Youth Emergency Services & Shelter (YESS)

Provider Type

Direct Services Agency

Populations Served

Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident; Female; Foreign National; Labor Trafficking; Male; Minor (Under 18); Sex Trafficking; Transgender Female-to-Male; Transgender Male-to-Female

Populations Served Notes

YESS' emergency shelter services are available to any child newborn through age 17. The agency's crisis, clinical counseling, and care coordination services are available to all children and their families.

Geographic Service Area

Iowa statewide

Public Phone

Hotline: (515) 282-9377
Additional 1: (877) 553-9377

Hotline Details

24/7 Crisis Line

Website

Languages

English; Spanish

Funding

VOCA funding; Other federal funding; Other state funding; Other private funding

Mission Statement

Youth Emergency Services & Shelter (YESS) changes lives by protecting children and empowering families.

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This online Referral Directory is made up of anti-trafficking organizations and programs that offer emergency, transitional, or long-term services to victims and survivors of human trafficking as well as those that provide resources and opportunities in the anti-trafficking field.

Human Trafficking Hotline Statistics

50,123

signals were received by the Hotline in 2021. Includes calls, texts, and online chats and tips.

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