Youth and Shelter Services: Mason City

Youth and Shelter Services: Mason City

For over 50 years, Youth and Shelter Services (YSS) Francis Lauer has provided excellence in service and healing youth and their families. The non-profit is dedicated to helping children and youth embrace their full potential through comprehensive prevention, treatment and transition programs.

This project renovates their 31,000 square foot building in Mason City that offers a number of programs including behavioral and mental health services, family crisis assistance, community services, foster care resources and adolescent residential addiction treatment. The renovation will create a welcoming and modern environment that provides best in class facilities.

  • Categories: Mason City, Metro, Success Story
  • Property: Youth and Shelter Services
  • Location: Mason City
  • Poverty Rate: 14.8%
  • Unemployment: 1.08 times the national average
  • Median Income: 76.8% of area median income
  • Setting: Metro
  • Project Cost: $3,500,000
  • NMCT allocation: $2,000,000
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