Beyond Behavior Ames
5500 240th St, Ames, IA 50014
YSS Ember Recovery
Also known as Beran
Address: 420 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, IA 50010 · Map
Phone: (515) 233-3141
Intake: (515) 233-4930
Website: yss.org
About YSS Ember Recovery
YSS of Ames acts as the main hub for YSS and delivers a broad set of programs designed to help young people and families throughout the community. Situated in a landmark facility, it provides several essential services, including a counseling clinic, an emergency shelter, and residential treatment for addiction through the Ember Recovery program. The center’s offerings cover mental health therapy, substance use counseling, and crisis stabilization, helping ensure that youth facing urgent challenges can access coordinated support.
Alongside these main programs, YSS of Ames also offers afterschool and summer activities for children, mentoring opportunities, and parenting education for young mothers. The Rosedale Shelter, Iowa’s first youth shelter, gives young people in crisis a safe place, with assistance such as meals, clothing, and guidance. Working closely with local partners and Iowa State University, YSS of Ames strives to create a supportive setting that encourages youth to move toward a healthier and more hopeful future.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Residential/24-hour residential · Long-term residential · Short-term residential
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
- Opioid treatment
- Prescribes naltrexone · Relapse prevention with naltrexone · Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere · Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
- Medications used
- Buprenorphine with naloxone · Naltrexone (oral) · Clonidine · Medication for mental disorders · Nicotine replacement · Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Treatment approaches
- Anger management · Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Contingency management/motivational incentives · Motivational interviewing · Matrix Model · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · Trauma-related counseling · 12-step facilitation
- Education and counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support · Hepatitis education, counseling, or support · Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis · Substance use disorder education · Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling · Individual counseling · Group counseling · Family counseling · Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
- Special programs
- Adolescents · Young adults · Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders · Clients who have experienced sexual abuse · Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence · Clients who have experienced trauma
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs · Medicaid · Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE) · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid · SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Payment assistance
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Licensing and accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency · State department of health · Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- Ownership
- Private non-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Self-help groups · Housing services · Assistance with obtaining social services · Mentoring/peer support · Employment counseling or training
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Naloxone and overdose education · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Case management service · Domestic violence services, including family or partner · Mental health services · Social skills development · Suicide prevention services
- Language services
- Spanish
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Residential Rehab
- Substances treated
- Benzodiazepines · Co-Occurring Disorders · Cocaine · Drug Addiction · Heroin · Methamphetamine · Opioids · Prescription Drugs · Synthetic Drugs
- Conditions treated
- Anger · Anxiety · Depression · Grief and Loss · Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) · Post Traumatic Stress Disorder · Stress · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR) · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Life Skills · Online Therapy · Play Therapy · Trauma-Specific Therapy
- Approaches
- Family Involvement · Personalized Treatment · Trauma Informed
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Boys · Girls · LGBTQ+ · Young Adults
- Aftercare
- Continuing Care
- Languages
- English
Before you call
- Have your insurance or Medicaid card ready and ask whether the facility is in network.
- Ask how soon they can do an assessment and whether there is a waitlist.
- Confirm the facility is licensed by Iowa (this facility reports accreditation).
- If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
Other treatment facilities in Ames
Eyerly Ball CMHS
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Eyerly Ball CMHS
2521 University Boulevard, Ames, IA 50010
Richmond Center
1619 South High Avenue, Ames, IA 50010
YSS Ember Recovery
420 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, IA 50010
Youth and Shelter Services (YSS)
125 South 3rd Street, Ames, IA 50010
Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.