(a) In the development and implementation of the Older Worker Community Service Employment Program, the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services shall adopt program standards and procedures that will ensure that the intent and provisions of this subchapter are adhered to by community-based agencies receiving program grant funds.

(b) At a minimum, the program and each program grant funded will:

(1) Provide employment only for eligible individuals, except for necessary technical, administrative, and supervisory personnel, but the personnel shall, to the fullest extent possible, be recruited from among eligible individuals;

(2) Employ eligible individuals in community service programs or agencies sponsored by organizations exempt from taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, other than political parties, except projects involving the construction, operation, or maintenance of any facility used or to be used as a place for sectarian religious instruction or worship;

(3) Contribute to the general welfare of the community;

(4) Provide employment for eligible individuals whose opportunities for other suitable public or private paid employment are poor;

(5) Result in an increase in employment opportunities for eligible individuals and will not result in the displacement of employed workers or impair existing contracts;

(6) Utilize methods of recruitment and selection which will assure that the maximum number of eligible individuals will have an opportunity to participate in the program;

(7) Ensure that, to the extent feasible, the program will serve the needs of minority eligible individuals in proportion to their number in the state;

(8) Ensure that safe and healthy conditions of work will be provided and that persons employed in community services jobs assisted under this subchapter shall be paid at least the minimum wage as established by the Fair Labor Standards Act; and

(9) Ensure that program employers provide personnel fringe benefits for participants. The coverage shall include workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 26 U.S.C. § 3128, and other coverage as may be required by regulation or policy.