Youth Eastside Services

ABOUT

Youth Eastside Services (YES) is the leading behavioral health service provider for children and youth, ages birth to 22, and their families in East King County. We provide prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for mental health and substance use disorders, life stressors and crises, and stress-related physical symptoms. 

Using integrated care through agency, school, and community-based services and programs, we help youth with depression, grief, trauma, cultural, gender identity and sexual orientation challenges, anxiety, ADHD, self-harming behaviors, suicide ideation, and other challenges.

Thanks to our generous donors, YES offers services on a sliding scale that goes all the way down to zero. No family is turned away because they can't afford to pay for services.

MISSION

YES helps youth reach their full potential, strengthens families, and advocates for a safe, caring, and equitable community through behavioral health support, expert intervention, outreach, and education.

VISION

We are building toward an Eastside community where every young person feels safe, respected, supported, and has a sense of belonging that empowers them to grow into the person they aspire to be.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION

The young people and families we serve are coping with today’s most difficult life challenges, generational traumas, systemic oppression, and inequities. We believe that every person deserves equitable opportunities to achieve their goals and that the strongest communities support those who face the greatest barriers to well-being. We advocate for a diverse and inclusive work and service environment where people of every age, ethnicity, faith, gender expression, immigration status, perspective, physical or mental ability, race, sexual orientation, size, and every intersectionality can thrive. We will continuously evolve to best support young people and families in ways that acknowledge their experiences and identities and promote healing and well-being.