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Empowering Youth for 20 Years

The YESS Institute supports youth development through peer mentoring, inclusive community building, and expert curricula designed to promote social emotional learning and leadership.

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Mentoring Training for Youth and Adults

Our social emotional learning curriculum is designed to prepare educators to coach youth mentors, providing them with tools to teach and role model social emotional intelligence to their peer mentees.

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