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Family & Youth Support

YES Institute can provide educational and community resources to parents and families in English and Spanish languages, as well as gender and orientation-affirming medical and mental health referrals. Call 305-663-7195 or email your request. Explore Resources Visit our Resources page… Learn More

Dialogues and Presentations

  YES Institute uses a powerful model of communication to engage participants in authentic and open discussions that include all viewpoints and beliefs. These dialogues give people the opportunity to publicly speak their fears, concerns and questions, often for the… Learn More

Donate

Giving With a Purpose Your financial contributions to YES Institute are vital to sustain and build our innovative programs. YES Institute invests 88% of every dollar directly into our educational programs, which means your donation is going directly to support… Learn More

Professionals Society

Your support is vital to our mission at YES Institute: To prevent suicide and ensure the healthy development of all youth through powerful communication and education on gender and orientation. Members of YIPS donate $250 or more annually to YES… Learn More

Kiaora Society of Donors

Founding Member and Purpose of The Kiaora Society Ed McAmis, an attorney and philanthropist, was a champion of the work of YES since our inception. To honor Ed as our first private contributor, we named our donor society after the… Learn More

Youth Empowerment Council

YES Institute offers a youth program that provides young people the opportunity to grow and enhance their leadership and communication skills. The Youth Empowerment Council (YEC) is a program for youth (ages 13-18) to interact with others who share similar… Learn More

Internship Program

Much of our work in the community is delivered via Zoom, however, we will facilitate our work in person, following all CDC guidelines. Many of our internal meetings are online, primarily using Zoom, however, we meet in our office, with… Learn More

Volunteers Who Assist Program

When you read through the bios and personal experience of our dedicated staff and board members, you’ll quickly notice one thing: many of the people who are the staff of YES Institute started as volunteers. YES Institute’s extraordinary volunteers allow us to… Learn More