Enhancing Safety, Healing, and Wellness
Offering people guidance, resources, and a listening ear.
WHO WE ARE
Your Resource
The Iowa Victim Service Call Center is a confidential resource for Iowans impacted by crime or trauma. We support victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, elder abuse, human trafficking, homicide, and other violent crimes. Our services also extend to those dealing with life challenges and difficult situations. Concerned family and friends can also seek guidance in supporting their loved ones.
We can:
- Connect people with their local resources like shelters, lawyers, emergency services, and support programs
- Be a compassionate listener for those just needing to talk or process what they’ve experienced
- Help people understand their options to move forward
AREAS OF ASSISTANCE
24/7 Support
Our advocates assist Iowans navigating any form of violence and exploitation. Our goal is to create a safe, secure environment so that victims and survivors can move forward.
We help Iowans experiencing, or know someone experiencing:
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation, or harboring of individuals through force, coercion, or deception for the purpose of exploitation, such as forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation.
Sexual Violence
Sexual Violence is any act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, including rape, sexual assault, harassment, and exploitation.
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence encompasses a pattern of abusive behaviors within intimate relationships, including physical, emotional, psychological, and financial abuse, aimed at establishing and maintaining control.
Homicide
Homicide is the unlawful killing of one person by another, often resulting from various motives such as anger, revenge, jealousy, or criminal activity, and can encompass acts ranging from murder to manslaughter.
Other Crimes
Other forms of violence fall outside our other listed categories, such as hate crimes, bullying, human rights abuses, violence associated with armed conflict, and many others.
Stalking & Harassment
Being subjected to stalking or harassment can leave individuals feeling frightened, anxious, and profoundly unsafe.
Other Trauma and Experiences
Other Trauma and Experiences
Safety Planning Tool
A safety plan is a tool for anyone who is experiencing domestic violence.
Our Reach
We Serve All Iowa Counties
Adair | Adams | Allamakee | Appanoose | Audubon | Benton | Black Hawk | Boone | Bremer | Buchanan | Buena Vista | Butler | Calhoun | Carroll | Cass | Cedar | Cerro Gordo | Cherokee | Chickasaw | Clarke | Clay | Clayton | Clinton | Crawford | Dallas | Davis | Decatur | Delaware | Des Moines | Dickinson | Dubuque | Emmet | Fayette | Floyd | Franklin | Fremont | Greene | Grundy | Guthrie | Hamilton | Hancock | Hardin | Harrison | Henry | Howard | Humboldt | Ida | Iowa | Jackson | Jasper | Jefferson | Johnson | Jones | Keokuk | Kossuth | Lee | Linn | Louisa | Lucas | Lyon | Madison | Mahaska | Marion | Marshall | Mills | Mitchell | Monona | Monroe | Montgomery | Muscatine | O’Brien | Osceola | Page | Palo Alto | Plymouth | Pocahontas | Polk | Pottawattamie | Poweshiek | Ringgold | Sac | Scott | Shelby | Sioux | Story | Tama | Taylor | Union | Van Buren | Wapello | Warren | Washington | Wayne | Webster | Winnebago | Winneshiek | Woodbury | Worth | Wright
Our Safety Planning Tool
A safety plan outlines specific steps you can take to stay safe in different situations, such as when you’re at home, at work, at school, with children, with pets, and more. This user-friendly safety planning tool is designed to help you create your own individualized safety plan.
Resources
Understanding Healthy Relationships
What defines a healthy relationship, and who determines its healthiness? Both partners play a crucial role. In healthy relationships, individuals feel supported and connected while maintaining their independence. Communication and boundaries are fundamental components. Effective communication fosters understanding and conflict resolution. In healthy relationships, partners treat each other with respect, openly express thoughts and feelings, […]
GET INVOLVED
Assist Our Mission
Join us in our mission to prevent and end violence across Iowa. Together, we can make a difference. Your support enables us to expand our reach, provide vital services to those in crisis, enhance advocacy training, and enact meaningful change. Take action today and help us create a safer, healthier future for our communities.
