agency with proof of their social security number, proof of age/birth, proof of citizenship or eligibility to work and proof of the family income.  As required by the State of Delaware's child labor laws, all youth participants 17 years old and younger must obtain working permits.  73% of all youth participants must have a family income at or below 200% of the poverty level.

Downloadable Documents Summer 2008 Funded Agency List, click here. Income Guidelines for Eligibility, click here. For a list of acceptable documentation, click here. For the Summer 2008 Request for Proposal and Agency/Organization Proposal Forms for funding, please choose the following document format below: Click here - (You will need Microsoft Word®) Click here - (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader®)

For question regarding Delaware's Child Labor Laws, please contact the Department of Labor Law Enforcement at 1-800-464-4357.

Please contact Rachel Gold at 302-761-8136 with any questions.