YES is primarily funded by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and various other organizations and foundations.

[3] In 2016, under Timothy O. E. Lang's lead, YES together with minister of youth Justin Trudeau announced a doubling of funding for the Canada Summer Jobs program, which will provide opportunities for an additional 34,000 youths.

[5] In April 2021, Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program and Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) provided financial assistance to young people during the pandemic.

[6] In July 2021, YES reported in its research that youth employment for ages 15 to 24 increased by over seven percent, but this surge, influenced by summer job-seeking and pandemic recoveries, may be short-lived as many return to school in the fall.

[10] The range of services offered by YES programming related to IT, entrepreneurship, trades, apprenticeship and empowerment, employment assessment and professional counseling, pre-employment training,[11] job placement, job retention and training, future skills’ development, mental health and entrepreneurial programming,[2] financial literacy, mentorship, cloud computing training, and workforce development.