The Iowa NAHT is providing Rescue Stickers statewide with both the national and Iowa human trafficking hotline numbers. The stickers are primarily placed in convenience stores, transportation centers, hotels, truck stops, etc., always with the permission of the management. As of January 1st, 2020, 10,000 stickers have been posted by volunteers and advocates in Iowa. As of April 1, 2020, the NAHT now has a Spanish-language Rescue Sticker. If you or your organization would like to volunteer to distribute Rescue Stickers please visit our Iowa Brochures and Posters page, scroll down, and click on the Volunteer Distribution and Posting Instructions document.
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The Iowa NAHT asks anti-trafficking coalitions and advocates to approach local law enforcement and city councils to pass ordinances to regulate local massage businesses. Nationwide, there are over 9000 illicit businesses practicing under the guise of massage therapy. Ordinances allow law enforcement to ensure that there are no illicit activities such as prostitution and trafficking in local massage parlors.
This statewide project is a joint venture of the Iowa NAHT and the Nebraska Coalition on Human Trafficking. The Hotel/Motel Employee Training Project recruits community volunteers to attend a three hour Train the Trainers program. Each trained volunteer is asked to provide training to a minimum of three hotels/motels. Four regional anti-trafficking coalitions lead local project efforts covering all sections of Iowa with the exception of Southern Iowa.
Offers free bags of red sand for groups or individuals to use to fill in cracks in sidewalks or parking lots to remind people of the most vulnerable among us who may become victims of human trafficking, and that they aren’t to be walked on or let to fall through the cracks. Other artistic installations are also encouraged.
Started by Theresa Flores, a trafficking survivor, S.O.A.P. has community volunteers provide bars of soap with the human trafficking hotline number on the label, to motels/hotels with a large risk of trafficking, especially during certain large sporting events.
The founder and driving force behind Break the Cycle is Mark “Rocky” Vest, who received an Outstanding Anti-Trafficking Service Award from the NAHT on January 16th, 2020. Held annually in Iowa and raises funds to fight human trafficking. Last year, the 200 mile one day bike ride raised nearly $100,000. Since the first Break the Cycle 200 ride in 2011, over $750,000 has been raised and donated to nonprofit prevention projects, rescue services, and survivor restoration programs.