CAMBRIDGE, IA — On Friday, April 24, Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-03) will join local leaders and community partners in Cambridge to announce new federal support for Phase 2 of the Youth & Shelter Services (YSS) Ember Recovery Campus.
The investment will expand the 50-acre campus with new workforce training, wellness, and recovery facilities — strengthening support for vulnerable youth and young adults across central Iowa.
WHO:
Rep. Zach Nunn
Andrew Allan, President & CEO, YSS
Anna Gonzalez, Associate Director of Client Services, YSS
State Rep. Brian Lohse
Mark Holm, Polk County Supervisor
Laura Jolly, Dean of Health and Human Services Administration, Iowa State University
WHEN:
Friday, April 24, 2026
2:15 PM CT — Press Conference (YSS Ember Recovery Center)
WHERE:
YSS Ember Recovery Campus
32385 580th Ave.
Cambridge, IA 50046
RSVP:
Please RSVP to Mark Matava at Mark.Matava@mail.house.gov.
WHAT:
Rep. Nunn will announce federal funding to support the Phase 2 expansion of the Ember Recovery Campus, led by Youth & Shelter Services (YSS). The project will increase supportive housing capacity and add dedicated workforce training, wellness, and recovery infrastructure — helping young Iowans facing homelessness, mental health challenges, and substance use disorders build long-term stability and successfully transition into the workforce.
The announcement builds on Rep. Nunn’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid and fentanyl crisis facing Iowa communities, including his Communities of Recovery Reauthorization Act, bipartisan legislation to more than triple federal funding for community-based recovery programs like those offered by the Ember Recovery Campus. President Trump signed the bill into law in December 2025 as part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act.
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