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43 North Iowa

43 North Iowa - Helping people find their way through home, employment and community experiences.

Since 1969, 43 North Iowa , through its predecessors NIVC Services, Inc. and North Iowa Transition Center, has provided support for north Iowans with disabilities. Our mission, Helping people find their way through home, employment and community experiences, guides our programs. Transitional residential and community living supports help those with mental health diagnoses find their way back to community living. Training and employment services help over 300 people with disabilities earn nearly $2 million dollars in wages each year. These earnings benefit our clients, their families, and local businesses. Social and recreational activities, supported community living, help individuals engage in their own communities.

09/29/2025

Be sure to visit Java Works in the Mason City Public Library TODAY from 9am-2pm!

09/27/2025

We’re honored to be named a finalist for the Mason City Chamber’s Business of the Year! 🌟 It’s a privilege to be included among these outstanding partners and contributors who make our community stronger every day. Thank you to the Chamber for this recognition, and to our incredible team, supporters, and friends who make what we do possible. 💙

09/26/2025

09/19/2025

Curries does it again! ✨Their amazing staff rolled up their sleeves and assembled hundreds of welcome bags that will be given to clients as they settle into our new RCF. These thoughtful bags will help each person feel more at home as they begin their journey with us.

We are so grateful for the many ways Curries continues to step up and support both 43 North Iowa and our clients. 💙💚 Thank you for being such a steady partner in helping people find their way!

09/18/2025

🙌 Big thanks to volunteers from Clear Lake Bank & Trust Company and Overhead Door Company of Mason City for spending United Way’s Day of Caring at Affordables! From sorting clothes to sprucing up the parking lot, your hard work makes a big impact. 💙💚

Shoutout to United Way of North Central Iowa-UWNCI for bringing it all together! Watch for more ways to volunteer with us soon!

09/17/2025

Java Works has the BEST drink carriers!

09/12/2025

What a blast at the Mason City Chamber of Commerce !

09/08/2025

🍴 This Week’s Lunchbox Lineup! 🍴
🍗 Mon: Chicken Tenders + Mac & Cheese
🥖 Tues: Meatball Sub + Chips
🥔 Wed: Tator Tot Casserole + Dinner Roll
🌯 Thurs: Chicken Wrap + Chips

Simple ✅ Affordable ✅ Delicious ✅
And every meal supports a great cause! 💙💚

📍 Inside 43's Marketplace — Open to the public!
1225 S Harrison Ave, Mason City

09/04/2025

Cassandra from MercyOne North Iowa HR team stopped by to say HI and introduce herself to this year's Project SEARCH crew, and get to know them a bit. 👋

08/26/2025

It was a beautiful day to play some bags at the RCF! 🙌😁

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109 2nd Street NE
Mason City, IA
50401

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Monday	7:30am - 4pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 4pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 4pm
Thursday	7:30am - 4pm
Friday	7:30am - 4pm

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+16414248708

Website

http://www.43northiowa.org/

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Two North Iowa organizations celebrate pasts, futures together as one in 2020

For decades, two North Iowa organizations have worked together to connect hundreds of people with disabilities to job and housing opportunities in their communities.

But in the decades to come, they will do so as one.

“We are excited and optimistic for our future together and most importantly for the people we serve,” said Sherry Becker, executive director of the organizations.

On Jan. 1, North Iowa Vocational Center Inc., or NIVC Services, and North Iowa Transition Center, or NITC, will officially merge and become 43 North Iowa after months of discussion between their governing boards to determine the best path forward for the organizations and their clients.

This year marked the 50th anniversary of NIVC and the 40th anniversary of NITC — both Mason City-based organization were started by parents whose children had unmet needs.

“From those grassroots movements, we’ve evolved into this pretty major service organization, which is really cool,” Becker said.

Since 1969, NIVC has provided employment training and support to people with disabilities in the 10-county North Central Iowa region.

When the organization started, most people worked for NIVC, but for the past 15 years, the organization has partnered with businesses, like Curries, Sukup Manufacturing Co. and Smithfield Foods, throughout North Iowa to provide jobs for their clients and to satisfy area workforce needs.

NIVC, which has about 45 full-time and 18 part-time employees, serves nearly 400 people annually.

Some individuals work at NIVC’s Affordables resale stores, Java Works Coffee Shop in the Mason City Public Library and WorkCenter, but most work at businesses in the community, Becker said.

She estimates their clients are working in 110 to 120 businesses in North Iowa with support from on- and off-site job coaches as well as JobLink satellite locations.

“We have people who need lots of support and people who don’t need very much support at all. People who didn’t graduate from high school and people who have college degrees,” Becker said. “There’s a lot of variety in the people we serve and we work very closely with the regions and with Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services to make those job opportunities available.”

NITC has been dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with mental illness since 1979 after deinstitutionalization in the U.S.

At that time, people with mental illness left institutions to return to their communities, but their communities didn’t have the capacity to serve them.

It serves about 139 individuals between 18 and 72 at a 16-bed residential care facility staffed 24/7, four three- or four-bedroom habilitation homes with daily support and programming, and supported community living with as-needed home visits.

“We all want the same general life, and we’re just here to help people who are more vulnerable have access to those things,” Becker said.

In 2017, NITC contracted with Becker after its executive director left and will be the executive director of 43 North Iowa on Jan. 1.

Becker said merging NIVC and NITC made sense.

The merge between NIVC, with a $4.6 million annual budget, and NITC, with a nearly $2 million annual budget, will reduce their administrative overhead, leverage efficiencies, expand their geographic footprints and improve services to their clients.

“We have people who only do employment or only do transitional living, but there’s a lot of overlap,” she said. “If we had a Venn diagram, there’s a lot of people in that middle section.”

Becker said the organizations’ merge into 43 North Iowa will not change their mission.

In fact, the tagline for 43 North Iowa is “Helping people find their way.”

The 43, Becker explained, is Mason City’s latitude.

She described 43 North Iowa as an organization that can be a compass for people with disabilities, both physical and mental.

“What we’re here for is to give people the support they need to have a better life and to help our communities meet the needs of people who need extra support,” Becker said. “None of us ever know when it might be us or somebody we care about.”

See Full Article at https://globegazette.com/news/two-north-iowa-organizations-celebrate-pasts-futures-together-as-one/article_081f363b-00a4-5b92-a41a-9bc3aa02d05e.html