- The Youth Mentoring Collaborative: YESS is part of an informal collaboration with 13 other YMC agencies to create and achieve the YMC 2020 Vision. YESS has a key leadership role in developing a strong collaborative in which each agency contributes its strengths for the benefit of the whole. Specifically YESS contributes its training knowledge through volunteer and staff trainings.
- CU Boulder Educational Psychology doctoral student Jonathan Smith: Jonathan is writing his doctoral dissertation about the YESS Institute's High School Graduation Model. He will also make a link to the impact of the YESS program on gang involvement.
- Denver Department of Parks and Recreation: This partnership allows YESS to provide teambuilding excursions for the students at an affordable price.
- Inclusiveness Project Committee at The Denver Foundation: As an IPC committee member, YESS co-founder Kriekels, brings inclusive practices to the YESS programs in addition to advocating for Inclusiveness within the Youth Mentoring Collaborative.
- Denver Public Schools Office for Student Re-engagement: YESS has expanded its services to serve three of the four dropout recovery centers within DPS — Lincoln, North and West High Schools
- The Denver Safe City Office: YESS receives funding from Safe City to provide financial benefits to high school leaders
- The Denver Department of Human Services: YESS Institute has the benefit of a year-long full-time AmeriCorps Member through DDHS.
- Outward Bound: They offer reduced rate team building programs for YESS youth
- The Youth Development Outdoor Collaborative – YDOC: Under the leadership of Mile High United Way and in partnership with SOS Outreach, City Wild and Big City Mountaineers, YESS will be supporting Denver North HS juniors to teach leadership skills to North's freshmen within this collaborative year-long pilot.
- Yoga for the People: YESS has paired up with this non-profit organization to bring yoga classes to our students.
