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Local Organizations and Referrals

In addition to the organizations listed below, please call the hotline (1-888-3737-888) for specialized victim services referrals.

Network Against Human Trafficking
www.iowanaht.org

Catholic Charities – Des Moines
http://www.dmdiocese.org/catholic-charities.cfm

Quad Cities Human Trafficking Project
Davenport, IA
Main: 563-359-3624
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American Friends Service Committee
http://afsc.org/office/des-moines-ia

Family Violence Center/ Children and Families of Iowa
www.cfiowa.org

Latinas Unidas por un Nuevo Amanecer (LUNA)
www.lunaiowa.org

Lutheran Social Services
www.lsiowa.org

Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa
www.muawi.org

Youth Emergency Services and Shelter (YESS)
Des Moines, IA
515-243-7825
Hotline: 515-282-YESS (9377)
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www.yessiowa.org

Youth and Shelter Services
Des Moines, IA, Ames, IA, Boone, IA, Marshalltown, IA, Nevada, IA, Webster City, IA
Main Office Phone: 515-233-3141
Transitional Living: 515-265-1222
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www.yss.org

If you are interested in additional volunteer opportunities, click here.

If you are interested in receiving regular updates from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center or Polaris Project, click here.

Current state laws
In order to access the full text of your state's human trafficking criminal statutes, please click on the state name below to be directed to your state's criminal code. Because links to specific criminal statutes may change, we suggest copying the statute number or title from the table below and pasting it in the search function of the criminal code.
Iowa - Current Criminal Statutes
710 A.1 Definitions
710 A.2 Human Trafficking
710 A.3 Affirmative defense
710 A.4 Restitution
710 A.5 Certification

915.51

General rights of human trafficking victim

For additional information about State and Federal Policy, including pending legislation and current statutes in other states, please visit the Policy section.

For general information and additional resources about human trafficking in the United States, please visit the Resources section.

NHTRC call Statistics

To view call statistics for Iowa, click on the links below.

2009 Annual Report

For general hotline statistics and reports, click here.

Additional hotline statistics for Iowa are coming soon.

Publications
If you are aware of a report or publication that you would like included, please email or call the NHTRC.

Please Note: This is not an exhaustive list.  Organizations included in this section have human trafficking-specific service programs or have been identified as serving victims of human trafficking. If your organization is not included and you would like to be added, or if you are aware of a specific state report or publication that you would like included, please review inclusion criteria and submit your request via email to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  All statistics outlined above were generated based on limited criteria from calls received by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline.  This is not a representation or report on the scale or scope of human trafficking on a particular state or national level.  These statistics may be subject to change.