Youth Advisory Council (YAC)
This council brings together students from across Roscommon County who want to make a real difference.
What is the Youth Advisory Council (YAC)?
This fund’s income is used for youth activities, programs, and projects within Roscommon County.
What is the Roscommon County Kellogg Youth Fund?
YAC members join students from local Interact clubs to shop for kids in this program.
What is Kids Helping Kids?
A best practice says members should do this before meetings so they are ready to participate.
What is being prepared for meetings?
This process includes reviewing applications and recommending which projects receive funding.
What is grantmaking?
YAC members help do this with community grants by reviewing applications and making recommendations.
What is make grant recommendations?
All grants from this fund are determined solely by these young grantmakers.
Who are the Youth Advisory Council members?
This annual leadership conference gives YAC members new skills and motivation.
What is YAC Con?
Good YAC members try to learn the names and schools of these people.
Who are fellow YAC members?
Before deciding grants, YACs should understand these issues affecting youth in their community.
What are youth needs?
YAC members participate in this type of hands‑on work that makes their community a better place to live, learn, and lead.
What are volunteer service projects?
In 2025, this organization received $1,500 from the fund for their Kids Helping Kids project.
What is ACT NOW?
YAC was started in Roscommon County in this year as part of the Kellogg Youth Challenge.
What is 1997?
Members should volunteer for these activities that help improve their community.
What are community service projects?
A best practice recommends gathering information through surveys, interviews, or focus groups to understand this.
What are community youth issues or needs?
YAC meets this often during the school year to work together and make decisions.
What are once a month?
Name one program or recipient that received a grant from this fund in recent years (e.g., $1,031 for a Student Emergency Fund).
What is the Kirtland Community College Foundation?
Students from these three schools are specifically mentioned as being part of YAC.
What are Houghton Lake High School, Roscommon High School, and Charlton Heston Academy?
YAC members should help inform their community about this organization they are part of.
What is the Youth Advisory Council?
This type of visit lets YAC members see firsthand what a potential grant organization does.
What is a site visit?
This statewide foundation challenge in the 1990s helped start YACs like Roscommon’s by investing millions into youth leadership.
What is the Kellogg Foundation Youth Challenge?
The total amount this fund has granted to youth‑focused programs in Roscommon County is just over this many dollars (as listed on the main fund page).
What is $216,379.36?
One goal of this fund is to support projects that help children after trauma — including therapy tools like weighted blankets and sound machines.
What is support for the Northern Michigan Children’s Assessment Center?
A key best practice says YAC members should take an active role in this decision-making process.
What is the grantmaking process?
YACs may offer smaller versions of grants called these.
What are mini-grants?