Our mission is to provide services designed to create a safe, supportive, and structured environment through which young people and their families may achieve knowledge, skills, personal growth, and individual success.

Description:
FLYS provides an emergency youth shelter for children, day programs for both boys and girls, and a supervised apartment living facility. Our Outpatient department provides individual, family and group counseling through a variety of methods that include talk therapy, play therapy, equine assisted psychotherapy and adventure based counseling. The community services programs include In-home counseling, transitional living, Life Skills, Strengthening Families, IA Aftercare, and Family Connections counseling for teen mothers.

History:
FLYS was founded in late 1968 by Francis Lauer, Chief probation officer for Cerro Gordo County.

Contact people:

Jean McAleer, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Roger Klooster, Operations Manager, (phone), (email) Tracey Peet, Client Services Manager, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (641) 423-7362

Address:

50 N. Eisenhower Ave Mason City, IA 50401 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.francislauer.com

Directions:

North of Wal-Mart ¼ mile and/or just across the street from the west entrance of the North Iowa Fairgrounds.