The Iowa Department of Human Services is a state agency of Iowa, headquartered in the Hoover State Office Building in Des Moines. The agency provides human services.

Juvenile correctional facilities

The Eldora State Training School for Boys in Eldora

Eldora, Iowa

Eldora is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,035 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Hardin County. Eldora is located adjacent to the Iowa River and Pine Lake State Park. The city is most famous for the filming of the 1996 movie Twister on location. The...

 is the juvenile correctional facility for boys. The Toledo Iowa Juvenile Home/Girls State Training School (IJH/GSTS) is located in Toledo

Toledo, Iowa

Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Tama County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,539 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Toledo is located at ....

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In the late 1800s the Iowa Industrial School for Girls at Mitchellville

Mitchellville, Iowa

Mitchellville is a city in Polk and Jasper counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,715 at the 2000 census.The Polk County portion of Mitchellville is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Jasper County portion is part of the Newton...

was Iowa's juvenile correctional facility for girls. It was originally established in 1880.

External links

• Iowa Department of Human Services