Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced YSS will receive $3 million in grant funding toward the development of Ember Recovery Campus. Located on 50 acres of...
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Women’s dress shoes, covered in dust. That is one of Toby O’Berry’s most vivid images from Sept. 11, 2001. “The amount of women’s dress shoes...
On Sept. 12, YSS celebrated its employees at the annual summer all-staff meeting. Held at Reiman Gardens in Ames, the event brought together the entire...
In August, foster care youth attended AMP Camp in Bloomfield, Iowa, to network, discuss legislative advocacy, and participate in fun activities. AMP (Achieving Maximum Potential)...
YSS Francis Lauer raised over $34,000 at the annual Evening with Francis fundraiser gala on Aug. 26. The funds, which tripled the amount raised at...
YSS received a $600,000 Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant that will go toward Ember, the new recovery campus being constructed near Cambridge, Iowa. The gift was...
On Aug. 9, Iowa Homeless Youth Centers (IHYC) hosted its annual Achievement Tea at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens. The event celebrates outstanding youth,...
When Teryssa was 14, she came to the YSS Francis Lauer youth shelter in Mason City seeking help. Five years later, she works for the...
On Aug. 9, YSS held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new recovery campus, Ember. About 200 people attended the event, which was held at the...
Sitting on his 25-acre llama farm known as Hobbit’s Hill, George Belitsos jokingly says he “flunked retirement.” After establishing YSS in 1976 and serving as...
