Mental Health Care in Ames, IA
YSS Ember Recovery
What Does YSS Ember Recovery Offer?
YSS Ember Recovery is a mental health facility at 420 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, Iowa, offering partial hospitalization and residential care. It accepts Medicaid, private insurance, TRICARE and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale. Therapy approaches include CBT and couples and family therapy.
420 Kellogg Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.
Types of Care at YSS Ember Recovery
- Partial hospitalization/day treatment
- Residential/24-hour residential
Payment, Insurance and Help Paying
- Medicaid
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Other State funds
- Private health insurance
- Cash or self-payment
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Crisis and Emergency Services
- Crisis intervention team
Therapy and Treatment Approaches
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Group therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Individual psychotherapy
Who the Program Serves
- Young adults
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Ages: Children/Adolescents
- Ages: Young Adults
Language Services
- Spanish
Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services
- Screening for tobacco use
- Mentoring/peer support
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Family psychoeducation
- Suicide prevention services
- Education services
- TB screening
Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Iowa lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.