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Staff Spotlight: Meet Saul

Saul Hammond was looking at job opportunities, he knew he wanted to do something meaningful with his work. He found YSS and knew it would...

MPACT Receives $200,000 Grant

Earlier this year, YSS of Marshall County partnered with the Marshalltown Police Department to launch a community outreach program called MPACT (Marshalltown Police and Community...

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Events

< December 2021 >

Celebration of Friends

Dec 8 2021

Please join us for refreshments as we hear stories of success from our young people, recognize the Marshalltown City Council, Police Officers Kiel Stevenson, Sadie...

YSS Legislative Forum for Youth

Dec 06 2021

Join us in preparing for the legislative session to discuss and ask questions about the most important issues facing our youth and community. We will...

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Speaker Requests

Our experts at YSS are pleased to present to groups, teams, organizations and more, sharing the impact we make, while providing ideas on how others can get involved. We kindly ask for speakers to be confirmed at least one week before your event.

examples of Presentation Topics >

Youth engagement
Adolescent substance abuse and treatment
Adoption, foster care and aftercare
After school programs
Child access and visitation
Child development
Community youth development
Counseling and therapy approaches and trends

Anger management
Anxiety disorders
Child/adolescent depression
Family and group counseling
Grief and loss
Strengthening families

Homeless youth and families
Human trafficking trends and solutions
Mental health first aid
Mentoring programs
Pregnancy prevention
Sexual abuse prevention and education
Tobacco prevention and cessation
Violence prevention (cases and effects)
Volunteering
Youth shelter and transitional living programs
YSS: Helping youth stand strong