Youth Equipped to Succeed

At Youth Equipped to Succeed (YES), we believe: A connected student is a protected student.® Since our founding in 2002, we have made it our mission to create life-changing connections with students of all ages, backgrounds and circumstances to help them achieve healthy and successful futures.

Youth Equipped to Succeed is a 501(c)(3) education nonprofit founded in 2002 by Dan Bailey, who currently serves as President. In 2019, the organization formally merged with Aim for Success, another dynamic nonprofit that provided powerful research-based wellness education programs since 1993. Together, we have impacted over 4.8 million students, parents, and educators in 43 states through our resourced experiences and programs of: Motivational Experiences, Wellness Education and Mentoring!